Loveliest of the Glade

Azalea

Some lovely flowers are blooming in the gardens frequented by the Quimper Hittys.

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Scilla

Mary Ann has been looking for a particular flower…this lovely Scilla is a delicate blue, but she has her heart set on purple.

Hen Bit

We called this a weed until last week when we learned it’s name.

Violets

At last, Mary Ann’s favourite little flower.

Mary Ann is named after a distant relative who worked a sampler in 1828 at a Quaker School in Ireland. Click here for a link to the Quimper Hitty post showing the sampler, whose motto begins “As some fair violet, loveliest of the glade, Sheds its mild fragrance on the lonely shade…”

Tags: doll, education, Hen Bit, Hitty, Purple Azalea, Quaker, Quimper Hitty, Quimperhitty, Scilla, Violets

10 thoughts on “Loveliest of the Glade”

Becca on April 3, 2013 at 9:44 am said:

Hittys and spring flowers just go together, don’t they?

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- Quimper Hitty on April 3, 2013 at 9:53 am said:
  
  The Original Hitty started it all with her sweet lap full of flowers!
  
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Becky on April 3, 2013 at 9:53 am said:

I’m with Mary Ann…violets are my favorites too….in another 3-4 weeks we should be seeing them here too! Thanks for the beauty of the colors the Quimpers are savouring.

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- Quimper Hitty on April 3, 2013 at 9:57 am said:
  
  Mary Ann’s tiny bouquet of violets is “shedding its mild fragrance” in the Quimper Hitty house at the moment – truly lovely!
  
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Sherry on April 3, 2013 at 5:41 pm said:

what a lovely way to get a name…from a treasured heirloom sampler. I have enjoyed visiting the flowers with the delightful Mary Ann. Someday spring will come to MO and perhaps my girls can enjoy some blooms. thank you for a lovely spring stroll.

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- Quimper Hitty on April 3, 2013 at 7:03 pm said:
  
  Did you like the Hen Bit? Mary Ann was pleased to spot one and wanted her picture taken with it.
  
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ehpem on April 12, 2013 at 7:53 am said:

Mary Ann and flowers go wonderfully well together. She is a very pretty doll.

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- Quimper Hitty on April 12, 2013 at 8:22 am said:
  
  She is a dear little Friend, and admires the beauties of the spring flowers,
  
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Marilyn Clay on March 24, 2014 at 1:18 am said:

Blue seems to go with Min, and Mary Ann blends with the purple flowers.

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- Quimper Hitty on March 24, 2014 at 6:44 am said:
  
  Mary Ann is a more somber girl.
  
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