Bay laurel branch
A lady at our church brought branches of bay leaves a couple of Sundays ago, grown by her neighbor in a greenhouse in his yard. I had never had fresh bay leaves and their scent is lovely and subtle, not like hit-you-over-the-head basil or oregano. I let my branch dry in the open air for about a week or so, then stripped off the leaves and put them into a bottle.
Cin said,
September 9, 2005 @ 10:12 pm
hi, I just found your blog because of “the drawing club” link, I really like your sketches!
Julie Oakley said,
September 10, 2005 @ 3:26 pm
Hi Lisa, I just linked back to you because of your nice comment about my new masthead. I’ve been looking at all of your work, which I think is wonderful. Your pen and ink work is really good. I also love your little trick of blurring the text on your journal pages.
BTW I was interested to read somewhere that unlike other herbs, you should never use fresh bayleaves in cooking, they should always be dried - I don’t know why
Felicity said,
October 8, 2005 @ 12:03 am
Nice leaves! How did you do the out of focus look? Is it drawn or is done using a program? Very nice effect.