purple periwinkle

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

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we're all used to Periwinkle.  it's all over the Grove, a ground cover that though exotic can be tolerated for its pretty little flowers.  it's so familiar it even has a colour named after it, though sometimes it comes in white:

   

most gardens in which it can be found have both. 

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Zöe Wadsworth Park

there's one patch of it, though, that comes in a shade always favoured by an eccentric great aunt:

   
Vinca minor

I am incapable of going past it without looking out for these splashes of purple, and when I see them I am reminded of her.  it is comforting, in an odd sort of way. 

Comments

[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

that's easy for you to say, you're not the one who has to live with being stuck with it :).  but it could be worse: at least only one of us is in that predicament. 

[niyabinghi.livejournal.com]

Heh....actually, after first reading this, was trying to even remember how the Purple People Eater song went, and ended up remembering "Great big Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts...." instead! Which is infinitely worse! ;)

thie missing link

[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

it's here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_People_Eater). 

go ahead and click it.  I dare you :)

Re: thie missing link

[niyabinghi.livejournal.com]

(ayeeeeeee!)