My flower garden has columbines and irises. Both are perennials that thrive without any help from me.
The columbines are just appearing. The blue iris blossoms have almost all wilted away. I will miss smelling their grape Kool-Aid perfume every morning before leaving for work. (I'm trusting an ancient olfactory memory of Kool-Aid here. I haven't had a sip of grape Kool-Aid in twenty years.)
In the interest of blog accuracy, I turned to the dictionary to confirm the spelling of "irises." Between the entries spanning Iranian and irrelievable, I happened upon a 2-dollar bill that I had tucked between the dictionary pages long ago. You may wonder which presidential likeness is found on the 2-dollar bill. The answer is Jefferson. The other side of the bill shows the Continental Congress and commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
