It seems even the grass wasn't tamed yet, nor weed-whacked or mowed. I am not sure that spring was quite finished, but, lavender waits for no one.

𝓢𝓾𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓪 𝓯𝓻𝓪𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮
𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓲𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓪 𝓼𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓽
𝓢𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝓵𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻, 𝓶𝔂 𝓼𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮
𝓶𝔂 𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽

𝓘𝓽𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓰𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮𝓸𝓾𝓼
𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓲𝓽, 𝓘’𝓵𝓵 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓲𝓻𝓮
𝓠𝓾𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼
𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓭𝓶𝓲𝓻𝓮

On May 14th of this year, Mother's Day was celebrated in over 40 countries. It is a day of honoring the mother of the family. I happen to be in that club. One of my girls, the youngest, in fact, purchased a season pass (another one!) for $25.00, but, this time it is for the Lavender Fields. Hence, it is nicknamed The Purple Pass. The pass allows you unlimited visits for the season. Each time you come, you may bring a guest, and, you and each get 20 free stems. I have gotten a nice supply of them so far. Last year, I dried a lot of lavender. Right now, I am picking the English lavender, the culinary one. The uses are endless! In the photo below, it is the French Lavender that is in front of the orange flowers.

I realize that #MarketFriday is a challenge at times. Many people are using memories, from days gone by or perhaps markets that they haven't posted. In these trying times, I am happy to see people still partaking in #MarketFriday. Use what photos you have. If you get to go shopping, we would love to see! Don't forget to take photos - whether it be the grocery, art galleries, or even the pharmacy, wherever money is exchanged for a service or for merchandise. Don't forget to use the hashtag #MarketFriday and @dswigle.

Tea cake mix, jam, essential oil, lavender oil, things you never imagined. It is a small shop, but, it has a massive amount of merchandise. Best part? Nobody bothers you while you are shopping, but, will be happy to give you information or answer your questions. It's lovely.

They had many good books on using lavender and the many ways to take advantage of its properties. You walk around in a peaceful stupor, Kidding, of course, but, I can feel the calming effects of being surrounded by all that lavender.

Please leave the link to your post here so it can easily be found by others. It helps you and me to have them in one place. Where else can you take such a quick trip around the globe? Thank you so much for joining us!! ❤

As always, there must be flowers to color my world. #alwaysaflower I know, tulips are all gone, but, I had a few leftover pictures. One can never get enough of those. Bring on the tulips!

I dedicate this post to all of you.💖 You bring joy to my soul and spread your love across the world. For this, I thank you. And just like that, this post is over..and just so you know, although we are throwing our love around the globe, I can guarantee you that there is still a little left to take us through the bad times until they can become good once again. Have a most fabulous day!

A big shout out to @lizelle and the Hive Thrifted Community Store that opened recently, and it is just waiting to be discovered by the Hive Community! If you've not heard about HIVE THRIFTED this is your opportunity to declutter, put unneeded items up for sale, and earn HIVE or HBD! Check out the intro post here If you like the idea of extra income the easy way, read up on it in the intro post, you won't be sorry! Any Questions? Ask away! If you reblog the current post from Hive Thrifted, which you can find here we can start filling up the Hive Thrifted store,