An Iris Blessing
May your blooms be floriferous and in good form,Distinctive, with good substance, flare, and airborne,
With standards and falls that endure, never torn.
May you display many buds and blooms sublime,
In graceful proportion on strong stalks each day,
Gently floating above the fans and the fray.
May you too reach toward the moon and stars,
Bloom after bloom, many seasons in the sun,
Enjoying your life, health, and each loved one,
Until your 'living days are artfully done.
- Georgia Gudykunst
You have an iris paradise in the water and on canvas. Enjoy your special time of year.
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DeleteI really need to get some Irises in my garden! Yours are stunning and that web you captured is beautiful! But my favorite part of this post is your painting! It is gorgeous!!! The composition is just so amazing friend! I hope that you are well and enjoying that water garden!!! Happy weekend! Nicole xoxo
ReplyDeletethak you sooo much..I nned to hear that!
DeleteWhat a water-lush beautiful scene. Your Iris are lovely and the painting is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you could remove the photo of the spider web from this post please, as it is one of my photos that I posted on my blog back in March. It must have gotten mixed in with yours accidentally. Thanks, Sharon!
so osrry I dont know how that happened..
DeleteYour iris are gorgeous Sharon and I love the painting you did. That spiderweb is great too.
ReplyDeleteThe copper leaf does have a bloom, but in my photo what you see in front of the copperleaf are the reed orchids.
Happy Gardening in that lovely bit of paradise you have.
FlowerLady
you are so supportive...:-)
DeleteJust gorgeous Sharon! I love Iris too and my garden use to be full of them, but something ate almost all of them. :0( LOVE the painting!
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DeleteA lovely water garden, beautifully landscaped. The combination of purple and yellow irises is stunning. I love your painting too. i can feel the movement of the leaf blades stirring in the breeze.
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DeleteOh how lovely! Your painting is incredible--you're as talented with painting as you are with photography. I love Irises, too, and I've decided I need more in my garden!
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DeleteSharon - your irises are just beautiful ~ as is your painting! I have two varieties that my Mom gave me. I like that they are so easy to grow (especially from seed).
ReplyDeleteoooo eli, what color are yours??? I have two colors..a blue?purple and reddish /purple...my pink and the white died years ago..thank you so much
DeleteWOW! I was very surprised that irises were already beautifully in bloom in your garden. Irises have not yet begun to bloom here.
ReplyDeleteLove your oil painting. It is exquisitely beautiful.
thank you so much...I live in flroida but we are sub tropical thats why our spring is earlier.....i will be in hacone and kyoto n a month..very excited!!
DeleteI've just found your reply. Are you now in Japan? If you are, I hope you have a good time in Hakone and Kyoto.
DeleteSharon, wonderful irises! I love the most purple and blue with yellow irises. I have some yellow ones called Siberian irises but I don't want to have them more, they are self-seeding. Your new oil painting reminds me Monet, he loved to paint his garden pond with flowers. Am I right?
ReplyDeleteYour iris garden is so beautiful and your painting has something warm and wonderful work.
ReplyDeleteYou come to Kyoto next month? Maybe May is good season for trip to Japan, I think. Welcome to Japan and enjoy Kyoto!
thank you I will
Deletemine spread by rhizomes but I really wish i could grow bearded ones..thansk
ReplyDeleteSeeing your lovely irises makes me yearn for mine. They have not set buds yet. Our spring this year is a bit cooler than normal. Lovely images and lovely irises.
ReplyDeleteLove your post! Your painting is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love irises!
ReplyDeleteYour oil painting is beautiful!
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