One day, waaay back in July, I was on my way out to the Ranch when I spotted the sign for Lakeside Lavender and their upcoming Lavender Festival. I have been driving past this lavender farm for YEARS and somehow never noticed it! I was simply delighted! Realizing that I was, unfortunately, scheduled to shoot a wedding the weekend of the festival, I quickly formed a plan! The next day I called the farm and explained to them that I wanted to shoot some photographs and asked if they would allow me access to their fields. Much to my surprise, they eagerly agreed! The next day I snuck out of work a bit early and met the Clarks of Lakeside Lavender. They were busy preparing the grounds for the upcoming festival but allowed me free reign of the farm! I quickly found myself waist deep in PURPLE BLISS! Before I photographed anything, I stopped to enjoy (and memorize) the sights, the sounds, the smells! If only I could have bottled them for a dreary winter day! When I went home that night, lavender simply oozed from me! My skin had readily absorbed the familiar fragrance of lavender as I moved about the fields. But more than that, a love of lavender had crept into my heart. One thing I know for certain--there are surely lavender fields in HEAVEN!
THE FARM
THE BARN
which i obviously thought was super cool!
THE LAVENDER :)
THE BEES!
which had the field positively humming!
THE HAPPY LADY!
and future lavender farmer! first crop already in the ground!
2 comments:
Great pictures Tess! awe memories of summer.
To My Spatial Wildflower! Hope I'm not too late to make comments - you know how busy the life of leasure for me has been. Hope you don't get too close to the bees they are not our friends! Anoither comment about the Dog Park in Cottonwood - Your Uncle Dennis won a blue ribbon at the Idaho Co. Fair about 1979 for green beans! Love, Aunt Dora
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