Blue iris. Type?
Eastern tiger swallowtail at the mock orange for nourishment.
Friday, June 02, 2006
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Already my gaze is upon the hill, the sunlit one. The way to it, barely begun, lies ahead. So we are grasped by what we have not grasped, full of promise, shining in the distance. It changes us, even if we do not reach it, into something we barely sense, but are; a movement beckons, answering our movement . . . But we just feel the wind against us. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
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CLOUDS ARE MY MOUNTAINS
Already my gaze is upon the hill, the sunlit one. The way to it, barely begun, lies ahead. So we are grasped by what we have not grasped, full of promise, shining in the distance. It changes us, even if we do not reach it, into something we barely sense, but are; a movement beckons, answering our movement . . . But we just feel the wind against us. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
9 comments:
The iris is the 'fleur de lys' :-). As you must know 'lys' is a lily but this is not a lily shape. 'Lys' is also a river near Paris where a lot of irises are supposed to grow. Thus the name for the heraldic emblem of France
Mei, I did not realize the Lys is a river. I learned recently that the fleur de lys is not well thought of in France as it represents the Royalists!
Is that you, Heather A.? :)
Mmm, aqua iris would be lovely.
I think this year's irises have outdone themselves. They are prolific everywhere we drive here in mid-Michigan.
What a feast for my eyes Ruth !
Thank you, Rauf. Welcome back! Can't wait to check out your new words and photos . . .
I didn't know about how it considered in France. I learn it from you. In Québec, this is part of the province flag as a recall of the French ancestors.
Mei, of course I meant France's view of the fleur de lys as a symbol (say, as a pin), not the flower as it grows naturally (you probably understood that).
This post reminded me of our one iris plant (several blooms) that sits in the corner of our drive and that was in bloom (thankfully) before we left for Hannover. I was able to get some shots of it but love yours. And don't you just love the bees and butterflies going to task on the flowers! Now that I have a camera in hand, I pay more attention!
I agree, Ginnie, that I have a different perspective now with a camera. I'm just reminding myself all the time to be in the moment first, and not go straight to the photo. Sometimes we have to just grab the moment and click. But I also feel I've lost a certain simple way of looking at the world. I see more, but do I see more about the world? or just something through a lens? I think it's complicated.
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