The garden in Norfolk at this time of year is full of fresh, green shoots and bright flowers springing up everywhere. Daffodils, magnolia, the leaves of the horse chestnut unfurling from sticky buds, primroses, cowslips...
Then there are the violets. Mostly purple, some white, they scatter the lawn and spring up between tree roots. This Easter weekend I collected a few, arranged them in a tiny vase, and then had fun with my camera, the extension tube for close ups, and a few Easter themed props (both the eggcups are from Mum's childhood - the chicken one even says 'made in occupied Japan' on its base!). I'm thinking I might turn them into postcards in time for Easter next year.
I didn't take the flowers with me when I returned to London on Monday afternoon, they are extremely fragile and wouldn't have travelled well, but I did bring the china brooch, below, that I found in a Stowmarket charity shop on Saturday afternoon. A rather appropriate memento of a violet-filled Easter weekend.
Violets are my favourite flower - they're so tiny!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are beautiful! Definitely waiting to be made into cards, and what a sweet brooch that is.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous - I just love violets
ReplyDeleteI love flowers and there are so many pictures of them these days! Your violets are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOh still seems so funny to hear local places written about on a blog! Silly isn't it really.
ReplyDeleteI had a similar brooch when I was young, I wonder what happened to it? I love violets and just how delicate they are.
I am sure the teashop at Dunwich was very nice indeed, and like you say 'very British'. We laughed about being at the seaside on the bank holiday even though it was freezing.
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sweet post :) made me feel all spring like :)
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Sweet and lovely!
ReplyDeleteWonderful eggcups
ReplyDeletebeautiful violets
Loving your blog, found it through teaforjoy and just added you to my fav's over on my blog figsandviolets.com, i'm a fellow londoner and Rebecca! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWonderful pics, found your blog through Tea for Joy. Kx
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I love wild flowers best of all :)
ReplyDeleteMaking your own cards is a great idea - i did some Christmas cards a couple of years ago with mountain photos from my gap year in Canada and was v pleased with them.
LOVEliness!
ReplyDeleteand your egg holder is so charming~
lovely photos... violets are so cute and delicate! have a nice weekend!
ReplyDeleteSpringtime fever is building, this is a very pretty post and I am coveting those egg cups.
ReplyDeleteLove this post and love Violets! So much so I named my 2nd daughter Violet (who incidentally told me she doesn't like purple at the weekend - but hey, I'll work on her!) x
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