Another little posy of violets

©Robin Edmundson, 'Violets 715', watercolor, 5 x 6 inches.  

[Available framed, $125]

Have another little posy of violets to brighten your day!

'Such a starved bank of moss...'

©Robin Edmundson, 'Violets 714', watercolor, 5 x 7 inches. 

[Available framed, $125]

When I was about 12 years old I came across the Robert Browning poem: 'Such a starved bank of moss till that May morn.  Blue ran the flash across - violets were born!'.

Violets have always been a big favorite of mine and every year when the first violet blooms, I recite that poem to myself.  They usually start blooming in late March or April, but I feel the same delight that Browning did when he wrote that poem. 

Happy Spring!

White Violets

This was a good year for violets.   They bloom at slightly different times.  The weather was perfect for the white ones in the woods down the way this year.

Yellow Violets

Most of the violets we get are the regular purple kind.

I love them.

A lot.

But in the Spring, deep in the woods, up from the leaf litter, under the trees we find these.

I love them, too.

November Violets

Every November we have a few violets that do a second showing for us.   They are hardy and I appreciate their last 'Hurrah!'