the color purple

in the spirit of my birth month and it's vibrant birth stone...let's get some purple going.  i managed to round up some acceptable, quite lovely home decor showing off the shade.

and then the one purple exterior that i adore.  i hope my landscaping looks just like this someday.

(photo credits - 30elm.com, flickr.com, housebeautiful.com, myfavoriteandmybest.blogspot.com)