I went outside to buy groceries earlier this week! While sweating inside my mask, I spotted these irises, which are blooming happily, and not sweating under a mask at all.
Irises arrive late spring/early summer around here.
It was difficult to compose this image, because the irises and some native wildflowers sit in a deep drainage basin that helps prevent localized flooding near the base of my hill, but the basin also (unintentionally) collects plastic bags and discarded face masks. 'Lots of cropping happening here to eliminate those. (Now is NOT the time to go touching discarded medical masks on the street for the sake of composition.)
