Midweek check in: flags flying and a finish

 

Flags are flying!  Wild flag iris, that is.  Purple/blue is native, yellow is invasive, and both are beautiful.   Flags like to have their feet wet so they grow in marshy areas. 

More wildflowers:  redroot (new to me), lupine, coreopsis, wild rose, Carolina puccoon, prairie groundsel, rock sandwort. 

That was Monday afternoon at Illinois Beach State Park. 

 No walk yesterday because I joined AAUW friends for our summer luncheon.  There's a silent auction/sale for our scholarship fund. I brought books and a couple of miscellaneous items.  I also brought the box of placemats that I've made in recent months.   Priced at $5 each, 3 for $10 -- sold 15!  

# # # # # #   In the studio:   Tropical Punch is finished!  (That was suggested by Google AI for "orange pink lime green quilt name.")   

I bought the backing at Salvation Army for $5.99.   Four WOF panels, probably homemade curtains (Richloom on the selvedge).  Rather than trying to match the zigzag stripes I sewed them in this orientation.  

Linking up with Wednesday Wait Loss

Thanks for the shout out, Jennifer.  

P.S.  I said that wild flags grow in moist/wet areas, but hybrid iris do not. This patch of the hybrid variety comes up every year at the state park on higher-and-drier ground.