Many irises have come and gone this spring, but I was delighted to see that this stunning dark violet one was blooming yesterday in the garden of my neighbor and fellow photographer Cindy Dyer, a variant that she told me is a Louisiana iris ‘Black Gamecock.’ Cindy also has some gorgeous Calla Lilies blooming in a container on her front porch in a wide variety of colors.
Intermittent thunderstorms are in the forecast for most of today and I doubt that we will see the sun. My senses need the stimulation provided by bright colors, like those of these beautiful flowers in Cindy’s garden in late May.
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Mike Powell 
Beautiful shade of violet! Thanks for sharing! Lovely flowers!
Very nice images Mike! Enjoyed seeing them!
Colors are so vivid !!
It was pretty bright, but overcast yesterday, which seemed to make all of the colors super saturated. 🙂
My kind of day. Some day I’m going to keep my color filters close by just for days like that.