White Iris
May 27, 2012
“The white iris beautifies me.”
— Wallace Stevens, from “In The Carolinas”
White iris in the morning light
Detail, white iris
White iris, like white flounces
White iris after rain
More Iris Buds
May 26, 2012
Too beautiful not to try to capture in photos, paintings, and bouquets.
Sword-like iris buds
Iris buds with cross-process effect
Iris in the parking strip with posterized effect
Watercolor sketch of iris buds
Another watercolor sketch of iris buds
Bearded Iris in Bloom on My Window Sill
May 9, 2011
I’ve enjoyed watching my slender iris bouquet transform from buds to blooms.
Magical transformation from bud to bloom
Knife-like leaves of the iris flowers
Bearded iris flower in a vase on my kitchen window sill
Beautiful bearded iris
And now two flowers!
Make Way for Iris
May 2, 2011
Spring is a long parade of flowers, and next in line is the iris. I’m now seeing iris buds, swaddled like little babes in tissue wrapping. Blooms soon.
Border of budding iris
This photo resembles an impressionist painting.
Simple bouquet of budding iris
Watercolor sketch of iris buds
Blue Iris as Doorway
April 29, 2010
One of the first iris blooms of the season
A doorway into thanks . . .
Praying
by Mary Oliver
It doesn’t have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch
a few words together and don’t try
to make them elaborate, this isn’t
a contest but the doorway
into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak.
Pleasure in Flowers
June 4, 2009
White Iris in the Morning Light
Iris bud
White Iris
White Iris
Georgia O'Keeffe's Black Iris II, 1936
“Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.”
— Robert Frost, “A Prayer in Spring”
Irises: Blue Needs Yellow
June 2, 2009
Blue iris
Iris petal
Iris petal
Blue and yellow iris
Vincent van Gogh, Irises, 1889
“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.”
— Vincent van Gogh
Late Spring, Still Glorious!
May 31, 2009
Pink Peony
Orange Poppy
Purple Allium
Green stems of purple allium
Yellow Iris
The days are getting even longer, and the earth is finally warning up. Now that the Memorial Day holiday is past, it feels like summer already. The warm, sunny days are encouraging a new profusion of flowers and growth. I spent an hour with my camera this morning, and I saw such beauty at every turn.
“Spring moves on, on her run-down broken toe shoes
into the summer, trailing green ribbons of silk.”
— Ted Kooser, “In Late Spring”
Beautifully Dressed
May 28, 2009
Iris back lit by morning light
Iris
“World, you are beautifully dressed.”
— William Brightly Rands
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