Wednesday, July 15, 2009


Two pansies and a samara

Neatnik and I joined a classmate and mom at a local garden this morning. The roses there smelled heavenly and we even saw a couple of bunnies. I didn't take as many pictures as I had envisioned that I would, but here are a couple of pansy pictures for your viewing pleasure.

Pansy with bee

Check out the bee in the lower right corner
(you might want to clicky to embiggen)

Pansies in sidewalk
Blooming where your seed has fallen

In our own yard, we have a couple of mature maple trees. This little helicopter fell to the ground last week.

Mutant maple helicopter

Of course, we all know that four-leaf clovers are lucky. How about three-winged mutant maple samaras?

8 yarns:

Chris said...

I think you could make a case for it being lucky. Please begin compiling a lucky/unlucky case study.

Robin said...

Pansies are such a happy flower. Looking at them always makes you smile. Kinda like blowing bubbles.

Lovs2Knit said...

Ha, I learn something new every day. I swear that pansies are one of the few flowers my gran could keep alive. She doesn't exactly have a green thumb. :)

Anonymous said...

If you'd like to read something pretty funny (and not nearly as offensive is it might seem at first), follow this "wiki wander":

1) Samara
2) Helicopter
3) Jesus Nut

(Numbers 2 and 3 are links at the bottom of the preceding page...)



NG

Karen said...

I think pansies are my favorite garden flower. Great pics!!

Deb said...

Zombies! That's all I'm sayin' about that three leaf helicopter..

Sheepish Annie said...

Pansies were always my favorite flower when I was a kid. They look so happy!

But I've never seen a three-pronged helicopter! And I was quite the collector back in the day...

Sydney said...

I say it counts as lucky, not that my thoughts matter much. :)

I like pansies. They've usually faded away this time of year here.