...and what to her wondering eyes should appear...but a patch of crested iris, compliments of maeve!

Last night there was nothing. Tonight, a little 4 inch patch of dirt has tiny little iris blades poking 3/8th inch above the surface! For some reason I thought they would be really early, like reticulated iris. Now that I think about it, I realize that on camping trips to the North Carolina mountains, they are usually in bloom about Memorial Day along old logging trails.

Thanks maeve!   Seeing those little pale green points made my old heart go pitterpatter.