Mom's Garden

I took a few pics a couple of weeks ago when mom's Iris were in full bloom and quite spectacular.  They are our native Iris setosa, aka Wild Flag Iris.  The native plant is beautiful and abundant in our meadows and blooms in early to mid-June.  IF you bring it into the garden, however, and make it happy with Miracle Grow potting soil with fertilizer you can get some amazing results as mom has demonstrated.  Mom refers to the potting soil as "miracle whip."

Seriously contented Wild Flag Iris in mom's garden

The Iris are now bloomed-out; but the yellow lilies are coming-on strong and her abundant red astilbe will soon be joining the party. 

Day lilies are soooooo cheerful!

In other news the weather has been quite delightful the past couple of days.  Yesterday I was all set to go for another hike when I spied my golf clubs through the open garage door.  Why not?  Went and hit some balls and played a round.  Good news:  my game has not deteriorated.  Bad news:  I still play like shit. 

Just read the latest news updates.  It seems that our deficit reduction talks are not going so hotsy-totsy.  On the other hand, it sounds like the President has just about had enough - particularly from that shit-weasel, Eric Cantor, who as near as I can tell is much more interested in deposing his own Speaker than staving off national disaster.  It might be a good thing for the President to lose his temper...

One of the credit rating agencies has put Uncle Sugar on "credit watch."

Meanwhile, I am certainly enjoying the News Corp. disaster in the U.K.  Sadly, they don't do the perp walk thing in Britain...  Rupert Murdoch is looking more and more like a Christian Scientist with appendicitis.