Gathering Lavender

07 July 2021

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Gathering lavender either early in the morning or after sunset

otherwise, be prepared to be in competition with bees.

The day before I planned to harvest our two thick beautiful lavender plants

it rained steadily the day long. The lavender blossoms browned a bit but not too badly.

I found this old long narrow wicker basket I believe it is for collecting flowers

which was the perfect place for some of the lavender I cut.

The long narrow stick holds the lid secure.

A friend wanted me to send her some lavender this seemed like the dreamest way to do it.

Thank you wicker basket for coming along my path at the brocante the other day.

Such a curious photo-

Two women four children perfectly placed.

Their names above their heads.

The little girl has the sweetest smile amongst the serious regards of the others.

Yet the glowing baby I cannot figure it out.

I wonder if the baby was alive?

What do you think?

And just like that, I went from writing about Lavender to asking about this baby.

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7 responses to “Gathering Lavender”

Kathie B

07 July 2021

In the last photo, can you search the internet or Ancestry.com for the legible names? Perhaps a descendant of one of these people has posted the family genealogy online.

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Jeanne

08 July 2021

The baby has an angelic glow. I love lavender a beautiful calming thing to have in every home.
I drink lavender tea it’s very soothing.
Much love

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Melissa

08 July 2021

I checked on ancestry.com as I have a subscription but couldn’t find any of the individuals named. Wish I could have found an answer.

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Leslie in Oregon

08 July 2021

Your homegrown lavender is so much more vibrant than the lavender we can buy here at the weekly farmer’s markets. I imagine that its aromatic qualities are more vivid too. The basket you are using for your lavender is lovely and intriguing. (Baskets fascinate me, and I find them very difficult to resist. Fortunately, most that I now encounter are priced beyond my budget 😘

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RebeccaNYC

09 July 2021

This reminds me of the shoe boxes of lavender and other herbs I sneak into my suitcase every year on my way home. I have not been stopped once, but I always expect to be. I cross my fingers when I fill out the form asking me if I am bringing home any plant material. Mine are dried, not live plants, and they are souvenirs, so it’s ok, right? RIGHT?!
The portrait is intriguing…you could write a whole novel about what happened before and after this photo was taken. Love the glowing baby…glowing because it’s wearing white while every one else is in dark, or glowing because it’s an actual angel. We’ll never know…. 😉

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Marilyn

09 July 2021

Gorgeous lavender.
Fascinating photo. It does almost feel like the baby is not alive.

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isabel

10 July 2021

Hi Corey,
Most likely the baby is alive. Often babies slept during photography sessions and often these days these photos with sleeping babies are mistaken for post-mortem photos.
The glow must come from a degeneration of the photo surface. I am no expert although I look at lots and lots of 19th century photographs almost daily. White tones in old pictures tend to bleach out over time, and look rather fuzzy. Often babies’ all-white garments look highly over-exposed, just white blobs. I’ve never seen one as glowing and fuzzy as this one, though.
I think you should take it to an antique photograph dealer in Paris next time you’re there, and hopefully they can shed more light on it for you. And for us, for that matter.

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