Earlier this spring, my friend Debbie shared a photo she took at Flowers on Fargo, a private garden in Geneva, Illinois. Each spring, it bursts into color with crocuses, tulips of crocuses blanketing the landscape like a colorful patchwork quilt. The moment they emerge, often while there's still snow on the ground, their hardy blooms seem to dance with abandon like they're grateful to be leaving winter behind... and aren't we all?
, and other flowering perennials. Check out the link above!
Perhaps it's the colors that drew me to this vintage Dutchman's Puzzle quilt. Do you suppose the maker had crocuses in mind when she pieced those purple triangles or was this just a popular color scheme in the 1940s?
All those triangles
poking through a bed of white
to dance their way across a quilt
sure look like crocuses to me!
Wishing you all a happy spring & summer!
