My Dried Tarragon Herb

 I dried some tarragon from my garden using this video.  after the first 2 hours I needed to preheat the oven to 350F once more time. I placed the herbs into the oven again, shut the oven off and left it for another 2 hours.  I was very happy with the results. The tarragon retains its pretty green colour.

My Dried Basil

This photo is after resting the basil herbs in a preheated 350F oven for 2 hours.

 I had decided to dry my basil plants using this simple video.  I ended up cutting these into smaller pieces and putting them in for another 2 hours.The beauty of it is that you turn the oven off  right after putting the herbs in so you are not using lot of power.  You then crumble all the leaves and blossoms and store in a jar, discarding the stems.  I was happy with the results.

Sunday Smiles - Cage Free and warm socks

 Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.

I got my fall socks out yesterday to wear around the house. The weather is mild but there was a chill in the air.

'Involve me' and a new Rain's Thursday Art Date host

 Cathy is kindly hosting Rain's Thursday Art Date for the rest of the year, she has a list of the themes on her sidebar.

 Denise posted this inspiring quote last week and I want to keep remembering it and acting on it.

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." ~Benjamin Franklin~

Friday Art - Baby Chick

 Welcome to Friday Art!  Showing a baby chick ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in watercolour pencil.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Sunrise theme and a breakfast treat

 Welcome to Thursday Art and Dinner Date!  Just leave me a comment with your link if you participated that day. Everyone can then see who participated.  The theme is Sunrise. This is my ocean sunrise ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") acrylic on canvas.

September themes:  Sunrise, Soup! (Sep 18),Beauty Salon (Sep 25).    

For the Dinner Date, I am showing my buttered homemade bread with tomatoes and basil from my garden.  It was a delicious breakfast with fruit and coffee last month.

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