juxtaposed against polished reclaimed oak floor boards…
and a gilded, plump and purple French settee…
Scintillating…emoting…vibrant purple…
Valerie Wade 40’s French sofa from here
Altered from original photograph by
Richard Powers…
House & Garden March 2011 here
The whole range from violet to magenta…
against a denim-esq indigo blue…
Styled by Véronique Villaret sur une idée de Cléophée de Turckheim
photo Frédéric Vasseur
Coté Ouest April May 2010 ici
Early Spring Violets from my garden…
Snowflake (or Leucojum Vernum) with tiny green
smudges at each petal edge, grape hyacinth (muscari)…
And so the garden begins…….
muscari, viola, hyacinth in concert…
and always the artful surprises…
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Thoughts still very much with Japan…
“For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring
like a flower even from the cliffs of despair”.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
