Memorial Day and Monday........

My front porch is sporting three little flags for Memorial Day.  I wanted bunting but that will have to be for some other holiday. I will work on bigger flags if I don't find the bunting.

I bought some red, white and blue petunias Sunday to put into some container, yet to be determined.  I go looking to see what is available and what will work best, then I plant it.  Monday for the United States is a holiday and I wish you a restful, fun day.  The rest of you around the world I wish you a great Monday.

Three little kittens.......

I went out to my garden shed to put away a few things and I looked down and saw three sets of eyes looking up at me.

I have some items that are leaned against the shed ready for me to decided whether to toss them or take them on into the shed.   A mother cat has decided to drop them into the bunch of stuff.

There is a tiller sitting there and some windows that I need to throw away.  I also have some wood posts leaning against the area.  They are not tame as I  tried picking one up to show my wife.  Thankfully the neighbors right next door own the cat and the kittens.  They were born over in their junk pile and a yard full of big and little dogs.  I guess she decided that my junk was neater and cleaner.
Once we get them a little tamer, my neighbor lady said she wanted to take them into the house and tame them more.  I will keep you informed of that progress as our dog Barney likes to chase cats, not hurt them,  just chase them.

NOT my Iris......

Neighbor Judy's Iris is performing beautifully.  I have only two irises to trade with her so I need to decide which two that she has that I can trade.  She saw my two irises Superstition and Portrait of Lorrie and I know she would like to have them.
The camera actually picked up a stronger yellow than the real flower even when I tried to lighten them in photoshop.

Flag Iris.......

I drove through a small town, Bouton. today towards another small town Minburn to take the dogs to the vet.   In Bouton was a row of flowering plants and I could see at the  very first of the row was this flag iris, with hundreds of blooms.  I have decided that I need to move mine out from under the trees and put it into the hot sun. 

A bonus picture for  today of my old cemetery iris.  It is putting out quite a show for not having bloomed last year.

White Pelargonium.......

I bought a new geranium yesterday.  I wanted to find a pure white one but the  greenhouse did not have one. This is a nice second choice. It was a bargain because they had trimmed it back for some reason. I know that this plant will do well with a little tlc.

The bonus photo for today is the red daisy that is trying to open. It has an explosive expression as it tries to open.

Breaking a spell.... no flower today......

I have wonderful rose pictures and I have a creative shot of a red daisy opening up, but I needed to spread my wings. I bought this crafty Roman architectural thing at hobby lobby.  I figured it out to be a shelf holder and I am certain it was suppose to be hung inside a house.  But it is a birdhouse and it goes well on the side of my house.  The shell was weathered before I placed it there.  I had a wren fill the thing with sticks but the female wren did not chose to stay there.

I will place some more things on there as it needs something else, when I find the time, and I will  reshoot it to show you.

Portrait of Lorrie, Iris

This is my iris!!!!
I bought a set of irises a few years back and one rainy season most of them rotted, all  except for this one.  When I received it someone hand mislabeled it portrait of Larry.. I of course thought that was cool. but when I saw the official tag it was Lorrie.  This is the actual blue that you see when you view it.  The camera hasn't altered it.  It is one of my favorites. The falls actually stick straight out instead of drooping.
I have found that there are certain iris varieties that are more hardy than others.  The superstition iris and this iris both grow with great vigor. The rhizomes are large, the leaves are thick  and strong and they bloom profusely.