Blanco Lavender Festival

Blanco Lavender Festival

  This past weekend, the boy and I headed down to Blanco for the annual lavender festival. We’d never been, and I was curious to see what it was like. It was a little over an hour drive out into Texas Hill Country. There’s a pretty huge market setup...
Book Review: The Language of Flowers

Book Review: The Language of Flowers

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh I’d heard some buzz about this book on Twitter a few months ago, so when I found myself in the airport in need of something to read, I picked this up. And I’m so glad I did. The book is told from the point of...
Birthday Flowers

Birthday Flowers

So, I turned 27 yesterday. Honestly, I don’t feel any different (do we ever, on a birthday?) and it was kind of a non-event because of the madness of the preceding few days. My mom was in visiting and we were caught up in traveling down to Lackland AFB and back...