Taking time

Taking time to smell the lavender. 

It's been a bit quiet on my blog the past week or so.... 

I'm recovering from a hand injury - a silly cut requiring stitches that is healing well and forcing me to slow down. 

And at my husbands urging, I'm taking time to smell the lavender, which is is full bloom and full of bees these days... and a few hummingbirds too!

I'll be back to my normal schedule soon!

Happy Summer!

Hump Day Haiku - Lavendar

Lovely lavender.

The memory of my daughter

continues to bloom.

This lavender plant was bought at the Cascade Cuts plant sale last spring, because it was named Jennifer. My daughter name. We lost her three and a half years ago. It was so lovely with pale leaves, that I had to have it. The blooms, when they arrived, were more blue than lavender on long sweeping stems.

We planted it in a pot on the deck and it's been blooming for months, and continues.

I have not been able to get a good picture of this plant, so this inferior photo will have to do. 

Submitting to Haiku My Heart Friday.

Rebecca @ recuerda mi corazon

I started doing Hump Day Haiku with Carla Sonheim's Silly classes... and decided as a challenge for myself, I'd continue. And so I have.

Lavender

Part of the activities of our art weekend in Hood River this past weekend was visiting the Lavender Festival... It was a beautiful day, inspiring and lovely views. I came home with an armful of lavender to dry and some green lavender tea.