The Lavendar Tree: Ted Baxter

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Ted Baxter

This past weekend I watched some old episodes of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Oh how I miss some of that old humor.

One of the episodes was about Mary taking a writing class - and, of course, Ted felt he needed to join the class as well.

Watch the rest here...I laughed until I cried.

Why The Lavendar Tree?

Where did The Lavendar Tree come from? Well, let me explain.

LAVENDAR: I've always had a purple passion. I think it arrived the day I was born. It was only natural that purple came into play somewhere in "my name".

I like the way "lavender" sounds - but for some reason, I think everyone else spells it wrong and it really should be spelled "lavendar". :-)

TREE: My grandmother was an incredible fiber artist - I believe way before the words "fiber artist" ever existed. She was an extremely talented quilter, knitter, crocheter and could embroider like no one's business. She had a talent for the satin stitch to die for! My grandma helped encourage my passion for crafting and stitching when I was very young.

I fondly recall one sunshiny day, standing at my grandma's kitchen window and seeing the tree leaves sway back and forth in her orchard. She said the leaves were "waving" at us. I loved that. (Note: I have found that birch trees make the happiest wavers!)

THUS: The Lavendar Tree.

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Ted Baxter