Early in the mornings...
I fill my coffee thermos and me and my dogs...
head on out for our usual walk
the air is heady with the fragrance from the cinnamon trees interspersed in the forest...
among cocoa and various fruit trees
the parrots that take a tree break on their morning flight to their foraging...
preen and make love a bit too far up in the trees for a clear picture with my camera
(sorry)
a farmer's land still has orange trees holding on to their fruit...
although the citrus are a bit pass their prime...
they are still good...
and he has been collecting them to sell
the mango trees are in full bloom all around us...
and the fruit will take it's time to come to picking season
the woods along the way towards the river is full of bamboo grass...
but there is more brown than usual as we are now still in our dry season
the river (or creek) always runs and the water is always cool
Shadow is a big aficionado of water...
whether it be sea or creek
this week...
my husband dug up some of the ginger growing near the garden
it's a good time to dry ginger while the rains are not here
the humidity from the rains will not hinder the ginger drying
there was probably about 4 pounds of ginger
after it was scrubbed clean...
I put aside a few with green knobs for replanting...
not bothering to peel the skin off...
I broke them apart at their joints for easier handling...
dried them on a paper towel...
and sliced them up into thin slivers...
about the thickness of a coin
I spread them on a grid tray and into the sunshine until they were drying up pretty well...
so they don't have a chance to mold...
and now they are drying in a cool room till brittle enough to easily grind into powder
some will be left as they are for cooking purposes such as tea and flavoring in soups and stews
Awake, O north wind;
and come, thou south;
blow upon my garden,
that the spices thereof may flow out.
Let my beloved come into his garden,
and eat his pleasant fruits.
Solomon's Song 4:16
May your day or night flow in the spice of the Lord's grace.
