June Flowers

This post is mostly about one iris. But, there will be a few other flowers! I love how the CA poppy bed looks this year. 

 When Hugh Jackman sings about the beautiful morning, the lyrics mention the corn being 'as high as an elephant's eye'. Eastern Oregon can have beautiful mornings, but it appears the catnip is as high as the windowsill!!!

I've not had many iris this year. Jodie thinks they might be crowded, she's probably absolutely correct. I'm also glad we didn't have the odd bug that ate hers! I tried to google long thin beetles, but no luck. I had one white iris, several yellow, a lot of purple, and the burgundy ones. This particular one was even more striking, it was more of a velvet brown. Although, you can't tell from the photos! A lot of fun closeups.

 A different angle and the light changes the colors completely!

 This bottom one wasn't supposed to be added, but it looks like an ocean animal. Thus, it stayed with the rest.

 Laughing iris!!

There is also a rose vine that has a lot of lovely red roses on it. 

Maude Hart Lovelace is one of my favorite authors, it fits this post perfectly! 

“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.”