Photography by Chia Chong
Words and Styling by Libbie Summers
Have you been so fortunate as to stand at a plateau and look down over a field of blooming lavender?
At mid-day, the sun’s light washes across the field giving a golden giddy hue to the flowering herb. But, just 6 hours later, as the sun is setting, the darkening sky brings out a different plant personality all together. On Salted and Styled this week, we’ll explore that brooding richness of the lavender’s personality near sunset.
For a wonderful Mother from an appreciative daughter, I hope you see a little bit of you in this arrangement. I hope that I can be the Mother to Byrd that you have been to me. Happy Mother’s Day with love.
My formative years were made up of blueberry pie. Each summer Mom would drag my sister and me to the blueberry farm where we’d sit on buckets and encourage plump, steel-blueberries from their perch. “Try not to get the stems,” Mom would instruct. “Or the green berries. Or the ones that have a hint of red—they’re too bitter. They’ll ruin the pie.” In between her cautionary tales, she’s slip into a quiet meditation, working methodically through the rows.
Recipe and Styling by Libbie Summers Photography by Chia Chong Somedays a girl just has to say no to meat –luckily those days don’t come often. Green Apple and Tomatillo Soup (sliced […]
