Taking time to smell... or taste the flowers

I just love this time of year in my gardens, Leif does too. My task with him though is keeping him from picking the "fowers for mommy". He picked a rose yesterday... awww... I am still wondering how he missed the thorns.

Pretty peonies

Smelling is done with the NOSE! Not the tongue!

My peonies and clematis have never bloomed before, so this is a first time for each this year.

My giant irises are one of my favorites in the garden, they are nearly up to my chest and significantly larger than my little flower in the background there. (Which of course only adds to the intrigue.)