Linking to Sunshine’s Macro Monday
-
Recent Posts
Top Posts & Pages
Archives
- December 2025
- November 2025
- October 2025
- September 2025
- August 2025
- July 2025
- June 2025
- May 2025
- April 2025
- March 2025
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
Categories
- Country Gardening (678)
- Country Living (185)
- Field Notes (516)
- Inspirational Quotes (79)
- My Photos (1,459)
- Uncategorized (71)
Recent Comments
-
Posts I Like
Blogs I Follow
- Annettes Garten / Annette's Garden
- Karma's When I Feel Like It Blog
- Change Is Hard
- Breeze after a rain
- GreenDreamsSweden
- Mucky Boots
- Capturing The Art Of Living
- Follow your Garden Bliss
- Life in a Zone Three Garden
- Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
- Feathers & Leaves
- Rtistic
- Nature Diary
- randomandsuperficialthoughts.wordpress.com/
- Cosmos and Cleome
- Handmade by Lennea
- shelleymwhite.wordpress.com/
- Backyard Bird Nerd
- Sun, Water and Stone
- Leaf And Twig
Meta
Eliza Waters 
Spectacular!
Thank you, Ellen!
So feminine and pretty! 🙂
Thank you very much, Karen. Luckily, the weather has been cool and rainy, so they are lasting a few days. Iris don’t linger!
That’s why beauty is so precious! 🙂
Yes, indeed! 🙂
Beautiful blue!
Thank you, Susie! These are such a treat to see after the long winter.
This is a lovely bloom. Does it have a name?
Thank you! Miniature Iris ‘Katherine Hodgkin’ – an early spring bloomer.
Reblogged this on Blue Dragon Journal and commented:
Lovely. A wild iris?
Thank you for reblogging! It is a miniature, Iris ‘Katherine Hodgkin.’
Charming little Iris. I love the smaller ones, especially the species.
The almost ethereal beauty of irises must be all the more precious after your harsh winter. This one has an interesting pattern.
Thank you, Anne. Yes, one of the early bloomers, it is a treasure.
Amazing..!! Such a beautiful picture.. 🙂 Thank you Madam for sharing.. 🙂
Is this orchid?
Thank you! It is an early-blooming, miniature iris.
Sigh! Just so beautiful Eliza.
Thank you so much, Dawn! 🙂
You’re welcome, Eliza. Please stay safe.
All the pretty flowers in my social media flow makes me smile every day! Wonderful Eliza! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Maria. Glad it helps to brighten your day! 🙂
It sure does!
Gorgeous! We are still buried in snow here and I am impatiently waiting for those first green shoots and the chirp of song birds.
Thank you, Carol. My sympathies – I well know that it is hard to watch and wait for spring to come!
And of all the years for it to happen, spring seems to be delayed this year. They are calling for snow pretty much every day this week – not very much but still. Under the circumstances I am longing for spring more so than ever.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos. The green shoots will come. I just have to be patient. Pray for me. LOL
Simply beautiful. A great entry. 😊
Many thanks for hosting, Irene! x
You are welcome, Eliza. It has been fun. 😊
A lovely blue – love the delicate veining. Thanks for sharing Eliza.
Thank you so much!
Such a lovely pattern & colors. I didn’t know there is such an early Iris.
Thanks, Alice. This is a hybrid between I. reticulata and I. danfordiae, both early spring bulbs.
Thank you – I need that shot of beauty this morning.
Glad to provide it– thanks, Judy!
Beautiful Eliza! Enjoyed seeing them!
Thank you, Reed!
Lovely, spectacular, speckled wonder!
Thank you, Lisa! I always make it a point to bend over them every time I go out – their beauty is so fleeting.
Only one word will do: Wowsah!
🙂 Thanks, Laurie! They are pretty amazing, aren’t they?
Oh, my God! Irises are my absolute favorite flowers. On a scale of one to ten, those are an eleven.
🙂
Just beautiful
Thank you, Nathi.
You’re welcome Eliza! And have a great week ahead!
Thank you!
Beautiful images Eliza and what a gorgeous pattern in the flower xxx
Thank you, Xenia!
Gorgeous, Eliza!! I was stunned that you have Irises coming up already. Isn’t it early for them? Or am I the one that is confused? LOL
Thank you, Amy! These miniature iris are early bloomers, along with crocus and snowdrops. Siberian and German iris bloom later.
I did not know this. Thank you, Eliza!
My pleasure!
The colors and patterns are gorgeous!
Thank you, Wendy. A small flower that just begs to be observed up close!
It looks like someone has come along with a delicate blue paint brush:)
Yes, it does! 🙂
You are a little ahead of us even though in the hill towns, Eliza. Our iris leaves are rising but no sign of blooms. This is a lovely species.
Thank you, Steve. This one is a notable early bloomer along with crocus and snowdrops, not to be confused with the later Siberian and German iris, which won’t bloom for another 4-6 weeks. These dwarfs are real charmers.
So wonderful! Why have I never grown Iris reticulata?
I’ve been happy that these have returned for their third year. I haven’t been so lucky with others I’ve put in. I recommend ‘Katherine Hodgkin’ for its beauty and durability.
Lovely spring blooms. 😊
Thank you, Belinda. I’m so happy that spring has arrived!
Delicate and gorgeous, nature is so wonderful (as is your artistic eye!)!
Thank you very much! 🙂
So beautiful, I love the spring iris.
Thank you, Lynn. They are wonderful appetizers to the start of the gardening year. 🙂
Beautiful!
Thank you, Harold!
I love Irises 😁
Amazing designs, I am always so amazed at the artwork of flowers!
Thank you, Donna. Same here!
Gorgeous pastel colors, Eliza. 🙂
Thank you, Jane. x
Those markings are exquisite. I must remember to add more iris reticulata in the autumn
Thank you, Dorris. It is a pretty one. I planted these right outside my door so I wouldn’t miss them, tiny as they are.
So tiny but somehow all the more special because of it
I’ve never seen an iris like that before. Spectacular. Thank you for sharing, Eliza.
Thank you!
You’re welcome, Eliza.
Lovely, Eliza! I really feel the need for blooming things right now, but nothing here yet…
Thank you, Julie! I hope yours emerge soon. ❤
Beautiful image !
After long time, I could spend some in our garden, looking for butterflies and capturing some images of flowers… A lock down impact 🙂
Thank you, Sreejith. Yes, there are silver linings to this pandemic. I hope you and your family remain safe and healthy.
So gorgeous!
Thank you, Fi!
What a superb iris that is, Eliza … Stay happy and safe!
Thank you, Cathy!
A beautiful close-up showing this iris’s markings. I have a clump of wild ones here and last year it had more blooms than ever. Hoping for a good showing this year as well.
Thank you, Denise. Iris have such beautiful details. Definitely invites a closer look. 🙂
That first photo shows the bloom’s amazing symmetry (rotational symmetry??). The petals resemble painted enamel. What a special bloom – more so that it is so fleeting.
Thank you, Carol. Yes, they do look a bit like cloisonné, don’t they? 🙂
Yes they really do.
Beautiful 🙂
Thank you!
Amazing, how it emerges from those dried leaves!
Spring bulbs are amazing in that they appear out of seemingly nowhere, flower beautifully, then quietly go dormant. A lovely show right when we need it after a long winter. 🙂
Reblogged this on Purplerays.
Wow, beautiful!