Cooked lavender

The Owner found every reason imaginable not to walk back for his car yesterday, opting instead for the lazy way out by waiting for someone to arrive who had a car and was heading back past the pub and was fool enough to give him a lift. After a day in the hot sunshine the inside of the car was like an oven, in fact he had to put a pair of gloves on to touch the steering wheel. What a wimp!

When we eventually got the steering wheel cooled down a little, enough for him to drive home, he suddenly remembered the lavender plants in the back. I was sat with them, I didn't need to remember them! One thing for certain, they won't need drying out at the end of the summer! So this afternoon we have to go back to the garden centre for more plants. This is the garden centre who foolishly guarantee their plants will last for twelve months and I suspect The Owner will be trying to claim some free replacements although how he thinks he is going to swing that one escapes me! I can't help but think they might notice that the plants he will present to them as evidence will have the same consistency as cooked lettuce!