May 21 and 22

Off for the next week, so digging moats and clearing the raised bed area.

Everywhere I have lived as an adult, I have taken descendents of the iris that my grandma had along her driveway.  I have dug them up and carried them across the state, then across the country.  They have lived along my driveway, in my yard, in pots on a balcony, and in planters on a shaded patio.

When we moved here, there was a ceramic pot that matches our Celtic cross for the garden, so the iris are there, and blooming as of yesterday.

I'm seeing lots of these little guys.