Gone, are the days of Lavender and Coriander.

In a land far, far away there was a village named Herb-acia. In Herb-acia lived many varieties of herbs. There were parsley, sage, marjoram, thyme, mint, oregano, basil, dill and many more. But this story is not about the other herbs, this story is about 3 herbs who gather every Saturday in a little herb cottage on a Drum-Drum St which was clandestinely hidden behind the Saf-U-Way Mountain.

From this little herb cottage every on Saturday at not so precisely 2pm, if you listen closely enough you can hear the beat of the latest MTV entwined with the sound of a whizzing mixer. These were the sounds of 3 happy herby bakers baking; they were Lavender, Coriander and Rosemary. The head herb baker was Lavender the cupcake-baking-bee-stung-lips-purple- loving herb. There was of course Coriander the walking-talking-manual-mixer- dishwasher and photographer, who able to multi task all these task while spying on Basil who lived upstairs. And finally there was Rosemary; Rosemary even though consisted of the two girl’s names (Rose and Mary) was a boy herb. Rosemary was a very common boy-herb name in Herb-acia. Rosemary baked pies.

Every week they move from category to category of the baking index. They conjured up magnificent patisserie feats like amazing fridge magnet profiteroles, the all outstanding tasteless pies and also the oh-so-magnificient fridge magnet cookies. They baked all though spring, summer and autumn and had the most herbaextraordinary time .

However their herbalicious time was coming to an end; as winter was approaching. As Lavender and Coriander were annual plants who could not withstand the cold blistering winds and rain of the dreaded Jack Frost. They had to pack their bags and journey for warmer climates; but Rosemary who was an ever green plant and had no choice but to stay behind. Just a few hours after Lavender and Coriander’s departure, Rosemary had found more happening and fun herbs to be around with and had soon forgotten about his old friends. (Just joking). Rosemary felt all alone reminiscing on the herbtastic time they had, hoping spring would come soon so they could all meet again.

Bye Coriander! Bye Lavender!