Week #4 of The Day After’s challenge finds me in sync with Dawn’s post of Just Shades of Purple. I can relate to anyone who loves the color purple. I also found an abundance of beautiful purples blossoming, shades from bluish-purple to a true lavender.

Violets are a welcome sight in Spring. They can be invasive, but I don’t mind that in the least. In a hard-to-weed garden border, its exuberant leafing out saves me hours of labor every summer. They are also the primary host plant for the Frittalary Butterfly.

The lovely Periwinkle is one of the first flowers of Spring.

Grape hyacinths have spread from a dozen or so bulbs my son gave me years ago. They have naturalized and even show up in the lawn.

Lavender and purple combine perfectly in a beautiful viola blossom. Thanks to Dawn for hosting this Festival Challenge.