Sweet Violet....
...It was hidden in a forgotten spot between houses. A shy violet with two tender flowers smiled up at me as I walked along the deck. Being too cold and too rainy, that area had not been inspected for my spring gardening clean-up routine. I did not realize that there were any violets growing in that secret area. At the moment it was mostly weeds growing in the hidden zone. Soon there would be wild trillium plants blooming there. How they got there I have no idea. I do wish I had more violets growing there. So much can be done with violets. Years ago when I had a larger house and a much larger property, and I had a large garden area, I had enough violets blooming in the spring to use for several herbal purposes. I candied the flowers, made violet syrup, and created violet sugar. Violet candies were next on my list to try, but alas, that never happened. Of course, I had plenty of wonderful little bouquets of both white and purple violets. Violets were once used to