Tag Archives: Iris

A sign of spring

February 16, 2023 XingfuMama 7 Comments

We’ve been away a few days and this little charmer sprung up in a neighbor’s yard while we were gone.

I don’t know what the exact variety is. It is not a large bloom, very close to the ground. I just love the vibrant blue color.

For Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Flowers

R’s & S’s for Cee

November 25, 2020 XingfuMama 5 Comments

A little mid-week madness.

First I thought of roses:

Then I thought of irises:

Then I saw this little sparrow:

For Cee’s Mid-week Madness Challenge: word that contains the letters R and S.

Flowers

Raindrops on everything

May 31, 2020 XingfuMama 7 Comments

May has been a peculiar month. Warm and cold, sunny and rainy. The news of the day combined with the weather made me think about a poem I learned in my French class in high school:

Il pleure dans mon coeur,
Comme il pleut sur la ville…
Guillaume Apollinaire

Translated: it is crying in my heart like it is raining on the city. The weather was gloomy and wet, suiting the gloom in the news.

I took these photos yesterday. I’ve often thought that May and June are really seasons of their own, not really part of spring and summer. May is iris season and June is rose season. Summer in the Puget Sound region really doesn’t start until July. This little gallery shows what’s in bloom right now on the cusp of the change, with raindrops to represent the tears so many have had to shed this month.

My wish is that you and yours can stay safe and sane as the storms rage about us. May your season of the rose be blessed.

For Photos by Jez’s Water Water Everywhere, The Changing Seasons Challenge, and Cee’s Flower of the day…in this case many flowers, but then I’ve missed many days…and City Sonnet’s Goodbye, May.