As many of you know, I read. I adore books, and I devour them. My reading habits began with the Doctor and I never stopped! I've had these flowers in my garden for several years and never paid much attention to their final stage. I was thrilled to realise they resemble Truffula Trees. They only come in white. Jon and I did add food coloring to a vase, but they remain white. So, all my Theeds will be cream colored. I don't care, I'd wear it anyway!
I love to bring cut flowers inside. Lately, I've been setting iris in my kitchen window with my spider plants. Oddly, I also have jumping spiders in the window. There are often two, although, I must admit one will generally get squished. This spider startled me when I saw it climb over the edge of an iris petal.
THIS spider startled me and DIED when it jumped off the iris on to my camera! I reckon it didn't like the reflection in the lens and became aggressive. I felt bad, but not too bad!
I have one small patch of white iris. This year, this is the only stalk that grew and bloomed. It has so many blooms it fell over! I propped it up for the photo and seriously thought about bringing it inside. Except for a few things. 1-it is really TALL, 2-spiders, and 3-I'm leaving in a couple of days and don't really want the guys to have to toss out too many dead flowers!
Last year, I left at the end of April and few things had bloomed. This year, at the end of May, EVERYTHING has taken off and bloomed. Iris, my Spice Bush (it has two flowers!), the roses (which smell heavenly), and my poppies. It appears I only have orange ones. I really hoped for some white or pink, but orange is fun.
I love the stages captured here! They are so pretty when they unfurl.
I'll miss the Lamb's Ear (end of the poppy row) and the cosmos (if they grow), but I'm very thankful for all the lovelies I have gotten to enjoy this fast and early spring.
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