This being repotting season, Mary trimmed a pair of leaves from a bay tree and wanted to dry them for cooking, so I offered to lend a hand:
Two hands, in fact.
The whole affair now sits on a kitchen windowsill, shriveling by the day, and the leaves should be ready in a month or two. Yum!
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
Who will the laureate be to receive this trophy?
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurus_nobilis)
From the looks of it, it should be bestowed on the winner of a soldering competition.