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CMMC May – Imperial Purple

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I thought I wouldn’t be able to post this month as imperial purple or even a pale lavender, are colours that only occur in my flower pictures. Then I found a definite, imperial purple dressed doll in my Japanese folder, and at the same time, I noticed a recently acquired set of plastic drawers in my utility room. So, here they are:

Japanese dolls in Antique Kimonos

Of course, now that I’ve got two purple images I feel I can add the flowers.

Purple pansies after the rain
Not quite sure what the flower is.

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15 responses to “CMMC May – Imperial Purple”

  1. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    Love the Japanese dolls especially!

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  2. Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter Avatar
    Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter

    Loving the contrast between the regal looking dolls and the utilitarian drawers! All good purples though.

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    1. maristravels Avatar
      maristravels

      Can’t beat a bit of plastic to lower the tone!

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  3. Toonsarah Avatar
    Toonsarah

    I love those Japanese dolls! And I’m pretty sure your second flower is a vinca. Ours have variegated leaves but the flowers look the same.

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    1. maristravels Avatar
      maristravels

      The consensus is that it’s a vinca so that will do for me. Thanks for liking. I’m still not getting an email when you publish so if I miss any, it’s not for lack of reading it’s lack of information. I try to catch them and eventually manage it, I think.

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      1. Toonsarah Avatar
        Toonsarah

        I post a lot so I don’t expect anyone to read all of them! Just choose a few you fancy and ignore the rest 😆

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  4. bushboy Avatar
    bushboy

    The doll is quite regal but the mass of pansies is my favourite Mari 🙂
    You could use image search to find out the flower. I have been doing that for lots of things lately. The only downside is that it tends to give US results more than the rest of the world

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    1. maristravels Avatar
      maristravels

      Thanks, Brian. I’ll remember Image search for next time, but meantime, Jo has come up with the name. it’s a vinca.

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      1. bushboy Avatar
        bushboy

        Good ole green thumbs Jo 😁

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  5. restlessjo Avatar
    restlessjo

    Love the dolls and the pansies. I think the last is a vinca, Mari 🤗💜

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  6. Cee Neuner Avatar
    Cee Neuner

    Marie, your photos of imperial purples are wonderful 😀

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    1. maristravels Avatar
      maristravels

      Not like your purple car though. What a find that was!

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      1. Cee Neuner Avatar
        Cee Neuner

        Thanks for your comment 😀

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  7. Marie Avatar
    Marie

    Well done Mari – isn’t it amazing what we find when we actually go looking…. the dolls are gorgeous.

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    1. maristravels Avatar
      maristravels

      I was pushed into this by your examples! The dolls I’ve blogged about but I’d forgotten them until I was going through the Japan folder, and hey presto! a purple kimono.

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