{Our Violets}

Mid March we have lots of lovely wood violets, mainly in our wood garden but also in other areas of our garden. So I did gather some for filling a tiny silver vase.

Wood Violets have such pretty faces, also their curved flower head looks very special.

Just so you can see their size, I've added a $ 0.10 piece for comparison.
For back ground I selected a spot with moss...

Sunlight can be quite striking in combination with these lovely flower heads!

Who would NOT love them?

One last closeup and than we say goodbye till 2016.

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{Pussy Willow from Cuttings}

We did have a Weeping Pussy Willow three years ago but we lost it when our creek got flooded. But last year while shopping at Whole Foods Market in Atlanta, we did buy a bouquet of Pussy Willows with the intent to grow them from these cuttings. Even though they're not the Weeping variety that we lost, but it worked and look:

Here it is, a young Pussy Willow Shrub from Cuttings!

Nicely close to the creek in its natural habitat where they thrive best.

Near our first bridge across the creek into our wood garden.

Mid March they did give us so much joy and they look beautiful!

No doubt these tiny shrubs will bigger over time and let me cut again a bouquet for in a vase.

There is even a spider living in the top part of this little shrub!

Spiders seem to prefer them as this one too shows some cob web threads.

Both of us grew up with plenty of Pussy Willows in the area where we grew up so we're quite pleased with these five new shrubs!

Do you have a Pussy Willow in your garden?

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{Our Fragrant 1916 Heirloom Thalia Narcissus & Spooky-boy}

On March 17, I could make some lovely photos from our fragrant heirloom 1916 Thalia Orchid Narcissus, accompanied by our Spooky-boy. 

They really look like Orchids these Thalia Narcissus!

Not that many flowers this year but still beautiful with the blue Ipheion in the front.

Our Spooky-boy joining me and posing in front of my camera...

Beautiful blue stars; Ipheion is a lovely spring flower bulb.

Our felines live in paradise!

Spooky-boy is a dreamer...

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