Iris

iris

(6/15/99)

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through the picket fence the thin blades             of irises Yu Chang

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evening sunshine after the rain - yellow irises Alison Williams

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no sign where two roads meet iris blooms paul m.

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purple shade - a hundred irises guard the lighthouse copyright 6/6/1999 by Wendy C. Bialek   

all that remains of the old homeplace irises in bloom soji

blue iris- an egret's beak ripples the reflection Sue

standing out in my iris bed snapdragon Maleti (Mary Lee McClure)

her slender form gripping the mini-iris blue damselfly Joann

to hear your voice . . . this purple iris in the rain Timothy Russell

iris ~ the first bloom is snow-white elsie

in the soot from the mountain fire white iris -Michael Maiello

New England junkyard -- beside the rusted pickup truck irises in bloom Paul David Mena

on the grave a lone iris wilting in the white sun john.

June darkness petals of the irises holding moonlight Marjorie Buettner

summer storm - beneath the floodwaters irises in bloom hilary tann

morning dew jewels the blooms of the purple iris Patricia A. Laurent

homeward bound following the blue of irises Ferris

dover beach -- silken foam caps the blue iris hortensia anderson

ikebana lesson - propping up what's left of the iris doris kasson   

this iris the same blue as the sky Linda Robeck

Proud iris--reigning tall over loyal subjects of lesser beauty *(c) 1999 Lynne Remick

in the eyes of a child bearded irises on canvas Diane

between their houses irises still bloom feuding neighbours DeVar

drizzle ~ iris avenue through the wipers Timothy Collinson   

moon over the pond the grey iris reflects Hugh Waterhouse

my garden a rainbow -- irises Betty

After many years, after a lot of weeding, strong iris again. Horst Ludwig

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