I'm not sure I remember a wetter, colder spring, or a later planting date for the vegetable garden. But apparently the weather was just right for iris: I've never seen them as beautiful as they were this spring. Not just the traditional purple ones (Japanese and German) but yellow-and-maroon, a blue so dark it was almost black (out on Upland Road), and neon orange (in the middle of Unionville). Just spectacular.
Speaking of gardening, I had no idea there were so many hosta varieties! On a recent trip to a garden center a friend and I were astonished to see table after table of them. We ended up buying 10 pots of a variety called "Patriot" for the shaded steep slopes next to her driveway. How did she choose? She liked the color, the name and the price ($7.99 each, among the least expensive).
Black tadpoles are swimming around in the creek by the vegetable garden. What a delightfully named little creature! According to Wikipedia, "tadpole" is from the Middle English words for toad (tadde) and head (pol). And the synonym "polliwog" is from the Middle English words for head (pol, again) and to wiggle (wiglen).
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