It rained I'm guessing over an inch yesterday afternoon, and then it rained again most of the evening until about 1:00 A.M. Lot's of ponds. I hope the iris that were getting ready to open waited!

Some surprises this morning. This was supposed to be Chocolate Halo, I knew yesterday that something was wrong, as it should have started coming out yellow, and it looked purple and white, sure enough it was the wrong iris. I think it might be Tableau, but I'm checking with Kerr to see what it is.






Then Mariposa Sky had 4 open this morning

Then in another bed I found Moonlit water open






Then off to another bed, and I found Kid's Clothes






Didn't see this one for a while, so it was nice to see again.

Then on to the bed of historics to find
Honerable







and Immortality






I'm not sure if Immortality is old enough to be called historic, but that's the bed it's in.

after 30 years, an iris cultivar falls into the category of "Historic". So, Immortality was introduced in 1982; that means it became a Historic two years ago!

Then I went to another bed and found:
Eagle's Flight






Clasic Look






Dorothy Devenport






and Timely Treasure

Thanks Greg, then it's in the right place
One more bed had an open iris, and it was
Rare Treat






I think I have them all from this morning. I'll have to go back and check. Better put them in a folder before I go much farther.

Oh, I love the blues. Moonlit Water just glows! And Mariposa Sky looks really blue. All your irises are beautiful. Thanks for posting the photos this morning. smiles

Really nice , Tom ...Arlyn

Wonderful Tom....we will all being watching your beautiful pictures of your beautiful Iris. Are you posting on the beautiful beards thread?

The not Chocolate Halo is a beautiful iris! And I love Moonlit Water.

Thanks for the nice comments. Mariposa Sky is supposed to be a re-bloomer, but it doesn't have enough time in our short summers.
Paul, I can hardly get them posted once, let alone on another thread too. My camera dosen't do too well on the 'really close" close up.

I'm kind of glad there are some blooms, or else I'd be really down in the dumps. My mare aborted a pair of twins last night. Both black with a blaze and four white feet. One male and one female. I had to use a different vet for the ultrasound, as my vet who is very good with reproduction, was recovering from cancer surgery, so this dumb vet didn't catch the twins. Really upsets me.

me too. I am very sorry.

Tom....is it common for mares to have twins?

It occurs about one in 10,000 births, and about 1 in 10,000 of them survive. Usually the vet can detect them when they do the ultrasound. They will then check bact to see if one terminates itself, which is what often happens. If not, they will terminate the smaller of the two, and there will be a normal birth.

Interesting.....

Sorry about the twins.

Sorry about your mare, Tom , That's a bummer, for sure.....Arlyn

On a brighter note, Louisa'a Song opened! Love this one!

...Arlyn