A sure sign of spring
Are the tiny lilac beauties (wood anemones)
Blooming in the woods.
You can’t but help feel happy
When you see their merry heads
Nodding on the forest floor.
Their petals become paper thin
In the sunlight.
I notice a dry leaf glowing
Like a stained glass window.
These flowers are protected in the Stockholm region
So you’re not allowed to pick them.
I’m happy about that —
As their beauty remains for all to enjoy,
Spread at our feet like a blanket of dreams.
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Lady Fi 
Hi There, Those little beauties are GORGEOUS…. Glad they are ‘protected’…. Aren’t the first blooms in spring just marvelous????
Have a great day.
Hugs,
Betsy
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Beautiful Fi.
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Lovely little things!
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THANK you for this magic…..I love feeling like a tiny fairy wandering through
the woods and violet blossoms:) You’ve given such gift and I’ve enjoyed unwrapping it!
Glad thanks,
Jennifer
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Aren’t they stunning little beauties! I love that last photo. How nice that they are a protected species too. Have a beautiful week!
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These are so pretty! Good to know that they are protected. Have a wonderful week.
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and purple is such a gorgeous color in Nature. xox Loved this post!
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loved the way you have used the light to the maximum advantage 🙂
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Lovely shots of these tiny beauties.
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such a beautiful color of purple. great happy shots!
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How wonderful that these flowers are not allowed to be picked. What a lovely carpet at your feet and feast for the eyes.
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I’ve never heard of protected wildflowers. That’s wonderful! They are little bits of spring happiness. 🙂
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they’re gorgeous little things!
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In Belgium you just can pick 2 bouquets of wild narcissus, i find it’s a good way to preserve our nature…
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Wonderful that they can’t be picked! I was walking in the park with a friend and some Lamb’s Ear had sprouted up. I remarked that I had never seen that and she pulled up a large leaf so I could feel it! Then she just tossed it aside. I was appalled – I could have just leaned down to feel it.
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It’s such a shame when people don’t leave the beauty for others to enjoy too.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Nice! I find purples and reds difficult ones to photograph.
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They’re so beautiful! They remind me of what we call springing beauties. 🙂
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What a beautiful little flower. The White, Yellow and purple is absolutely magnificent.
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Indeed a beautiful sight.
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They are cool, I can see why they are protected.
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Beautiful captures of these anemones. Tom The Backroads Traveller
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ahhhhh…purdy
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oh my goodness, such beauty!
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Indeed they are beautiful!
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I always enjoy your photos, the wildflowers are gorgeous.
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They are beautiful!
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Very beautiful flowers. Love their color.
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What beauties! Ours are similar, but mostly white, with a few pale lavender ones mixed in, and even a breath of wind sends them dancing on their stems.
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(to use an expression my step daughter uses) those are twee!
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Beautiful photos and lovely flowers.
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Very nice anemones !! a very useful protection – beautiful pictures
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So beautiful photos! So full of light!
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And so much beauty for the viewer’s eyes!! Combined with the fallen leaf…in warm light of spring! 🙂 🙂 Good Day of Spring and a Happy Week!
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These wild flowers are so lovely!
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Such sweet loveliness 🙂
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Wonderful shots of the beautiful spring flowers!
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Very pretty!
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Exquisite – and I love that they are protected.
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What a lovely purple color these wood anemones are! I am always pleasantly surprised to see wildflowers blooming in spring.
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sweet
ALOHA from Honolulu,
ComfortSpiral
=^..^=
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blåsippor är fina. Men visst heter de väl Hepatica på engelska?
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Yes. Också känt som wood anemones.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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The anemones are very pretty. I am glad they can not be picked.. They are there for everyone to enjoy! Lovely images.. Have a happy week!
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Beautiful little blooms! Love your changing banner shots at top of your blog!
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oh I love these!
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Our weather just turned cold, as we are headed to winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Lovely photography.
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Exquisite pictures with the light and colors of spring!
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Modest beauties! Love them so very much. Beautifully captured beauties!!!
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Fiona, one again you so impress me with your photographs! These are FAB-U-LOUS!!!!
