This week we went to a "Lavender Farm."  I was thinking maybe it would be a farm of little lavender houses like you see in fairy tales but it was an actual lavender flower farm.  Rows and rows of beautiful flowers, a nice gift shop where everything was lavender or smelled of lavender and a distillery where oil was extracted from the plants. When I first saw the distillery I thought it was going to be something we could sample.....I have been to a lot of wineries!!  But no, it was just oil.

   To see the place, learn a little about the flowers, how they use them and how they get the oils would have been nice, but....holy cow!! I thought that woman would never shut up.  I stood out in the field (thank goodness for a nearby tree) until my knee started hurting, then I moved to a stone bench (thank goodness for the tent over it) until I thought my back had turned to stone........and still she talked on and on and on.  How much can there be to tell about lavender, you say?? From what I could tell it you could probably get a college degree in it.  Well, when she finally stopped she said she could tell us a lot more but would leave it for another day. (thank goodness)  I had heard way more then I will ever need, or care to know, about lavender!  

   Then we went to see a nearby lake and on to lunch at an out-of-the-way (deserted place) with no indoor seats (no indoor potties, either) so we had to eat outside.  (thank goodness for a nice breeze and large umbrellas) 

  From all my "thank goodness for"  references, I guess you can tell I am not an outside person.  But if you are interested in learning all about lavender, a farm is a good place to go, especially the one we went to....I can get you the name of the lecturer we had if you are interested.  :-)

   But to balance off my opinion: my husband and the two women we took with us thought it was great.