Budding Lavender Farm

We have a small patch of land where we have planted so far four varieties of lavender.  We have begun calling it "our lavender farm" even though it is far from what an established lavender farm is really like.  Yet we are on our way to cultivating our own small patch of purple heaven.  

Some pics from today:

A basket of Sweet Romance.  It's my favorite at the moment.

I can't wait to see how this looks next year.  I am a bit apprehensive because we lost most of our lavender at our other place last winter due to extreme cold temperatures.  All of these varieties are supposed to be cold hardy, but so were the other plants.  Time will tell.  Please wish us luck.

As I was cutting the Sweet Romance blooms, cicadas were singing and a breeze was blowing.  My mind immediately went back to my experience in lavender fields in Provence this past summer.  I won't pretend that I will have anything that looks like that here, but our lavender farm will be my little corner of Provence here in the States.

As always, thank you for reading!

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PEACE.

                                                 LOVE.

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Updated pictures of Shirley the Turtle

I fixed Shirley's hat and I'm deciding on whether or not to make her a cute little scarf.  In the meantime, I took her picture on our back deck.  It was really windy and I'm glad she didn't fall off.  I put a little purple washcloth underneath her to keep her clean.  What do you think of her?

If you would like to try to crochet a sweet little turtle of your own, find this very well-written, easy to follow pattern by Pepika at her Etsy shop here.

National Crochet Month Post #14--Shirley the Turtle Amigurumi

I am going to be very tired tomorrow morning, but I was determined to finish this sweet little turtle amigurumi today.  At 11:01 p.m., I have 59 minutes left in #NationalCrochetMonth here in the central time zone.

I made this sweet turtle for my cousins Janet and Ellie in honor of their mom Shirley.  They asked me to make a turtle as a mascot for their Walk to End Alzheimer's team Slowly But Shirley.  Aunt Shirley was a lovely woman and she is greatly missed by her family.  My dad is now experiencing dementia-like symptoms and I would love to see more awareness of brain related maladies.

I still have to tweak her hat a bit and take a picture of her with natural light, but I wanted to make sure I got this posted today.  What do you think of her?

I bought the pattern for Shirley from www.pepika.com.

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It's been a lot of fun sharing various crochet projects with you.  I wish I had been able to post more, but I will continue to do so even though National Crochet Month has ended.

Have a wonderful day!

-J