Growing Smiles

Grandma Jan gave me some iris bulbs from the farm a few years ago.

I neglected them for almost a year while they sat in our garage.

One day I planted them around the meter in our backyard thinking, 

"If these will still grow, they'll camouflage the meter a bit."

They have grown leaves every year and this is their third summer in this spot.

I looked out last week to see they were growing blooms this year!

And they opened a really pretty deep purple color!

I do not have a green thumb and have no idea about flowers...

Except I guess that I can tell when they're pretty.

 And these are... I'm loving looking out my kitchen window to see them smiling at me.

(Thanks, Grandma Jan!)

And since no post is complete without these smiles... 

Here are my twinkies in more matching hand-me-downs from their cousins.