Tag: irises

Lovely flowers from my garden

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As one of the 59 Candles, 59 Things (that make me happy) series, I recently posted pictures of my irises that had bloomed as of that date.  Since that post, the remainder have revealed themselves and were simply too pretty not to share.

And not to leave out some other happy surprises, the first peony (of several hundred blooms between three bushes) has opened as well as my lovely Dwarf Korean Lilac Bush, given to me by my step-son and daughter-in-law.  My yard is launching into it’s fragrant phase…

59 Candles, 59 Things – Part Eighteen

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Twenty Sixth thing:  Returning home from vacation, I was anxious to see my garden.  Last year we traveled at the same time of year but with an unseasonably early and hot spring (we’re talking mid-March and no final snowfall) everything was in bloom. We’d come home in time to see the end of our irises, just a few blooms left.  Not so this year.  They’d only just started opening and with just the right combo of rain, heat and sunshine, are coming into their season. They are so lovely that I had to make them my 27th thing. Here’s a little gallery of my irises that have bloomed so far:

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