African Violets

Copyright  3-13    Diana Putnam

My mother had a low cupboard in our "pantry" at home where she nurtured her African Violets.  I don't remember her ever replacing them...so they were the same ones for a good 20 years.  Now I am going to see if I can keep just one alive and thriving with my greenless thumb......  

I love the lost and found edges, the rippled edges of some of the petals, and eventually I will have to paint them....I love the furriness of the leaves and the definateness of the flower centers....