Unlike last year, this Mother’s Day morning arrived in Seattle gray-skied and cool. Even without sunshine, it’s Spring, and Seattle is madly in bloom. The farmers’ market provides floral delights of the season, all wrapped up for the city’s lucky mothers and grandmothers: multihued tulips, furry poppy buds, even some early roses. All around our neighborhood, lilacs perfume the air, tulips dance languidly on the breeze, and irises unfurl, exposing their exquisite colors.
I wish I could deliver all this beauty to my mother, who loves farmers markets, to my grandmother, who loves gardening, and to my sister, who has an artist’s eye for color and light.
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. I love you.
Happy Mother’s Day, Grandmama. I love you.
Happy Mother’s Day, Melanie. I love you.
And to any other mothers stopping by here, Happy Mother’s Day. I hope you enjoy the flowers.
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Oh my gosh. So so lovely.
My own mother raised Iris and she would have loved these. I’m sure she does.
But you did deliver them to me and how beautifully packaged! Love you, Mom
These are just so beautiful and the shot so real, I can almost reach through the monitor and touch them and smell the sweet perfume. Great shot!
Gorgeous flowers and amazing photos, Kimberly!
How I love the orangy fiddle against the reddish cloth atop your blog!!
As Hijo would say, that is the best iris EVER.