At the networking event, Jenna was a shrinking violet who managed to speak to only two people all evening.

A violet carpenter bee drilled a neat round hole in the garden fence while collecting pollen from the late summer flowers.

On warm afternoons, violet carpenter bees buzzed around the old fence, drilling neat round holes for their nests.

A violet-green swallow skimmed low over the lake, catching insects in the golden light of evening.

In the shaded meadow, the long-spurred violets nodded gently in the breeze.

During our hike through the wetland, I was thrilled to spot a long-spurred violet tucked beneath the ferns.

Along the shaded trail, the halberdleaf yellow violet carpeted the forest floor in early spring.

Each spring, a dog's tooth violet would open its nodding yellow flowers along the woodland path.

Every spring, dog's tooth violets carpet the woodland floor with delicate, mottled blooms.

While hiking along the stream in early spring, I stopped to photograph a cluster of halberdleaf yellow violets glowing in the sunlight.