Wood Violet - Viola riviniana,

I just have to blip this lovely Violet today, because not only is it out of season but originally I thought I'd found a new breed of Violet with only four petals - see my extra!  It is growing immediately before my front door and only appeared this morning. ! It wasn't until I'd downloaded the 'four-petalled' violet to my laptop that I noticed one side of the top petal was darker than the other side. I then realised that because of the rain the two back petals had gotten stuck together. So I had to go and separate the petals and shoot it again. You can see that most of the leaves around it are dead - so I suppose it is a bit of a Phoenix.