The color purple
It's lavender season at the Farmer's Market in Santa Monica, with half a dozen stands offering up sprays of one of my favorite (hey, I'm French) flowers. And of all the displays, this was the most interesting, the cool gray metal tub, the soft sprays of fragrant blooms, a small sweet symphony of contrasts.
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