Irises

I'm so excited, my bearded irises have finally started blooming! Two have opened so far:

Some of my irises have been in ground for a couple years and this is the first time any of them have bloomed.  These are ones I planted last spring.
There are a lot of buds getting ready, I can't wait to see the colors - I've planted a few different varieties and have sort of lost track of which is located where (doh! will label them as they bloom)
 

Luv me some raindrops on petals.  Magical.

So I was out in the yard.....

....taking more photos of flowers because, you know, I don't have a whole bag full of flash drives completely filled yet or anything at all.  No, I don't. Really.....

*hides bag*

...and I was admiring my beautiful tulips once again....









......when I took a closer look.

POLLEN!

COATING ALL THE THINGS!!

Blade of grass..... with..... uh-huh yeah.... that.









*snifflesnort*






 

Macro Monday

After the recent snowfall, we had a very cold night.  I wandered around the yard the next morning examining all the beautiful ice crystals.

Ice crystals on the buds of the peach tree

Snow and crystals on pine bough