Five things make a post
1. Excuses why I haven't posted lately: My last lasagna was a total fail, and I've had a mental block about writing any other post until I did that one. It was sorta-based on this recipe, and it just wasn't good.
2. Stuff that's dull for anyone but me: Family health foo is continuing. We're going to visit GM's dad and brother for Easter. As far as I know Dad's unchanged, but the brother's refusing to talk about his last round of testing for ....whatever it is he's got that he underwent the nasty bone-marrow-killing chemo for. Both our moms are better, from surgery and accidents respectively, which is good news. Our short-haired cat, Cassie, is chasing moths in heaven. Fortunately the long-haired cat, Gypsy, does not seem depressed or agitated by her companion's absence.
3. The Garden: I picked about 20 snails out of the garden Wednesday morning. Strangely, a lot of them were in the rosemary and the lavender. Perhaps the snail community has learned the fennel is not a safe place. I've got three tomato plants in, and 'A'isha has promised to bring me her extra basil this weekend. I'm thinking of filling the space near DogLady's fence with sage plants. there's a lot of different kinds/colors of sage, and they seem to be doing well there.
The irises in the front yard are doing well.
4. Recent events: I had a good time at Crown. I wish the dance ball had been able to start a little earlier, but that wasn't unexpected. We did all dances scheduled, but due to the lateness of the hour, didn't really get to any of the unscheduled dances. Many thanks to gormflaith who was pressed into service as a much-needed drummer.
I was totally impressed with the Heralds and Lists getting us through an 83 fighter list before dark. Wow.
5. Projects: I keep trying to kick myself into gear about the PPF2 coming up in November, but all my project-brain is getting eaten by the Trencher/Posey project. I'm not sure why I find it so fascinating. A friend has promised me space to hang it on his website, so right now I'm trying to figure out the best way to present information. I'm headed to the SF library this weekend to check one last woodworking source. I'm thinking about trying to make at least one set that's an SCA version of the Labours of the Months, loosely based on a set by Crispin de Passe the Elder. There's a set in the British Museum, but my search-the-database-skills seem to be lacking this morning.
We've had a new girl at dance practice for a few weeks, which is nice. If we can get 10-12 people consistently this summer I'd like to try Battaglia again.
I'm going to try making crabcake-stuffed salmon for dinner tonight.
ETA 6: I need to get one of those fancy little phones that surf the web and show videos so the next time someone uses the term costume-nazi (or similar) in my presence I can force them to watch Hitler finds out Americans are calling each other Nazis.