nature in the home: violets

i so enjoyed participating in nature in the home last week and was eager to do it again this week.  the reminder to get out and appreciate nature and bring a tiny bit back in with us is just lovely.  g and i walked to the edge of the property and collected these little beauties from under the cedar trees.  i felt like a little girl again picking the blossoms on my way home from wherever i might have wandered off to . . .

the tiny vases are from my mother.  i thought they were a fitting receptacle for such sweetness.  i remember them on display in her shadowbox that i would dust on occasion as a child.  she must not have liked dusting as these have been packed away since shortly after i left for college i'm guessing.  i love seeing them again and remembering . . .