April 24, 2012 -- the iris opens

So: if you remember from yesterday...I put an iris bud in the windowsill with a Heuchera leaf and a piece of goldenrod greenery. And the iris bud was one that had broken off when I was gathering some cut flowers. I liked the iris bud with the Heuchera leaf, but today the iris bud opened and created an even more amazing combination.

This is just too beautiful for words. And it couldn't have been more welcome to my eyes because I'd had a long day before arriving home to my windowsill, and finding this sitting ready for me to photograph was like getting a gift on high.