@artist01 @sueinmn Thank you Laurie and Sue, I was thrilled to see these irises yesterday in all their glory! Like you, Sue, we’ve had the super heat but we’ve been getting a good share of rain an I think that’s helped these plants along this year. The soil is very sandy so it drains quickly. Not sure that’s good for these irises.
Laurie, we’re surrounded on 3 sides by forest. We’ve lost trees before, it’s just part of living in the north woods. But the storm this past week knocked out some favorite 150 year old white pines. Our neighbors lost one 3 years ago and we counted all the rings just to see. Our lost trees are the same size. It was a shocker driving in yesterday and seeing the devastation. My husband’s been here all week working on clearing the yard. The section with the irises remained untouched! Crazy…

Posting a photo of my husband out working this morning. This is the top section of the one of the pines he’s clearing. When it fell, it took out several birches and other trees. 😢