Lavender Farm!

Last weekend I spent St. Patrick's day co-leading a Parks & Rec overnight trip to Harrisonburg, VA. What's to see in Harrisonburg, you ask? Well...the White Oak Lavender farm! The farm wasn't as big as I pictured it, but it was still very nice and the weather was gorgeous. There were some animals (horses, goats, cat) that the folks could pet and we just kinda meandered around and enjoyed the beautiful landscape. There was even a pony who was 10 months pregnant. (apparently the gestation period is 11 months- I learned something!) Here are a few pics of the scenery: (those little bush things are the lavender beginning to grow)

and in this "Rabbitat" lived the biggest bunny i have ever seen! sadly I don't have a picture, but it was literally bigger than most cats I have seen. it was huge.

anyways, after the lavender farm we spent the night in a hotel in harrisonburg and it was a great time. for some of the folks it was their first time on an overnight trip and possibly first time in a hotel, so that was really fun. pretty much I just love any chance where I can pretend that I'm like Leslie Knope.

Pattern Challenged

So back in December my Mom asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I mentioned that I had seen a coat that I liked. She asked me what it looked like, and I did my best to describe the color and pattern. Some of you remember in college when I bought a business jumart and described the pattern as "little circles" (which I guess brings to mind polka dots...) when in fact it was something like "textured." Well, apparently I haven't gotten any better because after struggling to describe it I told her it was red gingham (which I now know is what i call "picnic pattern"). Thankfully she still found the right coat...but then informed me I was nowhere near on the pattern description. Here's the coat:

And a close up of the pattern:

Now I don't remember what it was actually called- houndstooth maybe? Someone recently told me about a pattern "chevron". I don't know. I'm pretty much lost when it gets more complicated than stripes....Anyone know this pattern? Is it in fact houndstooth?

UVA baseball

Today I took one of my former students to a UVA baseball game. Since my brother Matt was my long term sub when I left the school (a fun fact I may not have yet shared), he came along too! It was a lot of fun, but chilly! It has been so warm here the past week (60s & 7os) but unfortunately it did not get above the mid 40s today. They were however giving out free coffee & hot chocolate, so that was a nice bonus! We only made it through 3 innings (although that was about 2 hours!) and then it was time to go. It was a lot of fun though and my student was definitely the best cheerer there. I do enjoy watching baseball (it's very relaxing!) and I think I just may have to go back when it warms up.

I am back

Delicious wine, good conversation, and an iPhone have inspired me. I'm back.