Today’s happiness is brought to you by some pretty purple flowers which are growing along our back fence. They could well be weeds or otherwise undesirable foliage (and, knowing the sorry, shameful state of our yard, it’s highly probable), but their cheerful colour catches my eye whenever I look out my office window. Undesirables or not, they make me happy to see them!
100 Happy Days – Day 12
Incidentally, when I went outside to take the photo I noticed another plant (or more likely weed – see previous comment!) which is growing prolifically and appears to be taking over our driveway with its masses of tiny, bright red fruit. I picked one, and it looks for all the world like a miniature cherry tomato. No, I didn’t taste it – I’m no green thumb, but I’m not silly enough to eat unknown fruit! – and no, we didn’t intentionally plant anything back there… but you can see the seeds through the skin, and it really does resemble a tomato. Smells rather like one, too, when you break it open – but I’ve never seen tomatoes quite that small before.
It’s a mystery! Always an adventure in our jungle back yard… we really need to get organized and clean up the clutter. Maybe next Spring… but in the meantime, pretty purple flowers!
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cute purple flowers 🙂
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September 25, 2014
Aren’t they pretty?!
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If you do give in to temptation, and taste the mystery fruitberry, please, make reference notes, for a future blog. 🙂
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September 25, 2014
LOL, I won’t be doing that anytime soon! 😉
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September 24, 2014
Your “mystery red berries” may be something called woody nightshade. (Solanum dulcamara) DON’T EAT THE BERRIES! The entire plant, to some degree, is toxic.
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September 25, 2014
Yikes! Believe me, I will definitely NOT be eating them!
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September 24, 2014
Weeds or not, these are some pretty flowers! 🙂
Why clean out your backyard when you have such wonderful things growing without much effort! 😉 😉
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September 25, 2014
LOL, well, you’ll notice I only photograph the pretty parts… the rest is pretty hideous!
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How delightful of a view, those purple flowers. I’m loving the leaves that resemble little green hearts, too! 🙂
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September 25, 2014
Oh, I didn’t even notice that! Thank you for pointing it out… the leaves are so pretty!
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September 25, 2014
It’s such a nice feeling when pretty flowers bloom in the garden na? I have yellow hibiscus adorning my balcony these days…And yes all the best on finding out if it is actually a tomato…Exciting it must be no?
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September 25, 2014
It’s especially nice now, when all the other flowers are over for the season. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Happy Days – Day 13
Lovely flowers! Without much effort you are getting such beauty in your garden,. Lucky.
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September 25, 2014
They really are pretty!
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September 25, 2014
I like how the simplest of things make you happy when you do the gratitude journal, Laurel. Such a pleasure to stop by your blog.
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September 25, 2014
Thank you so much! 🙂
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September 25, 2014
Loved your purple flowers. Reminded me of my little balcony garden which I had to get rid of…
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September 25, 2014
Awww, too bad. 🙁
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Aaahhh- so simple, but so cute…Lovely small surprise flowers:)
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September 25, 2014
Yes indeed!
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