MaJoC, here we can buy either tuna in oil or tuna in water. I've always bought the tuna in water, but come to think of it, with the keto leanings I should try the fish in oil. (Tuna in water ends up being very dry when drained, needing a lot of mayonnaise for a good consistency when making sandwiches.)

Charmion, there are weather maps showing smoke from your mid-provincial wildfires and weather maps showing huge swaths of Saharan desert dust - all blowing this way. I think the Earth is speaking to those in the US who should be listening and continuing climate change abatement practices.

Dorothy should be back from the wedding soon, I hope all went well!

Yesterday I mixed up batches of smoked gouda/pecan spread and of the crispy pecans (guest coming this week), and this morning my granola is in a cool oven finishing baking. A friend tells me he cooks his in a crock pot, and I should ask for more information; the oven process is fussy. The honey was a bit crystalized so it may have a different taste (sweet spots instead of more evenly distributed). I didn't have the patience to melt it all down before mixing with avocado oil and whisking to an emulsion. Honey doesn't get old or spoil, but it does become harder to work with.

This week wasps on the front porch are fighting the good fight to build their paper nests in that high-traffic area. Their stings hurt like hell so I'm trying to shoo them along so no one excites their wrath at the mailbox.

I started digging out the side bed (under my kitchen window) where I put the almond verbena. It has been a combination herb and vegetable garden for years (right now it has rosemary, oregano, bay, sage, and garlic), and in the middle I put in something like cucumber or peppers, though right now it's full of weedy grass. I'll clear it enough to put a bird bath in (that sits on the edge of the driveway right now) and hope to have a great butterfly garden. If I put in dill or fennel the place would be crawling with butterflies and their caterpillars, but since I have a lot of toads and lizards out there I'd be providing high-end food for them.