10/03/2026
Today I had several people stop by the shop.It was such a gift to be busy!
One couple came in, about our age. She walked in first, her husband moving a little slower behind her.
I asked where they were from.
“Denver,” he said.
She quietly leaned toward me. —Granby.”
She put a drop of lavender oil on her hand then his hand to sample, then moved through the shop, asking lots of questions about the lavender and picking out several items. He wandered around the room slowly, saying a few things here and there that didn’t quite fit our conversation.
I asked if they would like to go out and see the lavender.
“Would your husband like that?”
“Yes,” he said.
We loaded into the side-by-side, trying to put him in the middle. He looked frail.
“No,” he said. “That’s my wife’s place.”
She held his hand while he gripped the handle by the front window, and we buzzed out toward the field.
We walked around for a while. He mostly stood quietly and stared at the river and the trees.
“Beautiful,” he said.
Then again.
“Beautiful.”
As we loaded back up, I saw Mohon just ahead.
“Would you like to see my horse, Mohon, she loves people?”
“Yes,” she said.
I pulled the side-by-side up so Mohon was right beside her husband.
He looked at her.
“Look at her shine”
He reached out and began petting her cheek, then her neck. Mohon stood there with him, her soft lips moving across her hand and then his.
He just kept petting her.
His wife turned toward me.
“He has Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s,” she said. “He’s only 67.”
She told me he had been in finance for years. A hockey player. Shooting ri**es right across the highway!”.
Eventually I started the engine.
He kept petting Mohon.
We sat there another minute, and then she turned to me.
“Thank you, Shelby. You gave us so much happiness! When days can be rough. Thank you.
“Come back,” I told her. “Mohon loves people.”
She took my number. Then she hugged me and just looked at me for a moment.
He shook my hand.
And then they left.
I fought back tears several times-
Today I was simply thankful…
A lavender field.
A river with amazing views
A horse willing to stand quietly while a man stroked her face.
And a few minutes when all he needed to say was—
“Beautiful.”
Just a little lavender shop on the ranch. 🙏🏻
