This iris growing against my house is actually a lovely shade of lavendar when open, almost an orchid color. The stems are very tall, almost five feet (!) and they are the old fashioned kind with a sweet scent,  almost a bubblegum kind of smell. I took a number of photos of the open blossoms but liked this one best.

Does anyone know of a meme dedicated to the color purple? I thought I saw one once but now can’t find it. This would be a great post for it, if it exists.

We had lovely weather in Seattle today. I hope you got to go outdoors, wherever you are.

Check out Macro Flowers Saturday for more ravishing floral close ups. And click on Sara’s Fave Photos above to return to the latest post here.