Lavender and mountain stream

Beautiful capture!

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Really pretty Andy, one of my favorite colors, purple! a lovely view beyond the purple also. I like the way you composed this. YS Sarah

Beautiful scenery and lovely photo, Andy!

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Beautiful French Lavender

Thanks, Pam!
Actually it is Spanish lavender. It looks the same as the lavender of the South of France and it used to be called Provencal, or French, lavender, but DNA profiling showed it to be a separate variety. The top two 'petals' are in fact modified leaves.

Thanks Andy.

I am a lavender fanantic .. I use the essential oil daily. I love it. Thanks for the knowledge !

I too love it, Pam.
Curiously enough I was allergic to it for a few years in my teens. This was after I accidentally drank quickly from what I thought was a glass of water but was, in fact lavender water that my sister had just poured out. I recoiled even from the smell for a few years but fortunately that wore off.
I wish I could show you photos of my front garden in Pinner, Middlesex in about 2005 or so. I majored on lavender and the effect was terrific (if I say so myself!). It won a prize one year from the Parish Council in its 'Pinner in Bloom' contest. I hadn't even applied, but was quietly chuffed!

See if you can get the pic scanned.. Let me know and if you can I will Ipmail you an email addy to send to !

What pic, Pam?
I never saw one and the only prize was a ... packet of mixed bulbs!!
I thought about this a year or so later as my Mum said the same as you. So I enquired and they said pics used to be published in the village magazine, which I subscribed to. But not in my year and they didn't have them as they were in dispute with the photographer about something or other (money I suspect!). Anyway I never saw any pics, for which I am a little bit sad!
And it's all too long ago to start asking now!
You're going to say 'it's worth a try!' I just know it!

Not a word shall pass my lips................. !!!

Wonderful composition with flowers...

...so beautiful done...

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Beautiful shot Andy. I can't wait for the sight of a field full of lavender.

Have a nice weekend to

Can almost smell the lavender !!
Have a nice weekend.

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What a beauty, Andy! Fascinating capture!

So beautiful, Andy !

Hi Andy,

A nice reminder that summer will soon be here!

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Lavender...I love it!
Beautiful spring image Andy!
Have a nice weekend

Marvelous composition, Andy !!! ***************************

beautiful compo, very nice colours

Vraiment magnifique Andy
je te souhaite une bonne fin de semaine

Excellent !

Beautiful, Andy! (Although not the garden of your mother! ;) )

??? Angelika.
I have very occasionally been known to take photos OUTSIDE my mother's garden!!!
:o)

A beautiful shot Andy.
Have a great weekend.

A beautiful combination Andy

It looks idyllic there. Very nice indeed Andy.

Ein fantastischer Ort, mit dem fließenden Wasser und dem Lavendel, Andy.
Freundliche Grüße und ein schönes Wochenende
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Beautiful light and an exquisite mix of colours here, Andy.
Wishing you an excellent weekend.

Excellent. Nicole.

No lavender in the wild here. And these in gardens are far more boring in bloom.
Beautifully captured.

I have to say that some cultivated 'garden' varieties do have more aroma than these. After all that was their sole raison d'etre! And the lavender fields of Haute Provence take some beating!
But I agree that these are much more beautiful than the ones I used to grow extensively (and much enjoyed and was complimented on) in my various gardens in England!

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Superbly photographed!

Nice shot Andy.

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Thank you for sharing your beautiful picture.
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