Flower of the Morning

Beautiful purple signs of spring! These little flowers came up in front of the greenhouse... the first blossoms of the season. The perennial beds are showing promising signs of color to come as the many different shades and shapes of green poke up through the earth. Changes occur daily out here in the woods. The little pond is finally ice free... the trees shelter it from the sunshine, and it sets down a little lower than the surrounding ground, keeping it just a little cooler than the rest of the property. The lawn is looking a little greener, the birds are singing more, and the days are getting longer! The chore list grows faster than we make time to keep up with, one of the most important daily chore is to STOP and look at things like these little flowers before they go by without notice. Having the camera handy helps quite a bit, encouraging me to slow down and look for something interesting. Purple is one of my favorite colors, especially the deep purple of these little blossoms.
Flower of the Morning can be found in The Phillips Collection of Traditional American Fiddle Tunes.