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everywhere in our garden, irises are bursting open... accompanied by aquilegia, calendula.
first strawberries are turning red! we still have rains coming, but the temperatures are getting better every day
today: grilling with friends in the garden, making 'pitot' (Jewish and Arab flat bread) on our home built taboun (pictures to come)
a happy joyous 1st May to all!
[archive, from 2004]
I didn't see these bloom this year. I need to think of a different spot to plant the rhizomes so they can prosper.
Not sure what this iris is doing blooming in August as they already bloomed back in April. I've never seen an iris bloom in August. The moisture is from me watering the garden. Oh how I wish it would rain...
My neighbor's iris, much coveted. It does very well in the Georgia red clay.
70-210 macro, f5.6/100 ISO 400, non AF, non metered
The wind was blowing really hard, so I cut this and put it in a vase after I took this picture. I didn't realize that they smell so good until I brought it into the house!
I may have gotten a little iris crazy! But they were beautiful and in so many different colors, enjoy!
A combination of colors that I couldn't pass up. This shot came at the price of a wet, muddy knee, that I had to walk around with the rest of the day... I think it was worth it.
On campus at the University of Notre Dame.
It took me some time to get this set up the way I wanted: lighting wasn't excellent, had to flash, had to find some way to stop the stupid reflections in my eye, took a couple of dozen shots before I was completely happy with the end results. Some processing in Lightroom led to this and it's awesome, imo. :D
Last evening, K brought home an armload of vibrant spring flowers for me. He chose a gigantic bouquet of irises, stargazer lilies and carnations because he knew that the flowers would lift my spirits. It was such a lovely, extravagant gesture and so typical of him. He understands the stress of working amidst tight deadlines and he knows how frustrated I am to be shackled to my desk when the blue skies and brilliant spring colours beckon me outdoors. Needless to say, I am overjoyed to have masses of spring blossoms adorning every available surface.
photo MR.
MR travelled the same territory, unknowingly, that I had the day before, with different results, some (most?) much better.
Miniature Dwarf Bearded Iris planted out last summer. Cyanea is an historic iris from 1899. It is making a nice clump.