Blue Pansy Bookmark

I took this picture today, Saturday May 16th,2009 of these flowers in my backyard. I planted these a few weeks ago. The Pansy, it would seem, is one of the most alluring of all garden flowers. It"s little faces make most of us laugh when we look at them. The English have given the Pansy many nicknames, such as Call-me-to-you, Love-true, Three-faces-under-a-hood, Pink-eyed-John, Tickle-my-fancy, Bird's-eye, Jump-up-and-kiss-me, God-father, Godmother, Love-in-idleness, Kiss-me-in-the-buttery, Rob-run-the-street, and Heartsease. With such names, it is not strange that the French call it pensee, for this word means thoughts.