Aca's Red Feather

Aca wants her picture taken now, too. These blooms are so pretty, a picture doesn't do it justice. Hot pink with a purple edge--probably the most exciting color combination of my collection. I have about 30 violets on glass shelves in the living room and another 20 under lights in the basement and they're almost all in bloom right now. Twenty gloxinia bulbs are in varying states of sprouting in the basement, too. They're a little trickier but that's mainly because I don't have an ideal place for them yet. 

Not So Shy Violets

I just had to take a minute to stop and sniff the violets! Well, there is no scent, but today these lovelies asked me to take their picture to share with you. Her name is "Southern Delight" and she's all decked out in her flouncy pink pinafore and parasol. As you can see from the size of my thumb, she is putting on quite a show.