"THERE ARE ALWAYS FLOWERS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE THEM" -Henri Matisse

There are a few more spring blossoms I am posting for your enjoyment. The Violet is usually the first blossom I see in the spring. ( I don't have Crocus) I was a wood nymph as a kid and I remember bounding over the lawn to get to, up, and over the fence, then across the field to my destination, the woods. It was in bounding over the lawn that I was taken by the little bunches of Violets peeking through and all of sudden in full blossom. I could not miss them even in my eagerness to roam the woods. I would bend down and pull and a whole plant would come out and it would accompany me on my trek. I captured one this year. Usually, the two weeks of blossom passes before I can get it down on paper. I love the Violet.

And the flower that greets me at the garden center every spring is the Pansy in all its splendor. There are so many colors in one flower I can't help but marvel at that and it is fun to try to recreate it on paper. I always like the results because any pansy touches a fond remembrance.

"The sweetest lily withers,
The roses soon depart,
But oh, the dainty pansies-
They live within my heart!"
-unknown

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