Pipe Dream

[catelin]

Oh, how I sometimes wish I could win the lottery.

Does anyone want to go cut lavender with me on Saturday afternoon? We'd need to be in Blanco around 2:00pm.

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[sun--king.livejournal.com]

would grapes grow there?? I could come and make some wine!!

[catelin.livejournal.com]

Grapes grow like crazy around here! Come on out! : )

[sun--king.livejournal.com]

aha, I bet that's what you say to all the winemakers ;)

[catelin.livejournal.com]

No, just to the ones I like. : )

[chaizzilla.livejournal.com]

pomengranite trees & wild asparagus too!

i used to go to blanco to buy goat cheese :)

[catelin.livejournal.com]

When oh when are you going to come visit me???? I have a feeling you'd be the one showing me around! : )

[chaizzilla.livejournal.com]

i only know the few places i went fairly regularly, there aren't many. a trip to austin's coming someday, probably after i've been working again for a while, so it's gonna be a while before i go anywhere. it's wierd feeling myself pegged into a specific groove for a year ahead of me, not sure i've ever done this intentionally before. if i do visit, rest assured it'll likely be in the fall after it cools down, late october/early novemberish if i remember right.. there's still some pecans to be had and barton creek stops charging, etc etc

Lavender Farm

[ex-friedrich47.livejournal.com]

What exactly does one do with lavender, except look at it growing out on the back 40? Do they make dye from it or something? Perfume?

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[catelin.livejournal.com]

What does one do with lavender, he asks!!!! It smells like heaven and there's all sorts of things to do with it. You can stuff it in pillows, make bath oils and soaps, candles, potpourri...and the list goes on, you poor lavender deficient soul! ; )

Re: Lavender Farm

[melanie.livejournal.com]

lavendar wands. :)

Re: Lavender Farm

[ex-friedrich47.livejournal.com]

I did read on and find that they have been selling it to florists and in farmers markets.

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[melanie.livejournal.com]

if lavendar were growing in my back 40, they'd never get me inside the house again.

[lacyunderall.livejournal.com]

oh, i absolutely LOVE harvesting lavender...wish i lived closer.

[catelin.livejournal.com]

I haven't ever done it before, but it sounds fun!

[lacyunderall.livejournal.com]

oh, it's fabulous. by the time you're done, everything you wear, your hair, your fingernails, are permeated with the scent. lovely.

[melanie.livejournal.com]

cut lavendar? you've got LOTS of it?

*droool*

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

There's lavender growing around here? Eee. How cool.
Maybe I can talk my mom into giving me the car this weekend... hmmm.

[catelin.livejournal.com]

Yes! Yes! We could have lunch, wander around, and then cover ourselves in lavender! Call me if you can make it over this way!

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Heheh. I have this fantastic image of us rolling around in a field of lavender.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

I am so there, and if I'm not there because I live in Boston, I am so jealous.

If we all pitch in, we can buy the house and turn it into a writers' haven. I'll empty my piggy bank....

[catelin.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't that be wonderful? If we all pitched in and began our own little lavender artists/writers/generally interesting people colony?

[notwolf.livejournal.com]

...you haven't proposed to anyone recently...

[catelin.livejournal.com]

I figured out that one-sided conversations hurt my heart.

sigh!

[cobaltika.livejournal.com]

i find this message on a day i am most homesick for hillcountry texas...and the rest of my family out there. a lavender farm in Blanco!? did you go? was it lovely? a cousin of mine has a lavender farm also, near Bandera, i believe they were harvesting recently, too. how wonderful that must be...to stand in the field in the midst of that scent. YUM! i wonder if it will grow in kansas....

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[catelin.livejournal.com]

Wow! I took a look at your journal and was astounded at how lovely the writing and the words were! I did go and it was great. I've added you to my friends list, so you can see photos now. : )

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[cobaltika.livejournal.com]

oh my! thank you very much! the lavender field is lovely...mmmmmm...in the sun. must have smelled wonderful. and i added you too!