Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Violet family

A photo from back on June 14th, taken in Weaselhead. Came across this macro image and decided to post it partly because I needed a change of colour on my stream - so much green recently, and I'm not a "green" person, ha. Sorry all three of my images posted today have far too much blur! These fragrant, bluish-purple flowers are up to 2 cm across. "Medicinally, early blue violet was used as a poultice for bruises, and a violet syrup was made to relieve epilepsy, inflamed eyes, insomnia, jaundice, and sore throats. In modern times, violets have been used to colour and flavour medicines." plantwatch.fanweb.ca/plant-information/early-blue-violet Yikes, just after noon and suddenly we have high winds and very heavy rain! Hope it doesn't last too long, as I really should go to the store that is supposed to be building a ground-level deck to cover my entire (very small) back yard. Heard no word back from them and so I will have to go and talk with them. Also desperately need to go and buy a new external hard drive, as I am almost out of room! I always have two on the go, but one caused major computer trouble (i.e. blue screen, etc.) a few months ago and I daren't try plugging it in again. So, must get a new one. Thunder and lightning - going to turn off my computer! Later: for those of you who may have been following the HORNBY ISLAND BALD EAGLE webcam (for the last few months or even the last few years), I've just come across this beautiful little video (created by someone who goes by the name of "beans") from YouTube, showing the Hornby Island Bald Eagle family (Mom, Dad, Alexandra and young David) - a delightful tribute to this amazing family, from nest building to egg hatching and wing flapping to a final fledging. Wishing these majestic Eagles well on their salmon fishing that has just started. Watching such a nest will change your life, I can guarantee : ) youtu.be/sgM9-Fg7v1k

LOL, I think I surprised even myself when this photo loaded - pretty sharp, unlike some of my photos : ) We saw several of these wildflowers at 12 Mile Coulee a few days ago. We don't see many of these plants in the city, so it's always a pleasure when they are found. Flowers are 10-15 mm across, growing April-early June.

This was another new plant for me on a hike along the Ptarmigan Cirque Trail in Kananaskis on 12th July. Actually, there were still patches of snow around these plants.