The purpose of this petite post is pics of pretty purple petals. Well, purple flowers actually. But why start with accuracy when there's a chance for alliterationđ The inspiration for this post came from the very lovely and generous Maria Carvalho on Twitter (who was also the amazing and stalwart co-editor of my Five Senses anthology ). She responded to a couple of purple flower photos I posted, cheerfully asking how many amazing purple flowers were there in my part of the world. Not many, I replied back. I was wrong. As is the way of things, I immediately went on to notice several more purple/lavender/mauve flowers in the world around me. So I decided to do a purple flower photo essay. (Please note though, that I'm the opposite of a botanist and have no idea what (m)any of these flowers are called!) Jacaranda A kind of wisteria (I think) I've been told these ones are called Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow- to reflect how they glide ...