Today's simmer pot date is the culmination of nudges. 1. Fallon has been making "potions" nonstop-- food coloring on the counter, mud/sawdust/leaves potion in the yard, "frog potion" at preschool thankfully hot glued closed. She's started taking cooking classes. 2. We are between "home" candles since I ran out of the library scent and have concluded at least on Jens in cologne samplers, the heavy tobacco scent I substituted may not be the most charming. This as he soaks his chain smoking dive buddy's gifted dive gear to try to lift the ciggy odor. 3. I've wanted some sort of "kitchen sink" recipe for the citrus I buy as edible decor but never get around to eating. 4. The pitcher plants I got "for Fallon's birthday" all blackened their pitchers from transplant shock and I'm trying to recover them with added humidity and less brutal sun exposure. So this concoction is lemon, lime, pumpkin spice, cloves and vanilla extract. It gives me permission- Nay, Mandates I chill in the house for an indeterminate amount of time... Even if that takes the form of some practical cabinet organization, cleaning, snacking, etc. Right now, the clove-forward nose is reminding me of my Grandma Ivy's potpourri back in Jacksonville.
