This is a perfect lavender patch that I stealthily photographed this morning in someone's driveway. Perfect conditions for lavender -- 100% sunny, hot and dry, with lots of sea salt (ok Sound salt) in the air. My husband is from Long Island and is a beach snob -- he hates it when people call the Sound the "ocean" and he thinks our sand is nasty and coarse and dusty compared to the world class beaches on the south shore of Long Island. It is all those things but it's still sand and it's still a beach with salt water near by and it's beautiful in my book.