6.10 lily forest

The lilies in the front bed are really coming into their own this year. The timing is such that at the moment, the front bed is green and pale yellow. The lilies are making a miniature forest, punctuated by the golden barberry and blocked at the left by the yellow flags. Purely serendipitously, the yellow of the flags is exactly the same as the yellow of the barberry.

Which makes it all the more annoying that I've realized that the yellow flag (iris pseudocorus) is not the same as the blue flag (iris versicolor) in the back. Whereas the blue flag is a native, the yellow flag is an import and, more to the point, is an invasive weed in wetlands. I really ought to take it out and replace it with something else. Grump.

6.6 yellow flag

This is the first of my yellow flags to bloom. If the color showing is any guide, there'll be a lot more of them tomorrow.

Cyndy, you're right - this weather makes it really hard to decide what to wear. Two days ago the high was 62, today it was 98. I hate hot weather.

I really feel for the receptionist at the new job. We're on the 3rd floor and her desk is just inside the door. The door faces the atrium. Someone opens the door at the bottom of the atrium and lets in a blast of steamy hot wind. Said wind sweeps up to the top of the atrium and waits for the door to the office to be opened, then sweeps over the poor receptionist. Repeatedly.

I'd have to find a new job or a bucket of ice to put at my feet or something.