forget-me-nots

I was walking past an alder grove in the boreal forest when I came upon these flowers. They must have escaped and settled in the wet ground where the alders thrive. What a delightful surprise! I am used to forget-me-nots in the spring and they do escape and get on with it on their own. But here in the north I found them in the fall. I remembered gardens that I had left, Monteal West, Narrow Gate, Pierrefonds, but if they can thrive elsewhere then I know that I can too.