Lavender Fair???

Not anymore! After 10 lovely lavender blooming seasons, Tuscan Farm Gardens has downsized to a manageable lifestyle. I remember the day I knew it had to end. We offered organic soup and panninis to our visitors but on this day Arleigh and I went into our bistro only to be greeted by the staff…there is nothing left for you! So, as he did often, Arleigh hopped on the golf cart and went to our good neighbors at Krause Berry Farm for a milkshake! This isn’t what we planned for retirement. Something had to give. So now with our new Apothecary Shop open only two days a week, lavender and roses blooming all around our new home, life is good!

We actually have time to listen to the birds and smell the roses too! But best of all we have time for family again.

All the family were home last weekend…17 of us. Darin and Rochelle arrived first with their 4 and they weren’t here half an hour and the toilet was plugged. I made a dash for the “old House” to get the plunger but on the way back I couldn’t help myself, I started to weed the garden and then I noticed some pinky/orange spikes further along so I trooped over to get a better look

and by this time my feet (in dress sandals) and hands (no garden gloves) were a complete mess and the toilet trouble disappeared completely from the radar screen. That’s what I love about the garden…getting lost in another world. Anyway, Lauren said the toilet was holding its own at rim level so back at the house I stopped in the laundry room, put my feet in the sink, gave myself a much needed Peppermint Foot scrub with the added bonus of cleaning, polishing and moisturizing my hands too. Yes, life is good.