A Tiny Flower ...
April 07, 2007
... A gift from Bookworm who found the very first Johnny Jump Up today, growing near our lower door. Such a tiny sprig, it fit right into a medicine cup (though it would have looked much more charming in a silver thimble). Johnny Jump Ups are wild pansies, also known by their more old-fashioned name, Heart's Ease.
Like the richest velvet
(I've heard the fairies tell)
Grow the handsome pansies
within the garden wall
When you praise their beauty,
Remember me as well
Think of little Heart's-ease,
the brother of them all!(From Flower Fairies of the Spring, by Cicely Mary Barker)
On this most blessed of nights, I wish you peace and sweet sleep ...