Elsa: Ok House Pony, let’s see how you do this week. It’s going be different from our usual bevy of miscellany from around the ‘Hood since we’re only going to be featuring photos from Mom’s visit last weekend to the Iris4U Farm in the heart of the city How do you feel about that?
Wilson: I’m quite the affable chap so it’s no problem for me. We talked about this at our weekly editor’s meeting. I’m chuffed to feature pics of those beauties which Mum says that this year’s crop are the prettiest she’s ever seen.
Elsa: Well, if you okay with it. I thought maybe you might find it limiting since you tend to be a bit on the wild side.
Wilson: I am decidedly not wild. I am merely a youthful sheepdog who is most enthusiastic about life.
Elsa: Uh-huh. You say tomato, I say to-mah-to. Well, let’s get to it, dude.
Wilson: Mum met up with with her granddaughter and the new baby. I could tell because I could smell new baby all over her when she came home. Mum said she’s becoming quite the little blossom herself. I know we agreed to only share images of the irises, but come on…is her latest documentation pic just the cutest! Woof! and look at that smile and those chubby arms and legs.
Elsa: Boy, she sure is cute. Sure hope we get to meet her in person soon. She looks like she could use a puppy kiss…or two.
Wilson: I know, right? Well, I know Mum is pretty keen on her and so is everyone else who sees her but I’m sure it’ll be soon. I mean how long can they hold out not sharing her with us?
Elsa: Oh man, you don’t know moms, do you?
Wilson: Umm, I guess not, when you say it like that. Well, let’s move on to the flowers this week. When it comes to irises Mum is always partial to the dark purple ones but the black irises…well she started swooning and banging on so much I thought I’d have to administer CPR.
Elsa: Whoa…that’s one very striking and unusual iris. I’m guessing Mom placed an order immediately. She can’t refuse coveting those black ones.
Wilson: She’s been combing through the online catalog and can’t decide but will eventually. Plus I’m sure she’ll go back again this week when the farm should be in peak view. I’m sure she’ll get it or one of the other black ones. There’s nothing like that around the “Ranch.”
Elsa: I can see why she’s so gaga over them. What other notables did she see?
Wilson: Well, let me just tell you. This close-up of one of the more striking ones, hit quite a note with Mum. I mean just look at that color. It just screams fabulous, doesn’t it?
Elsa: What? I can’t hear you…the color of that iris is too loud.
Wilson: Right! That shock of purple fringing the ‘beard’ was really something.
Elsa: Well I know for a fact that some of our readers are big fans of orangey colored flowers. Got anything for them?
Wilson: Indeed I do. Here are two that were especially lovely and had gorgeous ruffles around their edges. The ‘beard’ on the first one was particularly vivid.
Elsa: Oooh…pretty. Any other unusual entries? Come on, House Pony, wow me some more.
Wilson: Well, beyond the traditional (yet still quite lovely) varieties, there was this one. Mum thought the contrast in the pale to the striking color was pretty sensational. I can just see her running around ‘oohing and ahhing.’ She probably resembled a bumblebee flitting from one row to the next after some smashing color caught her eye.
Elsa: Wow, just wow. Now that’s what I’m talking about. What else you got, big guy?
Wilson: There were so many pretty blooms, it was hard to narrow it down. Here’s a lovely pink and purple combo with a shockingly bright ‘beard.’
Wilson: Ay, it sure was. Here are a few more that caught Mum’s eye.
Elsa: I can see why Mom is struggling trying to narrow down selections from the catalog. With this being the last season Iris4U will be open, there are a lot of decisions she’s going to have to make. I’d hate to be in her shoes.
Wilson: Yeah, she’s going to have to make some tough choices. And this weekend she’s going to be busy getting ready for the annual sheepdog picnic.
Elsa: Oh yeah, that’s coming up soon, isn’t it? There’s lots to do around the Ranch for it and hope that whatever your weekend has in store for you, it’s a weekend where you can get out and enjoy the bounty of Nature as we continue to move toward summer good times. Happy Weekend, folks.
Wilson: Right-o. What she said. ⬆️ Have a super weekend!
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