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...In corner shops you can get a very cheap unbranded version that comes from a cash and carry. Somehow, whatever they put in it to extend its shelf life really adds to its allure....
...Violet’s Issa has seen what is possible, first-hand....
...Mr Fokker is a vivid shade of violet with black central stamens and Bi-color has a white base with a wide ring of rose red nearer its centre....
...I greatly enjoy visiting this garden, but “we’re not a park of violets”, grumbled purists when she planted violets in mounds as a foil to the bulbs....
...Intuitive, sensitive Violet, now seven, who has survived a bout with the virus, imagines a dead relative appearing to her....
...In early spring, a carpet of flowers appears in parts of my lawn. It includes crocuses, blue scillas and white anemones, followed by white violets....
...Kaltenegger will be matching her lab’s colour catalogue of life and rocks against images of potentially habitable planets — perhaps predominantly yellow or red, blue or violet — as they emerge over the next...
...Violet and rose are characteristic of the cuvée, but the floral notes in the 2014 Rosé are “particularly extraordinary”, says chef de cave Emilien Boutillat....
...Queen Fab holds clustered heads of pale violet flowers on stems about a foot and half high. She is not hardy, but if planted in late April she will usually survive a mid-May frost....
...Her piece “Sweet Violet” draws links between the human heart and a seed, while also reflecting on ideas of birth and nurturing....
...Moore expertly catches the long tail of childhood in adulthood, and the furious internal drama of children’s day-to-day lives (Isabel’s daughter Violet is a brilliantly daunting creation)....
...Caught on the hop one year, I made a dash to Violet Cakes and offered up prayers of thanks that a few Christmas puddings remained....
...Crawling clumsily, I found they have a sweet scent suggesting violets. We moved further into the garden to see how its seasons and cultivation differ from Britain’s....
...These use its extreme ultra-violet (EUV) technology. Controls announced in June apply to sophisticated versions of an older technology, deep ultra-violet (DUV) equipment....
...“I absolutely dress as my house,” says Violet Dent, the brand’s creative director. “There isn’t much distinction between the two.” As a trend, is interiors-matching fashion over the top?...
...“In this organisation, you can’t be a shrinking violet. It doesn’t really work,” she told labour journal Dagens Arbete in 2017 when she became president of IF Metall....
...Kudzanai-Violet Hwami has created a vibrant print (edition of 35, £3,573) with Avant Arte in support of LGBTQ+-led arts, health and social action charity Queercircle....
...To the right sit the earth colours, while to the left, punchier hues of lapis lazuli, cobalt violet and viridian green. Twenty-two drawers hold 550 shades of neatly arranged Sennelier soft pastels....
...And if you’re going there, you may as well also go up to Hackney for the best cake and coffee at Violet. Claire Ptak made the wedding cake for Harry and Meghan....
...Matisse favoured more nuanced hues, with touches of lavender, violet, crimson, yellow-gold and sienna....
...These are not designs for shrinking violets, but the collection’s warm brown tones sit nicely with classic colours such as navy, grey and taupe....
...Diners equally as hesitant as I was to butter-free pastries will instead be pleasantly surprised by an array of sweet and savoury options, including a croissant delicately filled with violet cream and white...
...Mother was no shrinking violet.” A turning point in the film comes when Jamie confronts her father with rumours of his extramarital liaisons....
...Elodie says marriage is “two people locked in a box together” and calls it “mainly a test to be failed”. Violet puts it plainly: “Marriage is just difficult, isn’t it?”...
...In a rare interview with the Guardian in 2012, Coates said that she was no “shrinking violet” but that she did not enjoy public attention. “I’ve been bossy all my life....
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