Here are the very last of the tulips. All the other tulips have faded and gone. These are still blooming, and I think these are the very prettiest ones of them all. They're smaller and much more delicate than the others.
We've also got the very first of the dutch iris blooming now. These are called Batik iris, and they're my favorite iris. They look as if you've touched a piece of tissue paper at the edges with a puddle of purple ink.
"If we are to have peace on earth ... our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective. No individual can live alone, no nation can live alone, and as long as we try, the more we are going to have war in this world. We must either learn to live together as brothers or we are all going to perish together as fools."
Martin Luther King, Jr. 1967
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