Diane Vogel Ferri’s full-length poetry book is Everything is Rising (Luchador Press). Her latest novel is No Life But This: A Novel of Emily Warren Roebling (Atbosh Media) Her essays have been published in The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Scene Magazine, and Yellow Arrow Journal, among others. Her poems can be found in numerous journals such as Wend Poetry, Blue Heron Review, Rubbertop Review, and Poet Lore. Her previous publications are Liquid Rubies (poetry), The Volume of Our Incongruity (poetry), and The Desire Path (novel). She has done many poetry readings locally. Diane’s essay, “I Will Sing for You” was featured at the Cleveland Humanities Festival in 2018. A former teacher, she holds an M.Ed from Cleveland State University and is a founding member of Literary Cleveland. Her poem, For You, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of The Net 2023

Monday, July 14, 2008

Lavender

There is nothing I do not love about lavender. I think the plant is beautiful and luscious. I adore the fragrance. I even like the word - I named a character in my new novel Lavender. I am drawn to anything in any shade of purple. I've had a small lavender plant in my semi-shade perennial garden for years and it's all but dormant. It just lives with no growth. So I stubbornly tried again - near the front of our yard there is a little more sun, but not full sun as lavender needs. Well, it's thriving (but so is everything else this year) So this is my first lavender harvest!!! My husband doesn't get it - what are you going to do with it? Smell it, of course!


3 comments:

Happyone said...

I like lavender too and have some in my front garden. This is the third year I've had it and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. There are LOTS of bees and small white butterflies on it all the time.

Ruth Hull Chatlien said...

I love lavender too. Right now, it's the only scent I wear. I have some in my yard, but I never remember to dry it. I had to plant it in raised beds because of my heavy clay.

CRUSTY MOM-E said...

i love lavender--even in dryer sheets..so soothing! I always dot some behind my ears (lotion that is lavender scented) behind my ears and near my temples..it helps my headaches..

congratulations on the blooms and scents! And I can't wait to read your new book!!

:),
Elizabeth