tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post5975608618742136814..comments2023-10-05T07:49:56.593-04:00Comments on The Midnight Garden: Spring ThingsGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14337889899066280559noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-62663287247564890972008-05-22T13:00:00.000-04:002008-05-22T13:00:00.000-04:00Patrick, there's a deep purple (almost black!) iri...Patrick, there's a deep purple (almost black!) iris that blooms here at work in a week or so that will, I think, blow you away! I'll do my best to get a good shot of it this year.<BR/><BR/>Even tho I have a reasonable idea of what to expect and in what order from spring blooming, there are surprises every year! Sometimes its just that I've forgotten just how lovely some things are...<BR/><BR/>Glad you enjoyed the peepers!! They always make me smile.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14337889899066280559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-14014726997478584542008-05-22T12:35:00.000-04:002008-05-22T12:35:00.000-04:00I took some much less successful photos of Irises ...I took some much less successful photos of Irises a few days ago; once again you've captured the color beautifully. While I anticipate violets and lilacs, for some reason irises take me by surprise every year. Only once they have sprung up do I remember how much I love them. Not sure what that is all about, but Spring is full of those recurring surprises for me. Love the peepers. We didn't live near a body of water where I grew up, so they weren't a seasonal marker for me until my adulthood. I still only get to hear them very occasionally, so I'm grateful for this video.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556860299477514075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-59291138379049854952008-05-22T11:44:00.000-04:002008-05-22T11:44:00.000-04:00It's kind of a crazy sound when you get right up i...It's kind of a crazy sound when you get right up in the thick of them...easily mistaken for crickets, that's for sure...tho of course the crickets don't usually do their thing until later in the year...<BR/><BR/>Afod, I bet your white irises are just lovely. Best photos of them are probably taken pretty early in the day, tho, when the sun's low and hitting them at an angle...get some colored ones next year to add a little contrast!!<BR/><BR/>Butch, only Handle could make "Hey, Iris, get lost!" sound so delightful...and that's without the music! Sorry to hear that Sean and Mother Nature's romping has caused some attrition. No garden is without that sort of tragedy, tho--it just makes the blooms that DO flourish that much sweeter!Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14337889899066280559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-78370628364798400322008-05-22T11:38:00.000-04:002008-05-22T11:38:00.000-04:00I took one look at that Iris and my mind suddenly ...I took one look at that Iris and my mind suddenly leaped to the first line of an Handel aria which starts like this: <BR/><BR/>"Hence. Hence! Iris hence away!!" <BR/>Of course it has nothing to do with the flowers but never the less, that is what my mind locked on to. ;-) Beautiful picture. I think it's going to take some time for mine to start blooming. There is one patch where the dog continues to run through it and those poor plants are having a rough time adapting to the intrusion. I lost an Hollyhock that had been growing there for a few years so it was either Sean or the weather (or both) somehow played into its demise. Hope your day is going well.Butchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09481663364693052582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-86445016525788187552008-05-22T11:28:00.000-04:002008-05-22T11:28:00.000-04:00So that's the sounds of peepers?! I would have wro...So that's the sounds of peepers?! I would have wrongly assumed it was coming from crickets. As you continued panning to the left, I thought I started seeing the remains of snow still sticking to the ground. And I thought, "No way!" It was interesting to note that the deciduous trees are still fairly barren without much foliage. But those purple bearded irises!! Whoa! What a statement! I have the white bearded irises as you know, but they don't have as much "punch." Great photo and video. Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-40956994415563095352008-05-22T03:46:00.000-04:002008-05-22T03:46:00.000-04:00we don't have spring peepers here, just regular fr...we don't have spring peepers here, just regular frogs in the lakes and rivers. the closest i can get to that sound is when the crickets have a reproduction bloom.dykewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776768691386493709noreply@blogger.com