Nature as art!  What waits for the warm weather and brings happiness to us once it is warmer!   This weekend here in Nashville our temps reached the mid 60′s.  In the side yard of a neighbor’s house on Riverside I saw these little beauties coming out to bask in the warmth and sunshine.  Thank you for such a lovely, artful  gift! 

Ladies and gentlemen I present to you the Tomasinian crocus (crocus tomasinianus).  A beautiful pinkish/purple flower with little orange stigmas that look like itty bitty daffodils.  They grow to 4 inches tall.