oh as usual...i love your imagination! we asked our readers...if you could take the lovely pieces 'brown belly' is giving away, backward or forward in time...where would you take them? and i just loved what you ALL had to say...
our winner this time is...
"CONFESSION: I've always had this dream of running through rows and rows of never ending lavender fields. I picture it like those movies where couples run toward each other in slow motion...me, running through an open expanse of lavender as far as the eye can see, arms outstretched to each side with lavender making its way through my fingers as I become delirious from the strong scent that fills my nostrils. I'd always imagined turning my dream into reality one day and traveling to Provence, France, a city widely known for the beauty of its lavender fields. Recently however, I learned of a lesser known jewel that is home to panoramas of lavender: Hvar Croatia. I've read that as you enter the island by catamaran, the first thing that strikes you upon disembarking is the scent of lavender hanging heavy in the air. If you visit in July and August the island billows in an ocean of mauve. Lavender and rosemary finds its way into everything: aromatic oils, fragrant beanbags, homeopathic remedies. Little stalls line the quayside selling bottle upon bottle of the stuff, jostling for place with stalls hawking turquoise necklaces and silver bracelets.
It's been said that Croatia is home to the world’s bluest water. I’ve heard that, seen from space, the water there is the most vivid on earth. While I’ve seen the turquoise of the Caribbean and the navy of the Aegean, the water of Croatia is supposedly so special that Jacques Cousteau declared it to be the clearest he’d ever seen. I Imagine it something like the jade and sapphire hues of a peacock’s tail. That said, if I could take the lovely bed jacket and beach tote to any place and moment in time, it would be on a warm August evening in the lavender fields of Hvar. I would collect bundles of lavender in my tote with my hair and jacket flowing as the nearby sea breeze passes through the air."- by lyla t.
thank you lavender mermaid and all those who eneterd! happy summer! more to come and be sure to check out those beautiful bed jackets and other beach/swimwear goodies at brown belly! xox
