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Meanwhile, in the ethereal, late-summer mood I've been in, I spent this morning pruning my mother's garden, literally, while she spent time with the baby. Talk about a win-win, especially since I had the much loved task of harvesting sprigs from her lavender patch to bundle up, hang in a dark closet, and dry so she can have that wonderful smell all winter. I was inspired after visiting a lavender farm several weeks ago (I still carry that soul lifting scent with me). Since then, we've had lavender on the brain. This morning I planted a white lavender plant we purchase while at the farm. Each morning, too, we've been making "lavender toast." The lavender farm keeps bees, to help pollinate the lavender. When the farmers harvest the bees' honey, it comes out tasting like lavender, mild and uplifting. We've been toasting bread, spreading some butter, and lifting some of the most delicious pale yellow goodness out of the honey jar to put on top. Hence: lavender toast, the current favorite food of my almost-eight-year old daughter. Mmmmm.
Meanwhile, in the ethereal, late-summer mood I've been in, I spent this morning pruning my mother's garden, literally, while she spent time with the baby. Talk about a win-win, especially since I had the much loved task of harvesting sprigs from her lavender patch to bundle up, hang in a dark closet, and dry so she can have that wonderful smell all winter. I was inspired after visiting a lavender farm several weeks ago (I still carry that soul lifting scent with me). Since then, we've had lavender on the brain. This morning I planted a white lavender plant we purchase while at the farm. Each morning, too, we've been making "lavender toast." The lavender farm keeps bees, to help pollinate the lavender. When the farmers harvest the bees' honey, it comes out tasting like lavender, mild and uplifting. We've been toasting bread, spreading some butter, and lifting some of the most delicious pale yellow goodness out of the honey jar to put on top. Hence: lavender toast, the current favorite food of my almost-eight-year old daughter. Mmmmm.