Apparently things can grow in my yard!

What a wonderful surprise! We are doing renos on our house and the yard is the very last thing on the list and it is a mess! An absolute awful yard - seriously,  the neighbors must hate us!  Luckily we do mow the lawn (and the weeds) but other than that, I rarely pay attention to what's back there.  The other day (when taking a break from painting the house - not art), I happened to look over to the back of the house and was shocked to see some beautiful iris flowers growing. Grabbed my camera, took some photos and immediately started painting (as in art painting not house painting). It's amazing how beautiful they were considering they have had no love shown to them. Poor little flowers!  They have since disappeared but I am looking forward to seeing them next year when they show their happy little blooms again.