The flood of daffodils has faded, and the first iris is blooming — Spring joy!

Photo by Katie Michaelson

The first are small deep purple — repeat bloomers. Lovely.

Following these will come the lavender iris. The lavender are some that have traveled with me from home to home. Some people have traveled the world. I’ve traveled from owning one home to another — and now I stop here.

On my morning walkabouts, I’ll deadhead blooms. They say you don’t need to and…

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Katie Michaelson
Welcome to My Not-So Fancy Garden

I’m a retired therapist who specialised in parenting. I write on the edge of verse and prose about plants and people and simple things.