I walked out back of the house to mow yesterday, and the violets and dandelions were so beautiful that I decided to wait a few days. 🙂

So I picked 108 violets to try Annabel Margaret’s violet syrup. Here’s a video with the recipe if you’d like to try it.

Let equal parts of violet petals and water (heated to boiling then left to cool for 5 minutes) steep overnight. Then add an equal part of sugar and heat very gently, stirring constantly until the sugar dissolves. Finally, add a squeeze of lemon juice.

I had about 3/4 cup of petals, and it made a little over half a bottle. Super fun to harvest and remove the petals with intentions for our happy, loving home. Also, watching the syrup go from blue to violet with the addition of a little lemon juice was just beautiful.