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[elainegrey]

Gorgeous day with very little wind. (Did i mention that i didn't go to the lake because of wind?) While i was talking to a colleague a hawk swooped by the window and briefly perched in the tulip poplar.

When i went out to pick greens for lunch, i added wild garlic greens, chickweed, and bitter cress to the pile. That wasn't hard at all, since i was already bent over to pick greens. Maybe i'll forage more. I do so like having fresh greens at lunch.

I also have been drinking my hibiscus, today with mint. That was a lovely tonic. The fresh hibiscus today -- a bowl of hibiscus pods wait for me to cut the seeds out and lay them out on the dehydration racks -- made a much more red drink than the dried hibiscus i had last week. Was it the presence of dried mint, absence of ginger, or will the red remain if i dry quickly in the dehydrator?

I wonder if i should use the dehydrator on mint, too.

Work has an edge to it today, but eating from the yard is a pleasure.

Yesterday we had a bit of a downer as we looked for a place to stay with Carrie at the beach. Rental places look reasonable and then there's linen fees, cleaning fees, pet fees, etc.

Another dog event of note, on Saturday's off-leash headache exercise, Carrie found two three limb bones still connected at the joint. It was disgusting, she rolled on it, gnawed on it.... Oh i hope it didn't make her sick. I just realized she threw up first thing this morning. Hrm.

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[randomdreams]

If the bones are raw they don't seem to give dogs troubles, even if the stuff on them looks simply appallingly gross. Dogs have very short digestive systems so the residence time is usually not enough for them to get into the sort of trouble that more omni/herbivorous animals experience.

Were I drying mint, I think I'd be doing it for tea!

[elainegrey]

Thanks for the dog news, although this seemed far from fresh and raw. Wigglies in the joint. Ugh. But i guess turkey vultures manage. I wonder if they carry bits of road kill off. They roost in the pines some times.

Dried mint definitely for tea. I actually can't think of anything else one would use dried mint. Maybe in a spiced rice dish? Mint syrup was also good to make, but for cold summer beverages.

[randomdreams]

I have only ever seen vultures strip food where it lies, never carry it away, and I've seen a LOT of vultures. After the 2013 floods, the fields near where I work had hundreds, if not thousands.

[elainegrey]

Wow, that sounds ... intense.

Back to the fox or coyote -- whatever was carrying off the bags of kitty litter -- as the vector for bringing it to our yard.