THE VILLAGE VOICE

"Surely as cometh the Winter, I know There are Spring violets under the snow." ~ R.H. Newell Violets under the snow "February is merely as long as is needed to pass the time until March." ~ Dr. J.R. Stockton Please join Carolyn for Garden Bloggers' Muse Day ( Sweet Home and Garden Chicago )

"The world's favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May." ~ Edwin Way Teale Magnolia blossoms Botanical: Magnolia acuminata, Magnolia virginiana (LINN.) Family: N.O. Magnoliaceae _____________ Tra la! It's May! The lusty month of May! That lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astray Tra la! It's here! That shocking time of year When tons of wicked little thoughts merrily appear It's May! It's May! That gorgeous holiday When every maiden wishes her lad would be a cad It's mad! It's gay! A libelous display Those dreary vows that everyone takes, everyone breaks, Everyone makes divine mistakes, the lusty month of May! Whence this fragrance wafting through the air? What sweet feelings does its scent transmute? Whence this perfume floating everywhere? Don't you know it's that dear forbidden fruit? Tra la la la la! That dear forbidden fruit! Tra la! It's May! The lusty month of May! That darling month when everyon...

"The sun is brilliant in the sky but its warmth does not reach my face. The breeze stirs the trees but leaves my hair unmoved. The cooling rain will feed the grass but will not slake my thirst. It is all inches away but further from me than my dreams." - M. Romeo LaFlamme (The First of March) 'Sentinel' Eye of the Elm __________ "March is a month of considerable frustration - it is so near spring and yet across a great deal of the country the weather is still so violent and changeable that outdoor activity in our yards seems light years away." ~ Thalassa Cruso ____________ Garden Blogger's Muse Day (CLICK and JOIN)

"Surely as cometh the Winter, I know There are Spring violets under the snow." ~ Robert Henry Newell (used pseudonym Orpheus C. Kerr) ( Spring Violets Under the Snow ) SONG OF THE VIOLET A humble flower long time I pined Upon the solitary plain, And trembled at the angry wind, And shrunk before the bitter rain. And oh! 'twas in a blessed hour A passing wanderer chanced to see, And, pitying the lonely flower To stoop and gather me. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray __________________________________ The VIOLET Violet scientific classification: Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malpighiales Family: Violaceae Genus: ViolaSpecies List of Viola species Violets (Viola) are a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae, with around 400-500 species throughout the world, mainly in the temperate Northern Hemisphere but also in Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in South America. They are typically found in moist and slightly shaded conditions ...