With mickle rare perfume

"And lavender, whose spikes of azure bloom
shall be, ere-while, in arid bundles bound
to lurk admist the labours of her loom,
and crown her kerchiefs with mickle rare perfume."
William Shenstone The School Mistress 1742

Dog duties are over this evening as the owner of the lensbaby returns. My trip is drawing to a close - first stage of my return home is tomorrow when I fly to Auckland