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I can’t explain it-but even the idea of acres of lavender fields, makes me happy. Round large green plants loaded with stems of purple flowers. All placed neatly in rows. I love those rows of lavender - majestic and royal with its lavender scent. It’s a sensory overload that instantly releases a bio-chemical reaction in my entire being. I feel it in my shoulders as they drop away from my ears and as a smile emerges with an instant feeling that life is sweet
Maybe it is that lavender fields combine so many things that I love. One of my favorite color combinations is purple and green. I also love simple floral arrangements as they allow my eyes to rest. Seeing just one type of plant duplicated makes me very happy. I love the scent of lavender; it invokes the memory of my Grandmother - who also loved the scent.
Lavender also takes me to a favorite daydream of mine where I live on a quaint farm, in a hundred year-old stone cottage overlooking a large body of water. I awake each day to lavender fields and gracious living, hosting my friends and family to outdoor meals with white crisp tablecloths, candles in emptied wine bottles. Homemade lavender corn bread washed down by lavender tea and great local wine. Everyone is laughing and telling stories into the night and then going to bed feeling loved, appreciated, fulfilled.
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