| July 12, 2007 |
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I can't believe it has been a month since I wrote in this journal! Just don't know where the days go! We have done a bit of traveling since I wrote last. David and I escaped for a weekend to "do" the Brown County (IN) Garden and Artist's Studio tour. It was great fun driving my little car in the beautiful hills of southern Indiana. We saw some great art, some not so great gardens, but we appreciated the effort and the weather was gorgeous. Had a wonderful meal at the famous Story Inn, and just enjoyed some time together. Then it was busy, busy, busy prepping for Lavender Daze at the farm. The lavenders came into bloom so early this year, that I was nervous that we would have the darkest lavenders still in bloom....they were, but barely. Since that weekend, the girls have been harvesting as fast as they can to cut while the plants are still at their prime. With the heat, and no rain, they change in just a few days. David and I went to the International Barbershop Competition in Denver last week. We left two days early, so we could spend some time at Rocky Mountain National Park. What a beautiful place! We walked around Bear Lake, and enjoyed all the wildflowers that were just popping up. It is a short growing season in Denver, but the gardens at the Botanical Gardens were just amazing. I'm trying to work out if we can do a bus trip there in the future. Since then, I've been watering (still no significant rain) and weeding, collecting seeds, taking cuttings, and enjoying the barn full of hanging lavender. The flowers are just gorgeous right not....lots and lots of things in bloom. What a great time of year...now if it would just RAIN! |
