Le Tour de Lavender (Rainbow Connection Winners!)

Lavender can be so soft it's barely there.

Lavender can be bold.

Lavender can be bright.

Lavender can be all dried up.

Lavender can be fresh as a sweet summer's day.

Lavender can be flowery.

Lavender can be artistic.

Lavender can be whimsical.

Lavender can make a fashion statement.

Lavender can be fun... 

Thanks so much for helping me celebrate Lavender this week at Rainbow Connections - Colorful Competitions!   I hope you enjoy looking at and reading the winning photos, poetry, and artistic alterations as much as I have!  

Thanks to each of you who posted, commented, viewed or read our work. A special thanks and a huge hug to Becky D, my sister-in-law, who is visiting from California - she helped me pick the winners this week.  

You'll find an article about this week's color at The Golden Goose Who Laid the Golden Egg! 

Let's give a round of applause to each of the winners listed below!    

There is a tie for First Place!

1st Place is by Jessie L:  Lavender Asters  ...AND...

1st Place is by Arleen..:  Spring Crocus  

2nd place is by Melinda~Choosing Happiness~S:  Grandmother's Crochet Work  

3rd Place is by Jerri H:  Dahlia from Mom's Flowerbed

4rd place is by Trudy P:  Bell Flower

5th Place is by Harrel P:  Clematis  

6th Place is by Xelene *:  Purple Smoke Tree

7th Place is by Moggy K:  Lavender Hydrangea

8rd place is by Marianne R:  Two-Tone Petunia   

9th Place is by Layla Morgan Wilde:  Wisteria  

10th Place is by Marianne M:  Winter Sunrise

11th Place is by Lacey K:  Lovely Clematis

12th Place is by Donna E:  Lightning Illuminating the Sky

Honorable Mention in the Poetry Category goes to Curt L for :  Tea Served A' Clattering ~ A Haiku for Marsha S. and You

Honorable Mention for Artsitic Alterations goes to Bhawana Busy Buzzy B:  Lavender Winter 

Honorable Mention for Artsitic Alterations goes to Angela M:  Dandelion

Honorable Mention for Artsitic Alterations goes to Xelene *: Lavender Forest