I took this picture last weekend at a lavender farm in Hood River, Oregon, the dark purple is Grosso Lavender which is best known for oils. Grosso is a hybrid and must be started by propagation. It took 4 years to achieve this. If you stand still, you can hear the bees. They leave the lavender and go across the driveway to the pears. This is as close to heaven as I can get, Lavender and Mt Hood. I added the chair! Hood River is where the fruits for most of the mail order fruit companies grow, tons of orchards and only 2 lavender farms!
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An absolutely beautiful picture! I've never been to Oregon but my Mother has and she said it was a beautiful state. I love the chair addition to your picture.
Thank you for a lovely pleasure, that was so beautiful.
What a great picture! I love the chair. THanks for sharing.
Just beautiful! I saved the photo on my desktop as the background picture. DH and I went to the Pacific Northwest probably a decade ago and one of the places we went to was Mt. Hood. The air was fresher/cleaner out there. (I just hated to see all of the clearcuts, though.)
I live in humid Northeastern Ohio and after amending the soil with sand I was finally able to grow lavender. (And I use it to make my scrumptious lavender shortbread cookies!)
What an exquisite photo. I can see myself there, only I'd turn the chair around so I could see Mt. Hood.
Your wonderful photo really made my day! Thanks!
Yes, turning the chair around would be the thing to do!
The chair was "eye candy" .....a photo prop I couldnt resist. I have been in the PacNW for a total of 8 yrs (once in the 80's and back in 2004 for good) and I have never gotten used to the beauty and majesty of Mt Hood. In Hood River where the pix was taken..when driving you can see Mt Hood in your front thru the windshield and Mt Adams in your side mirror.
The chair was a prop...I never get used to seeing Mt Hood and it's majesty. In the car driving to Hood River, you have Mt Hood in front and Mt Adams in the side mirror! OR has it all - mountains, desert, the coast, the Columbia Gorge -- you wonder what Lewis & Clark thought when they arrived. I live in Camas, WA (across the river from Portland) and wake up to Mt St Helens every morning. We are in the city but you still can hear the coyotes at night and deer are everywhere...the PacNW has it all going on...cj in camas, wa
What a beautiful picture. I have saved it as well as used it as a desktop photo... I wish I could make it bigger. Thanks so much
What a wonderful contrast the chair makes in the lavender field! I live in Ohio, but visited Skamania Lodge on a business trip 3 years ago. You leave in a beautiful part of the country.
My daughter recently moved to Edmonds, WA. Is it near Camas? I would appreciate knowing all about Edmonds if you can contribute info. Thanks.
Janet, Edmonds is on the Puget Sound. I am about 3 hrs south on the Columbia River - just across the river from Portland OR. I've never been to Edmonds but it's in a beautiful area. cj in camas
For those who love this picture. Here is the website for the farm. They have a beautiful gift shop w/ reasonable prices and do accept Paypal.
www.lavendervalley.com/
Hi, this is about Edmonds. It is just north of Seattle on the water (Puget Sound) and is close enough to be considered a suburb of Seattle (or a "bedroom" community) I grew up in south Seattle so never went to Edmonds very often unless I was taking the ferry. It is a very desirable area, with the water and views and all but anything near Seattle is getting too expensive for me and the traffic is bad too. When you visit your daughter, be sure to take the ferry over to the peninsula. It is a cheap and fun thing to do.
I live in Hillsboro, OR and I will have to drive over to see the lavender. Hood River is such a cute town. We went for a "Day out with Thomas" for the kids once and they also have dinner trains that run through the countryside. These are very popular in the fall. When I drove over from Boston, we stopped in Hood River, thinking that we had arrived in Portland. Well, sort of. I think it still took us 2 hours to get to our new apartment.
Jess
Great Shot! There is another lavender farm closer to mt.hood...I think they are certified organic too. Here's a picture from their website: www.hoodriverlavender.com
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