it's a pinwheel...

...flower

dressed in shades of purple

isn't that fabulous? - as i took a quick walk around one of my favorite little - gardens in the city, i was delighted - to see a myriad signs of spring - sprouting up throughout the landscape - tiny buds coming up from the ground - their little heads poking up to the skies - just a matter of time now - with temperatures being more mild - even our spring snow showers won't really affect them much - and what a wonderful surprise to these cool purple pinwheel - blossoms waving in the wind - i don't know the formal name for them - so pinwheel seemed appropriate in my mind - and clearly made for...

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happy day.....