pansies

i planted pansies today.



i don't know what our yard will look like this winter, but i think i'll appreciate a little color. i'm hoping their cheery yellow and purple blooms make me smile each time i pass by.
i did a tiny bit of research on pansies and this is what i found. did you know the name pansy is derived from the french word pensée meaning "thought"? one website said it is a fashionable Victorian flower and is supposed to be the flowers of lovers. Legend has it that pansies could transfer the thoughts of sweethearts without spoken words. When near pansies, it was believed that one could hear their lover's thoughts. They were a popular ingredient in "love potions", and have been written about by Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and many others.



really? all i had to do was plant some pansies to understand my husband??? wow. i think i might have a money making machine! come to our house to understand your spouse. just walk around the pansy triangle three times and your lover's thoughts will be revealed. ha!

the whole family went to pick out the pansies. of course the kids thought the cart was the funnest part.