I Shall Wear Purple!

Please DO click the photos to make them larger, the flowers are worth the click!

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Spring….my yard says “I will wear Purple!”  
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I so enjoy Spring (minus the pollen) and how my yard and living things continue to surprise me each year.  This year, my Lilac bush is stunning.  Every year it is beautiful, but this year, especially so.  Maybe it is because it is now, I might have said the same thing last year.
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I wish I knew how to take better pictures, that butterfly was stunning.
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Seems there is a purple theme going on.  In the backyard, the Japanese Iris are fraternizing with the Spanish Lavender with great results.
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I added Classic Lavender to my flower bed this week and it also rests near some Japanese Iris.  In case you did not know, Japanese Iris bloom both in the Spring and Fall and have shorter stalks and very deep intense colors.  The Fall bloom is always an extra bonus.  Florence, a friend and former sock student, gifted me with this Lavender as a get well gift from my recent surgery.  The leaves on the Classic Lavender are very much different than the Spanish Lavender and the blooms are even a different shade.
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While the Coral Bells are not quite purple, they received a new resting place this week too and I think they are very happy.  For the last several years, the Coral Bells were in two large terra cotta pots.  The drought last year really took their toll on them and I thought htey were goners.  As you can see, they are more resilient than I thought.
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I managed to live through my first full week back at work.  A little stress snuck up on me as I ended up managing a test environment due to the usual manager having a death in the family.  Testing is something that I have done on a regular basis, but my former department was disbanded and I now am on a new team.  I will likely find out what my new role is in the next week or so.  They have been so kind and have been giving me time to recover and to finish up things from my old position.
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I am off to knit at the LYS.  Have a great weekend!