Irises, etc.

The water irises are out (and past their prime now, actually).  Still beautiful.

This one reminds me of that line from Hopkins:  "And though the last lights off the black west went . . . "

Daisy decided to crawl on her hands and knees, sign "more," and stand up by the couch all in the same day.  Don't let her fool you into thinking she's a real person, though, because she isn't.