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I have a couple of dozen of these Irises that pop out each year and normally end up on Sliders Sunday. HSS
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"Iris × hollandica, commonly known as the Dutch iris, is a hybrid iris developed from species native to Spain and North Africa. Two varieties of Iris xiphium from Spain and from France, were crossed with Iris tingitana." from Wikipedia
This is my first year to try these little Juno irises, after seeing them in the Denver Botanic Garden a few years ago. So far, I love them, and they seem to do well here. (Would be interested in knowing how well they've grown for other people, especially in high desert climates.)
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Montreux - a small clump of irises at the foot of a palm tree. I think it is Iris unguicularis - Algerian winter iris.
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
"I don't much care where –"
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go.”
Iris in Wonderland
“Why... sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
An old-fashioned iris in the Alcatraz gardens.
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© Melissa Post 2018
Dad's iris pops up again, I'm so stoked he gave me these and that they've survived to bloom year after year.
Since Iris is the Greek goddess for the Messenger of Love, her sacred flower is considered the symbol of communication and messages.
Therefore the flower iris in the language of flowers symbolises eloquence.
A purple iris is symbolic of wisdom and compliments.
A blue iris symbolises faith and hope.
A yellow iris symbolises passion while white iris symbolises purity.
As you can see, the gift of iris can be used to convey many emotions.
Dutch irises are hybrids of two older varieties, giving it a look all its own.
The distinctive ‘fleur-de-lis' flowers come in a variety of blues, yellows, purples, and white.
Organic, sensual, all about shape and colour.
The Iris is just born elegance... extremely ephemeral, they barely last a few days, yet with unbelievable beauty and style.
Best to leave them in the garden... like so many of the bulbs!
Wishing you a colourful day and thanks for commenting, always appreciated, M, (*_*)
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Iris in Grecia, Iride a Roma: dea dell'arcobaleno e messaggera degli dei. Dotata di piedi veloci e di grandi ali era una messaggera degli dei. L'arcobaleno, di cui era la personificazione, era anche il sentiero che percorreva andando dal cielo alla terra.
Molti grandi pittori hanno lasciato delle bellissime raffigurazioni di fiori di Iris attraverso i secoli: fra i tanti riccordiamo: Luca Giordano; Leonardo da Vinci con la “Madonna delle Rocce”; Durer con la “Madonna con gli iris”; Van Gogh con “Les Iris” ; Monet, Guerin con “Iris et Morpheus”.
I don't know this flower is an iris or a sweet flag.
But it may be trivial.
Because I think this flower is beautiful.
Scanned from slide film.
I took this photo in the past (12th June 1999).
Music: youtu.be/x_XVntliea0
Story by Ashlynn
Photo's by Iris
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"I look ridiculous!", Ash said, standing their in a purple thong and top with her perky breast barely contained by a purple fishnet bra.
"You look great Ash", Iris replied without even looking up from her phone.
"IRIS!.....Can you put the damn phone down and look at me!"
Iris sighed and looked up, tucking her phone into the waist band of her pink thong. "Look, I agreed no more performing over sharks or anything that could hurt you and you said you would start performing again AND.....let me pick the costumes. So, I decided if our act became a little risque, it will go along way."
"You want us to be topless by the second act!.......and fully nude by the third!"
Iris laughed off her partner's concern. "Like you've never performed naked in front of an audience before, Ash"
"No....no I haven't Iris", Ash replied as she crossed her arms over her exposed breasts.
"Oh.....so the millions of views your videos got on taintpainters.com doesn't count?", Iris asked with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
Iris' phone chimed before Ash had a chance to respond. "Damn it!", she muttered to herself as she scrolled through her phone.
"Expecting a message?"
"Yeah, the clinic is supposed to message me the results from my STD Blood Panel", Iris said out loud while slipping the phone back into her thong.
Ashlynn's eyes widened and her jaw dropped.
"Ok Ash, let's go knock'em dead!"
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Iris and Ashlynn were introduced to a packed house of mostly men. The girls got a standing ovation full of wolf wistles before the show even got under way. The cheers grew even louder as Ash and Iris both ascended their respective towers. It seemed Iris plan had worked.
The show got underway and the girl's act didn't skip a beat. Their twirled and soared gracefully through the venue, showing off their acrobatic skills. The crowd gasped in suspense as Ash flipped and twisted through the air. With no net below to break her fall, one wrong move could ruin the performance and possible destroy Ashlynn's life. Time seemed to slow down as the pint sized aerialist seemed to fly through the room, a blur of purple spandex and tan flesh. Iris swooped in on her own swing and caught Ashlynn by the wrist and swung her friend back to the safety of the platform.
"One more pass in act one!", Iris called out as she swung to the other side of the apparatus.
This last trick was something the girls always saved for the end of the show, but they both agreed that the crowd would get a better visual affect from this stunt if they were still in costume. The maneuver consisted of Ashlynn getting enough momentum that she when she finally let go of the bar she would be able to pull off a quadruple back spin into a twist and finally be caught by Iris who would come swinging in upside down.
Iris winked at Ashlynn from the other side of the trapeze rig. Ash smiled back, took a deep breath and began her approach. She swung from one side to the other, picking up speed. The drooling men in the audience watched with amazement as Ash let go of the swing and began twisting and spinning flawlessly through the air. Iris swung in by her knees ready to catch Ashlynn by the hands when suddenly her phone vibrated against her curvy hip. "My results!", she thought and reached for phone. Ash's eyes widened as she came out of her final flip and focused in on Iris swinging through the air with her attention on her phone.
"IRIS!!!!", Ashlynn screamed out in horror
"THE RESULTS ARE NEGATIVE, ASH!", Iris yelled back
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8 hours and 1 trip to the emergency room later.
"Everyone loved the show, Ash!"
Ashlynn scowled at Iris as she sat on her living room couch with her broken leg propped up under a pillow. "Well I didn't love it, Iris.....I have a partner that can't put her phone down for 5 freakin minutes to make sure I don't die!"
"Look Ash, I am sorry.....It was a mistake but this was life altering news!"
"Kinda like falling out of the freakin sky and getting lucky that you landed Gus The Gassy Goat!"
Iris looked at her friend and pouted her lush lips. "Oh Ash, is there anything I can do to make it up to you?"
"Well first you can.........
Iris' phone chimed in interrupting what Ash was about to say. Iris pulled her phone out and smiled as she brought up a text from her good friend, Mark.
"OH MY GOD ASH!....It's Mark.....he wants me to come over tonight to celebrate the negative test results!!!", she excitedly yelled out loud.
Ash stared at her friend texting away. "You've gotta be fucking kiddin me!"