Bloomin' June

June is one of my favourite times in the garden because my favourite flowers come out to shine: bearded irises and oriental poppies. This will doubtless make me sound like a garden geek, but to me there is nothing quite like the anticipation of seeing the curling buds of the irises and the giant seed pods of the poppies: I know I'll soon step outside one morning to see they've burst forth in their glorious and delicate beauty. Well, this is the week I've been waiting for. I stepped outside on a sunny morning and saw this:

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