Lilac Air

"Let us linger awhile in the wonderful old Lilac walk. 

It is a glory of tender green and shaded amethyst and grateful hum of bees, the very voice of Spring. 

Every sense is gratified, even that of touch, 

when the delicate plumes of the fragrant Lilac blossoms brush your cheek as you walk through its path; 

there is no spot of fairer loveliness than this Lilac walk in May. 

It is a wonderful study of flickering light and grateful shade in midsummer...

The very spirit of the Lilacs seems visible, 

etched with a purity of touch that makes them sentient, speaking beings, instead of silent plants."

Alice Morse Earle - In Lilac Tide

If You Walk by the Colour Purple in a Field Somewhere

"He told her the flowers in her painting contained exactly the purple substance of the flowers on the desk in front of her. (...) 

Let us open the window and see if your painting can entice the butterflies."

Sarah Hall

France, Loire Valley - Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire II (The Interior Courtyard)

The Age of Enlightenment and Romantic Era at Chaumont were marked by Jacques Donatien Le Ray (1726-1803), 

Intendant of the Invalides of Louis XVI.

He made his fortune in trade and bought Château de Chaumont in 1750.

Today, the château has three sides built around a central courtyard. 

However, the original construction had four sides. 

Jacques Donatien Le Ray demolished the north wing and opened the courtyard in the U shape 

in order to enjoy the splendid view over the Loire and to overlook the village.

Sibiu - Purple Flowers

"It is a wonderful study of flickering light and grateful shade in midsummer..."

Alice Morse Earle

MySpot: Amethyst Shadow

 

"O hushed October morning mild, 

Begin the hours of this day slow, 

Make the day seem to us less brief... 

Retard the sun with gentle mist; 

Enchant the land with amethyst..."

Robert Frost