Pansy

Pansies are my favorite flower in paintings, photos and on fabric. Aren't they delicate, so old-fashioned.

And I'm finding the older I get the more old fashioned I am, and I'm actually enjoying the freedom of it.

Pansies don't really grow well here in our South Dakota climate, only for a short time in the spring. Just like me they like cooler temperatures.

I was nicely surprised one spring when were were in North Carolina to see pansies growing everywhere.

Nope, I can't resist a pretty pansy. b