Chilly Morning

Temps in the 60's at the moment, going up to 81 today.  Not too shabby.  Clove incense in the garden, windchimes gabbing away, and all the windows open.  

And the garden has never been so full. 

I was never one to dig on Summer and saw it as a thing to wait through like a long drive on a bus with a broken air conditioner.  Porch sitting, gardening, a cool wind off the ocean, and the late-night sound of summer bugs high in the trees have forced me to reconsider that.  Kinda like opening a window on that bus and realizing there was a nice breeze out there all along.

Jumbo Incense Sticks

Been droning on and on for years about the importance of scent on Halloween night.  I picked up these amazing oversized incense sticks from my favorite incense shop - The Plant Guru.  At 19 inches, they last an extremely long time, and the scent is pretty intense.  I ordered the Clove varietal, of course.

Click here for the shop.

Garden Incense

Maybe it's just a byproduct of being a Haunter, but I love foggy movement.  As a static prop guy, I think fog from the fogger or incense smoke from cauldrons animates a display.  For years, I've been burning incense sticks, cones, or resin in my small porch garden.  Sure, I get some strange looks from people passing by, but I think it's a very neat and natural effect.  And I know if I ever saw someone's garden venting vapors like Centralia, PA, well, I'd stop and watch.  

In the below video I've placed just one regular sized incense cone in each iron cauldron, and it created a nice gentle movement (I think).

Garden Incense should be a thing.  Martha needs to talk about this immediately.

Click here for the shop I use for my incense cones and sticks.