Old Lavender

Sounds rawther nostalgic, doesn't it? Looks rawther bland but it does still smell lovely, despite being over a year old. I don't know how long old lavender, dried lavender, keeps its fragrance. Leila gave me this crop to use in soap-making with the cub scouts, which we did last year. The rest is now in a nice round jar.

Today I started to tackle the pantry. I worked for 3 hours and am about a third done. There were napkins and cans of beans and plastic bags and boxes of pasta strewn all over the ground, making it difficult to reach the inner sanctum of the pantry, which was (is) all likewise chaotic and filthy. It has to be done. It is a big job. There are lots of big jobs to do around here.