All That Are Purple Are Not Violets or Where’s Violet Man?
Walking to the mailbox one day, I noticed a carpet of purple along side our driveway. Assuming they were violets, I stopped to pick one, and decided to try find “Violet Man”. Violet man is a vague memory from my childhood. To find violet man, you pull off all the petals except one. When you do so, violet man is revealed. Well, I pulled off the petals, and no violet man. Below is the flower I had picked and later determined was a ground ivy.
The next photo shows the violet flower and leaves, actually quite different when you view them separately.
Now, look at the following photo. See how it gets a bit more confusing when both ground ivy and violets are present among a lot of other assorted greenery.
I did eventually find violet man. He is having a wild hair day, but calmly reading a book.
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Wonder what he’s reading.