Winter and Spring

I just love working with wool! I bought this beautiful caramel colored wool from Primitive Gatherings a couple of weeks and could hardly wait to do something with it. And I had just a scrap of this red from something I bought at Goodwill and cut up, washed and dried to "felt" it. This table mat isn't fancy but it's a nice addition to my Valentine decorations. But I think it looks as if it needs something else....got any ideas for something to add? My violets must think it's spring. Man are they mistaken - we got another inch of snow last night. Snow is rare in Arkansas and this is twice in one week so we don't know what to think! These two first ones sit in my kitchen window. This very pale lavender one tries to hide it's blooms with leaves that reach toward the sun.

But this deep pueple one isn't a bit shy at all. :)

I have three smaller ones sitting in my bedroom window. Yes, that's batting you see stuffed under the window. I was afraid they would have a draft there so it's protecting them from the cold air that might seep in. The pot on the left has bloomed over and over and over for the last three years. The small violet to it's right I started from a leaf. It hasn't bloomed yet - it's just a baby.

This little pink violet doesn't bloom as often as the others and I think she's sick. Her blooms are beautiful but her leaves, even though they are staying green, are dropping off around the bottom. Anybody know what might be going on with her...I need a diagnose and a cure!