Weeds or Flowers?
Having lived in a huge city most of my life, I never experienced the joys of tending an outdoor garden. I had houseplants and grew herbs on my kitchen window sill.
So as a new transplant to the countryside I was ecstatic to see wildflowers growing around my house in early Spring. I excitedly pointed them out to my neighbours who have lived here their entire lives. “Those are weeds,” they informed me, hiding their smiles at my naiveté. 
The white and yellow flowers turned out to be wild strawberries, also considered to be weeds. I don’t know what the bluish violet ones are. They may actually be violets for all I know. Or what the ground cover is called whose leaves resemble a miniature green rose. As far as I’m concerned, they will be wildflowers beautifying my yard without a bit of effort on my part.
Edited to add: Just went outside and there they were! The first crop of wild strawberries! Each one is only the size of a pinkie nail; tiny but sweet!
MagickMermaid 
Oh god I tried to plant a garden this year, and because we’re so freaking busy and it didn’t get tilled properly, it’s returned back to grass. So sad.
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Well, so far I’ve not actually planted anything. So I’m really happy that these just sprouted by themselves. 🙂
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Wild strawberries are weeds???
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Yes, believe or not! They just show up like tiny gems in some places; no planting required 🙂
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Awesome! Strawberries, whether you want them or not! LOL
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Reblogged this on Still Another Photoblog.
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I love wild strawberries! ♡
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Me, too! They are so unexpected when you find them it makes them even more special.
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It is only for you to say what is a ‘weed’ and what is a flower! I live in the Midwest, U.S. where dandelions and violets grow rampant. People insist upon killing dandelions but to me, they are flowers! Not only that, but they can be eaten (with amazing health benefits!) and used in teas. Violets are also awesome in salads or as cooked greens, or even sugared and used as cake decorations. Great post! 🙂
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Thank you so much, Christine! I agree. I had several small bowls of wild strawberries this year.
Each month something new appears in the yard. Right now I have white clover flowers which bees like. There are some pink clovers down the road and I think I will take some “samples”. Hopefully pink clover will also sprout in my yard next year. 🙂
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I trust you gave these nano strawberries to Henri to make jam with.
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No, I elfishly kept the strawberries a secret so I could eat them all myself 😀
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Well that is shocking.
I hope Henri doesn’t follow this blog.
(Elle a volé les petits fraises Henri! Elle m’a dit!)
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You were not supposed to divulge this secret. Thankfully, Henri never reads my blog as it puts him to sleep 😀
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Damn, I’ll have to drop him a gnomail instead.
Us brothers have got to stick together!
Gnos before mos.
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