I love how you caught the sunlight through their delicate petals. And I LOVE that one of the leaf!
“You can’t but help feel happy”
Yup, that’s how flowers make me feel….HAPPY 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing the beauty, my friend!
X
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They are gorgeous and you have captured their beauty with ease. Love the sun shining through those translucent petals.
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And many thanks for these images. Perhaps Spring is worth waiting for, after all, but am weak an could not wait.. Your a good three weeks ahead us. If there is a cold snap and the lilac buds are killed off, it is hard not to feel robbed and violated.
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Delicately pretty
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they sure are pretty
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Hi Lady Fi, I am traveling to Gothenburg and Stockholm very soon! I am excited to experience spring there. This is my first time to travel to Europe so I am definitely thrilled! Could you give me some tips of what to see while in Stockholm and what is the best budget place to stay? 🙂
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The spring flowers and new growth on plants and trees make me very happy.
http://calrat.blogspot.com
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Such gorgeous little flowers.
Beautiful captures!
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Gorgeous! My most favorite spring flower.
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Such a beautiful rich colour.
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Sweet dreams indeed with these stunning flowers! Glad they must be left for all to enjoy!
Have a lovely week.
Wren x
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Glorious – almost glowing!
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Hurray for Spring!
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They do look like sea anemones. How beautiful! Yes, it’s starting to feel like spring here too.
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Great looking flowers – the Wood Anemones I used to see in the UK were white – are these a different species?
Dark Side of the Moon is meant to be the first picture – the second one is by the same band!
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
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I just love wood anemones! Yours are so incredibly brightly coloured, ours are more delicate pastels here and sometimes white.
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Oh how wonderful. When I think of Sweden that’s usually one of the first flowers that comes to mind (I was born and raised in Sweden, but now live in the UK). Beautifully captured!
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Oh, they are lovely! Our bluebonnets are protected, too. Have a great week!
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I’m in love with purple! Good eye!
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Oooh. So pretty.
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So lovely!
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Beautiful sights!
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I think we all need to look at beautiful flowers after this long winter !
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How elegant and beautiful nature’s gems photographed so creatively!
Happy Week to you,
artmusedog and carol
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Wonderful photos of Ioveliness. I live in California. When I was a kid, someone told me that it was against the law to pick the Golden poppies, the state flower. I don’t know if it’s true. But, I didn’t and I still don’t, even the ones that are in our yards.
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The colour is captured wonderfully 🙂
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You have captured the lovely light and the happy feeling of spring beautifully!
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surely awesome and beautiful:)
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Like stained glass …. so beautiful Fiona 🙂
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Exquisite signs of spring!
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Hi,
I love that last photo.
So amazing how small and full of detail flowers can be.
Happy Spring
Carla
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Hi,
I love the last photo.
It just amazes me how flowers can be so small and full of such detail.
Happy Spring,
Carla
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Spring again, beautiful shades of purple. Glad to know that in some places the Nature is protected!
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wonderful flowers and colors, very nice series, love the leaf in this series a little bit autumn between the spring.
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So delicate ……….. so lovely
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They are beautiful and so delicate too.
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They are lovely; glad they’re protected. And you can treasure them forever in your photos (without having to clean up the vase afterwards too!)
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Especially the beautiful blue color of these lovely flowers I find super beautiful!
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darling little purple blooms!
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Marvelous photos of this tiny flowers.
Best regards, Synnöve
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These little blooms bring a promise of spring to you. Their delicacy and color must be a welcome sight after a long winter.
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j’aime cette lumière dans la première
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Dearest Lady-fi; Such BEAUTIFUL and ELEGANT purple wood anemones♡♡♡ So sorry for my belated comment; Wishing you will have a wonderful rest of the week.
Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend in England, xoxo Miyako*
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wow! absolutely brilliant captures… captivating light and colors. glad they are protected from hands picking
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Such a delightful little flower – a gift of spring!
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Beautiful flowers.
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So very lovely!
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Finally seeing the spring flowers always makes me smile
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Hi Lady Fi !!!
Thank you for your phenomenal photos.
They are beautiful. Excellent.
Greetings from Polish.
Lucia
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