Tuesday December 08, 2009
lavender blue
Recently I was in the organics shop buying some essentials and I picked up a bag of dried lavender. As I carried it around the shop I suddenly thought - ‘why would I buy this thing that I have an abundance of in the garden?’ so I put it back and that afternoon picked a bag of lavender flower heads. I put them in wooden bowls in the hot water cupboard to dry. Once they are dry (it takes a good few weeks) I plan to make some small lavender ‘pillows’ for putting into drawers to keep clothes smelling fresh and yummy. Once the heads are dry, you simply rub them between your fingers over a bowl to get nice, fine dried lavender so that whatever you make with it won’t be lumpy.
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Reader survey of sorts:
School ends for the summer this Friday, so as I do most years I will soon be taking a blog break so that I can focus on family and relaxing! I am planning a freshen up of the blog during this time, so I would appreciate any feedback you might have for me - what you enjoy, what you don’t etc. This year was an experiment in trying to write non-ephemeral blog posts, that is, posts that have an enduring quality at odds with the blog medium. However, as the year progressed I found this harder and harder, and I think it recent months I have pretty much abandoned that idea and have been blogging as I used to - about the small everyday this’n’thats of life. So - yes - any thoughts or ideas much appreciated while I meditate on how this space is going to be next year. (See ‘contact me’ link at right of here.) Thanks for that & thanks for returning to read - I appreciate your eyes and minds and hearts.