diff --git a/content/blog/learning-to-love-myrrh-by-making-a-myrrh-and-rose-incense.md b/content/blog/learning-to-love-myrrh-by-making-a-myrrh-and-rose-incense.md index 7c52bf0..33c6eaf 100644 --- a/content/blog/learning-to-love-myrrh-by-making-a-myrrh-and-rose-incense.md +++ b/content/blog/learning-to-love-myrrh-by-making-a-myrrh-and-rose-incense.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Myrrh can be a challenging note. I've seen the resins collected from various mem For some time I've struggled to incorporate myrrh into a stick that I can be proud of; it isn't a resin that you can just drop into a composition with the expectation that it'll work. My experiments with commiphora kua, opoponax, and wightii have all ended in disappointment… until recently. -I've long had an inkling that myrrh would pair well with rose. It's challenging to incorporate flowers into combustible incense; some say it's close to impossible to do without winding up with an incense that smells of acrid burning plant material with, if you're lucky, a touch of whatever flower you've added. Certainly, I have found that often other methods of incorporating floral fragrances work best. Recently I have found, however, that if you start with very good material, and methodically try varying ratios in a series of trail-burning tests, you may wind up surprised by how close a fragrance you can achieve to the fragrance of fresh flowers while minimizing acrid notes. For instance, in my testing, I found that a combination of 30% Rosa Canina and 70% Santalum Spicatum, both very high quality powders given to me by [Dave of *The World Makes Scents*,](../visiting-chicago-incense-maker-dave-of-the-world-makes-scents/) smells absolutely wonderful. +I've long had an inkling that myrrh would pair well with rose. It's challenging to incorporate flowers into combustible incense; some say it's close to impossible to do without winding up with an incense that smells of acrid burning plant material with, if you're lucky, a touch of whatever flower you've added. Certainly, I have realized that often other methods of incorporating floral fragrances work best. Recently I have discovered, however, that if you start with very good material, and methodically try varying ratios in a series of trail-burning tests, you may wind up surprised by how close a fragrance you can achieve to the fragrance of fresh flowers while minimizing acrid notes. For instance, in my testing, I found that a combination of 30% Rosa Canina and 70% Santalum Spicatum, both very high quality powders given to me by [Dave of *The World Makes Scents*,](../visiting-chicago-incense-maker-dave-of-the-world-makes-scents/) smells absolutely wonderful. [![A beautiful light-pink dog rose, rosa canina.](/img/pexels-david-roberts-940521-8323579.webp "Rosa Canina in bloom, by [David Roberts on Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-shot-of-a-dog-rose-in-bloom-8323579/)")](/img/pexels-david-roberts-940521-8323579.webp) diff --git a/content/blog/that-time-i-drew/1587521755455.jpg b/content/blog/that-time-i-drew/1587521755455.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dc667d8 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/that-time-i-drew/1587521755455.jpg differ diff --git a/content/blog/that-time-i-drew/1587521817965.jpg b/content/blog/that-time-i-drew/1587521817965.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7abd103 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/that-time-i-drew/1587521817965.jpg differ diff --git a/content/blog/that-time-i-drew/1587521888334.jpg b/content/blog/that-time-i-drew/1587521888334.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2b464ee Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/that-time-i-drew/1587521888334.jpg differ diff --git a/eleventy.config.js b/eleventy.config.js index 7c254d3..b381ea1 100644 --- a/eleventy.config.js +++ b/eleventy.config.js @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ import { DateTime } from "luxon"; +import { eleventyImageTransformPlugin } from "@11ty/eleventy-img"; import markdownIt from "markdown-it"; import markdownItFootnote from "markdown-it-footnote"; import markdownItAnchor from "markdown-it-anchor"; @@ -36,6 +37,17 @@ export default async function(eleventyConfig) { eleventyConfig.addWatchTarget("content/**/*.{svg,webp,png,jpeg}"); // Official plugins + /* + eleventyConfig.addPlugin(eleventyImageTransformPlugin, { + extensions: "html", + formats: ["webp"], + widths: [270,540,810,1080], + defaultAttributes: { + loading: "lazy", + decoding: "async", + }, + urlPath: "/img/", + });*/ eleventyConfig.addPlugin(pluginRss); eleventyConfig.addPlugin(pluginSyntaxHighlight, { preAttributes: { tabindex: 0 } diff --git a/package.json b/package.json index 5019d77..c763bc8 100644 --- a/package.json +++ b/package.json @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ "homepage": "https://upchur.ch/gitea/n_u/nathanupchurch.com", "devDependencies": { "@11ty/eleventy": "3.0.0-alpha.13", - "@11ty/eleventy-img": "^3.1.0", + "@11ty/eleventy-img": "5.0.0-beta.10", "@11ty/eleventy-navigation": "^0.3.5", "@11ty/eleventy-plugin-bundle": "^1.0.4", "@11ty/eleventy-plugin-rss": "^1.2.0",