English Spirits Pretty Things: scent

This part of my blog is all about the things I collect or the things I make myself. I love so many things, I paint and draw and want to learn oils and pastels. I knit and crochet but want to learn tatting. I embroider and can turn my hand to most things given a chance. So much still to learn and do. I live in hope of some day reading all my books, learning all I want to learn and now I am learning to blog. You will often find my original poems, poor as they are I offer them here. I also appreciate other people art and will feature things I find that I have enjoyed. That includes pictures of fairies and fantasy or maybe just anything beautiful.

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Monday, July 1, 2013

I love Lavender..................

When people think of lavender they think of places like Provence or think of English Lavender, like Yardley. I grew up with Yardley's English Laveder. I never saw it growing though. One thing I intend to rectify next time I go to England. I also want to go to Provence so maybe I will see both someday.
The colour is wonderful and the scent divine.

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Imagine the scent of the fields

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Lavender is used for so many things. Soap, candles,sachets,powder and perfume........so many things. The colour is just so perfect

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It is beautiful in the garden.

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Then there is the soap and candles

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It will attract the hummingbirds

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There are so many things Lavender sugar and cookies maybe. Yes it can be used as a flavour too

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Well there are so many beautiful pictures out there of Lavender that its hard to choose them to do a post. I have a Facebook Page called Bluebell Woods, I post a lot of them there.
Linking with Smiling Sally at Blue Monday...with much thanks