Lavender Champagne anyone?

The perfect summer day. Blue skies. Gentle warm breeze wafting scents of roses, lilac and rosemary through the garden.  Pink and white Rosellas bolding reclaiming the front lawn. Days like this are made for sitting on the front porch, glass of bubbles in hand, pondering life and all its crazy turns. Which is exactly what I planned to do until I noticed that the lavender had more issues than my neighbour's sheep with separation anxiety (he travels everywhere in the back seat of the car with his owner. Even out to coffee!).  Visit to Lavandula Farm required. Now!

Walking through the farm gates of Lavandula is like stepping inside a perfect little corner of Provence. Which way to go first? The Barn Shop packed floor to ceiling with lavender-infused everything just to the left of the farm gate? The lavender fields to my right? Or towards the vintage wheelbarrows overflowing with lavender plants (clearly the point of this visit)? Then the sun hits a sign in the distance, magnetically drawing me further down the lavender lined path to a little wooden cottage. And there it was.

“Lavender Champagne Cocktails $8”. Like a Tsunami, the memories came flooding back...Read more...