Wonders Never Cease

Sometimes beacons of hope shine through in the most unlikely of places... These are pictures of a bearded iris blooming in our backyard. This is notable for two reasons:

1. We live in the desert - iris aren't exactly native vegetation;
2. The plant has been nothing but a bunch of scraggly leaves for FOUR years. It has never bloomed since we put it in the ground. Not once.

At last, a sign that our tide is finally turning....