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Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 22 Feb

I love and violet lavender flowers in the balcony. The colours are very soft. They really enhance the mood. They look even better on a breezy evening. Even on a cloudy day they look...

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Do you like lavender ? Do you find it calming ?

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11307) • United Kingdom 14 Oct

I quite like the smell of lavender but I have to admit that I very often find it very overpowering. It is well known for its calming properties. Anyway, all that said, today I bought another Christmas present. I managed to find...

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Potpourri

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 8 Mar 25

It was a first for me when I found out that there is a thing called potpourri that only needed adding the scent of ones choice to have the room smell nice I was holidaying in the US and my friend with whom I spent a week was...

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My violet hibiscus is looking liking lavender plant

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 7 Sep 23

There has been heavy rains in Calcutta. It is natural as the monsoon season will continue till end of September. In the rain the violet hibiscus plants and the flowers are looking like lavender plants. The flowers are really...

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Cooking With Lavender

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 26 Aug 23

I love lavender. Every aspect of the dear plant-oil, color, scent, flower. What is there not to like? I remember one time when I was still living with my ex. There was a grill out back. One summer evening we were having friends...

lavender

pork

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Bye, Lavander

@n.J @Iam_jauntyjen (5452) 24 Aug 23

My lavender wilted :( The scent is still there when I touch it. The fragrance stays in my hands, so I am having seconds thoughts. Should I toss it or make something out of it. Decoration? Any suggestions?

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The violet hibiscus give feel of lavender

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 9 Jul 22

The violet hibiscus grown in the pots in my balcony are lovely. They create a feel that there is plantation of lavender. The colour of the hibiscus are almost similar like that of lavender. The hibiscus flower is used to make...

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Springy Out

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 11 Feb 22

The last couple of days I have been enjoying seeing birds lighting on the tree limbs outside of my window. I guess they are nibbling on new buds. There have been a lot of them too. Wrens mostly and a few doves. I used to enjoy...

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Lavender Essential Oil

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169449) • United States 24 Sep 20

The two students I spend most of my day with have lots of anxiety. Yesterday, and again today I am putting lavender essential oil on my clothes. Also inside my mask, for me. Lavender is said to help calm people down. Also help...

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Lavender

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169449) • United States 14 Jun 20

I had one variety of lavender that survived last winter. Then we had a freeze and it had a major dieback. I took the time to cut all that had died off and the plant has done wonderfully. It put on lots of new growth and is filled...

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My Lavender

Thelma @thelme55 (79308) • Germany 13 Jun 20

I planted a pot of lavender last year. It was so beautiful and smelt so relaxing. When the winter came, I thought it died. I didn´t throw it although the pot was bald. Last Spring, it started to have leaves. I keep on watering my...

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lavender flowers

fragrance

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Lavender oil......

Francine @beenice2 (2967) • Sackville, New Brunswick 23 Jun 19

SO many people have little knowledge about this oil. I do like the smell of it too. When I learned how to use this oil , I was so happy that it could be my quick fix oil to " sleeping " , to relax very tense muscles,...

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Lavender For My Screen Room

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 17 Mar 19

Yesterday my hubby came home from a trip to Big Lots with all kinds of stuff. Of course, he didn't get what I asked him to get. I wanted a few little gnome figures and little pieces of out door furniture for a little gnome...

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plant

screen room

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Perukes

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 23 Nov 18

This word is what was called men's wigs during the time of Louis XIII. Our founding fathers were in their 30's and 40's yet many had full grey heads of hair. Was it fashion or what? It seems that syphilis was raging in Europe and...

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Scents Of Fall

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 1 Sep 18

My daughter brought in some twigs of lavender the other evening. We have some growing out back. It has such a interesting musky and earthy sort of smell. So comforting and relaxing. I guess my favorite scent of fall. What is...

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earthy

fall

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Do You Like Purple?

rakski @rakski (156374) • Philippines 23 Apr 18

Hello everyone. Do you like the color purple? Purple is somehow the brighter side of violet. Well, I like the color from lilac, lavender, purple and violet. Purple is often associated with royalty, nobility, and power. I...

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Psychology and Color (Purple)

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 26 Aug 17

Purple is the combination of red and blue. With it comes the connotations of luxury, wisdom, royalty, and independence. It is said that purple inspires creativity and supports magic (literally and metaphorically). When...

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The Sweet Scent of Lavender

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 29 Apr 17

Imagine what it would be like to live next door to a field of lavender, the aroma waffling through the air scenting the breeze as it blew pass you. Oh the sweet smell of lavender. I think most of us know the use of lavender in...

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medicinal uses

sweet scent

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Started Some Seedlings

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 5 Apr 17

Showing my daughter how to germinate some seeds. She gets some from the dollar store. So she will have some Lavender and one other I don't remember what they were. I had her find an old container and put a little water in the...

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What Is Your Favorite Meal To Make?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 25 Feb 17

I have read a lot of you posting about a meal you are fixing. Excited about the meal. I wonder what your real favorite meal is. Chicken and dumplings? Curry dishes? Your individual favorite? I can remember fixing my first recipes...

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