Lavender U-pick

Today's weather forecast was t-storm, damaging winds and hail with 99% precipitation.

We woke up to a gloomy day and became very indecisive about whether we should go or not to the lavender u-pick. We'll have to wait for next year if we missed it today, the final day of u-pick in the season. When we finally decided to go regardless of the horrible weather, the rain started dripping off the sky. Elle was cranky for long stretches of time on the road again. Since her 13th month, she has been acting very fussy in the car whenever we're out of town no matter of it's a long road trip or a short one less than an hour. The crying and screaming really got on our nerves that I almost wanted to jump out of the car. Thanks god that she finally drifted into sleep making the last half an hour stretch a peaceful drive.

When we turned into the driveway to the Lavender Hill farm, we're surprised the place was already packed with cars and there're many people picking in the lavender bushes in raincoat or with an umbrella. This off-the-beaten-path lavender field gets much more attention than I expected. Well, really, I didn't know what to expect at all when I found this on the net and Hin was joking the place might be only having a few bushels of lavenders next to the tent selling the lavender products.

The eyes greeted rows and rows of purple swaying in the field and the air was pungent with a sweet and heady scent, mesmerizing all senses. Delightful. The whole u-pick experience started off with a drizzle and a happy baby, then the rain stopped and a wriggly baby wanting to be carried in one second and to be down the next, followed by the sun broke through and a pair of exhausted, grouchy parent and a grumpy lil' one. It took quite a while for us to pick as much as possible to fit into a floral tie. Five bucks a bunch. It's a good deal for hard work, squatting our butt and bending our back to harvest one by one.