We went to Akaroa, New Zealand for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. This is the French village where we did not buy the Takamatua Lavender Farm in 2003.
On Christmas Day we finally walked the lavender fields and visited this beautiful little farm in the Takamatua Valley.
Akaroa is one hour from Christchurch, the largest city on the South Island of New Zealand. (There are four and one half million people in all of New Zealand so the biggest city is not all that large.)
Akaroa sits on the Banks Peninsula, a piece of the world blessed with mountain valleys, sand beaches, whales, penguins, albatross and dolphins. It is the best place for a dream of life not yet lived.
I still dream of harvesting, distilling and making products from lavender. I am so thankful I had a chance to see the farm and imagine our life there.
It was a magical Christmas Day.
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