The past couple of days, we've had a lovely, refreshing break as far as weather is concerned — mild temperatures of sixty or so, and a gentle gray sky with occasional drizzles (and even a downpour or two!) of rain. I felt overjoyed to see it, personally, what with our unusually hot late spring and summer this year. The day or two following a decent rain is a great time to clear weeds from newly-softened soil, especially in our region where much of our dirt is clay, and by this time of year can become very hard-packed and stubborn. Clearing out weedy crud also allows herbs more room for fresh growth in response to a good rain.
This coming week and the next in the PacNW, we're expecting several 90-degree days, followed by a week of 80-degree days. In my mind, this simply translates as "hot", and thus a poor time to be out shoveling soil... unless there's ice cream and lemonade waiting! It's a good time, however, for herbal recipes meant to cool you off and hydrate you, while boosting critical aspects of your health. Hence my new booklet,
Wild Brews to Refresh, a project I think I'd better finish soon... both for my own sake as well as everyone else's, in light of our forecast!
Above: The current cover for
Refresh. Designing a cover is a lot of fun, with the biggest challenge being the sheer number of design choices! A pet design may need to be scrapped in favor of a more legible, or applicable, design. It's nice that Amazon Kindle allows for changing covers — or even just iterations of what's basically the same cover. The original cover for
Refresh, with its old title, is below. I liked the old cover; but the new cover, and title, are easier to read on Amazon's homepage, in a thumbnail image that really is no bigger than the end of my thumb.
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