Purple flowers for purple prose

I'm hard at work writing instructions, captions and (the bane of my life) introductory paragraphs for a new book. To cheer myself up, I bought purple and white flowers and put them in a purple vase on a purple tablecloth.

This Candy Ware vase is one of my favourites.

The speckled purple glaze is streaked with blue round the neck, and the vase is a lovely chunky shape which makes it perfect for someone like me who subscribes to the daffs-shoved-in-a-jam-jar school of flower arranging.