GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

Besides identifying the tiny wildflowers in this post, the title may suggest I'm dating myself. Well ... I don't mind. From what I see from avatars of some other UHH posters, I'm not alone when the song "Sweet Violets" was popular in our lives. (No disrespect intended.)

When I was a young lad, I picked these tiny wildflowers and took them home to mom. We called them "Blue Bells." Mom happily accepted my gift, put them in a small glass with water and displayed them either on the kitchen table or the window sill above the sink. How many UHHers remember doing the same?

Now there are some who will read this and don't know what I'm writing about so I put a link below to a page where you can read the lyrics and hear the song being sung. I chose a page that uses the sound from an old 78 rpm vinyl record. Oh, you don't know what a "vinyl record" is? Google it.

A few years ago, the tiny wildflowers began to grow along the edge of our lawn by the fence in front of the house. We decided to discontinue trimming there and let them spread. Now we have an attractive border with these tiny wildflowers growing the full length of the fence. And, each time I look at them I began to hum the "old" song.

Enjoy these. Exif intact. PP w/PSE8. Comments welcome.

-- Gene

Flower Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_sororia or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_(plant)

Song Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Violets

Play the song: http://www.elyrics.net/read/d/dinah-shore-lyrics/sweet-violets-lyrics.html

Check Topics created in my Profile for more flower pics:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user_topics_listing.jsp?usernum=19902&page=1

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Pierre H.J. Dumais Loc: Mississippi Mills, Ont.

So nice of you to share these Gene and a special thanks for the memory.

Pierre

Joe F.N. Loc: Oshawa, Ontario

This is a good set Gene but you saved the best for last.

Samuraiz Loc: Central Florida

Thanks's, now I cannot get "Sweet Vi -o -let" Out of my head. :)

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

You're welcome, Pierre. I figured the old-timers would appreciate these as well as anyone else who likes wildflowers. Thanks for looking.

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

Thanks, Joe. Glad you like them. Yes, #10 was the one my wife and I like best. I have much more but these seemed to be the limit I wanted to take it. Thanks for looking.

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

You're welcome, Sam! :)

Now you know what happens to me each time I walk off the porch and gaze toward them. By time I get to the gate I'm into the second line. :)

BigAl Loc: Lincs UK

Half remembered the song, but just like you used to pick violets ( ours are smaller and dark blue) Bluebells and cowslips for mum. Happy days.( look at my recent post for our Bluebells)

Fkaufman3 Loc: Florida, LA ie lower Alabama

Very nice, I remember picking them for mom in Germany my dad and I would go pick mushrooms and I would pick the flowers

CJartist Loc: Ormond Beach

Gene I remember picking these and taking them home. Thanks for the memory. Your shots of these flowers are great.

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

Its the reason I added a link to the lyrics, Al. A good refresher. :) I looked at your Bluebell post. Yours are definitely bluer than ours. Ours that grow in the open are more violet in color than those that grow in shaded areas, much like the ones you photographed. Thanks for looking.

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

Sounds like what my kid sister did. I'm sure you had a good time picking the flowers and I definitely know mom like them. Thanks for looking.

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

You're welcome. Memories we never forget, CJ. Glad you like these and thanks for looking.

BigAl Loc: Lincs UK

Just took a quick snap of our Bluebells, tame ones in my garden but same as wild variety. grow 9 to 12inches high

GeneM Loc: Upstate PA

Beautiful picture of your native Bluebells, Al. Thanks for showing.

What we erroneously call a "Bluebell" is really a Violet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_sororia or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_(plant)).

Yours is different than our wrongly called "Bluebell," but is appropriately named "Bluebell" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinthoides_non-scripta).

We do have a wildflower in Pennsylvania forests that is called a "Bluebell" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mertensia_virginica) and is much different than the Violet.

All three of these different wildflowers are beautiful in their own way.