Irises in Bloom

Here are some of the Iris plants blooming in my back yard. The yellow and white is "Abby And Me" the black one is "Ozark Rebounder." Purple Pepper is in the back between the yellows.
I noticed in the Sun-Star this morning that the Iris garden in Merced is now open on the weekends. His Iris Garden on Perch off of Yosemite Avenue, past Raley's. Open Saturdays 10 - 5 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m.

On the left is Apricot Frosty and the one below is Raspberry Rita. I never can get multiple pictures to go where I want them. Oh well.

Marilyn and I were at the Safety Fair today with a bowling game. It was too breezy for the light-weight plastic bowling pins. They kept falling over. The turn-out was lighter than I expected and we saw it was not the place to be selling recipe books. Only sold 4 in 4 hours. But thank you to the people who did buy a Winton Centennial recipe book. We appreciate the sales.

The next event is the Block Party in downtown Winton on Saturday, May 7. A couple of volunteers from the Winton Historical Society will be there to sell the books and mugs. That same day Castle Vista is having their spring Craft Bazaar. My sister and I will be at Castle Vista. It will be a fun day. The Castle Vista event starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m.

This last picture is "Afternoon Delight" the grower at "His Iris Garden" won first place one year in Atwater's Iris show. It is very pretty. Some of my favorites haven't bloomed yet, like Hello Darkness, Gypsy Woman, Royal Crusader, Twist of Fate, etc. These were all purchased in Merced from His Iris Garden. I saw a couple of red ones on his website that I would sure like to have. But I don't dare go visit his Iris garden because I don't have room for any more and it would be hard to decide which ones to eliminate from my Iris garden.