I haven’t devoted much time to my great-grandmother in recent months. I went by to see her today and decided she was taking good care of herself. There are a few weeds scattered about but the lavender, alone amongst all the plants we have placed on her burial plot, is thriving. I think shemust love it ,and the bees that come to enjoy it.
The lavender bush is so large now that my great-grandmother is almost lost to view; from the roadside, at least.
Another visitor buzzes by to enjoy the lavender;
Through the lavender looking glass….far
and near
and then back the way we came. 
I brought two stalks of lavender home with me. Hopefully, if I don’t lose them, they will remind me to return in a few weeks to see if the lavender is ready to harvest.
Thanks for the sweet reminders, Great Grandmother.
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What a lovely story and lovely lavender – one of my favourites… Cath
Thanks. Do you make lavender themed jewellery? 🙂
No, unfortunately I don’t, but have made lilac coloured bracelets in the past. I currently have some purple beads but struggling to find colours to match without them looking too dark.
I can see that might be a problem.
Yes, I think it has to be black and silver and make the item an evening piece. Unfortunately I’m into brights and pastels at the moment so it will have to wait!
I can smell it all the way here in Sicily!:) We have lots of gelsomino here (jasmine) even gelato al gelsomino but I have not seen lavender.
Jasmine gelato? We have lavender icecream and lavender macarons and lavender shortbread; all delicious.
A beautiful post. Lavender is a favorite of my wife and me. We went to Provence this past summer and drove past acres and acres of lavender in neat rows. Great lakes of lavender. The air was redolent with the smell. We visited a little lavender distillery and saw how the oil is steamed from the plants. It was a hypnotic day, like the smell of lavender.
Thank you. What a wonderful trip. I can imagine the fragrance. I have heard that you need a lot of lavender to produce even the smallest amount of oil; is that so? I also wonder how many bees accidentally end up in the distilleries!
Lovely photos – and I’m sure your great grandmother did love lavender. That’s a thriving bush
I don’t know that my great grandmother did this but I believe in older times people would plant a lavender bush near the laundry and place their washing on it to dry.
What a lovely thought
I can smell it now! Lovely post as usual!
Thanks. Do you grow lavender in the Holler?
oh! the images are lovely! that’s such a perfect cluster of lavender!
Isn’t it just! Made my heart sing.
Lovely lavender and I love the smell too! Great Photos!
Yes, I love to have lavender in the linen cupboard.
Beautiful!!!
Thank you. It made my day to see the lavender looking so healthy and beautiful. In one of the earthquakes, my great-grandmother’s headstone tumbled. Some kind person set it right some months ago. That made me happy too.