A Pretty Herb Garden

The herb garden is so lovely right now. Many of the flowers are blooming. I also cut lettuce yesterday.

This bed is especially lovely with the purples and greens and whites. I wish I could tell you I planned this, but I just plant stuff where I can find a space for it.

The bee balms are blooming:

The echinaceas are just starting to open up. I’ll get a picture later this week.

I am drying some chocolate mint for tea:

I have a dehydrator, but the mint—and lavender, if I get to it in time—dry nicely like this. It helps that the humidity here is only about 25%.

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QuickBooks was down for a couple of hours yesterday morning. I couldn’t log in through the desktop app or through a browser. We also got a quick surprise thunderstorm and some rain. I spent the time working on the menu for the bike tour. I asked ChatGPT to upsize recipes for 80 people—that, to me, is an excellent use of AI. When I am all done, I will have it create a shopping list and a prep schedule.

I also edited next week’s podcast episode. I won’t have time to do it before Tuesday. I am driving to Spokane tomorrow because DD#1 and her in-laws will be there for a conference. I’ll spend the night, then come home Saturday morning. I’ll see DD#1 in the afternoon. She has a dinner to attend so I’ll have dinner with her in-laws. Sunday is church, and on Monday, I am going to Missoula to teach an advanced serger class. I have six students. I am going to have to leave early in the morning because there is roadwork along the way with delays up to an hour. There really is only one way to get from here to Missoula and I’ll have to be prepared to wait.

I was going to cut out the lining for the Lou Raincoat yesterday but realized I hadn’t traced the lining pieces yet. I did that before I had to stop and make dinner. I’ll cut out the lining first thing this morning so it’s ready to go.