:D

[bladespark]

Not doing the Sunshine Challenge, but I will say that having my feed full of people discussing irises is lovely.

They're my favorite flower, they were at my wedding, and on the cake, they have SO MUCH meaning for me, and also they grow around here natively (iris tenax, the Oregon iris) so I get to see then in the wild. <3 And orris (iris root) is delicious and the local company that makes Iris liqueur is fantastic, I might just treat myself to a bottle this week and have some iris vodka lemonades. Plus I use it as the bitterant in my Ares-themed tea blend, which has a flavor profile that's mostly fruit, smoke, and spice, but a trailing hit of bitter seemed appropriate for Ares.

Here's a photo I took just over a week ago while out camping:


This is the white variant. Purple is more common, but in this specific part of the woods I've only ever seen white. They're gorgeous either way!

Comments

[the_siobhan]

Oooo. Tell me more about this Iris liqueur.

[bladespark]

Hahaha. It's an Italian recipe, as I understand it, but nobody in Italy makes any right now. The fellow here in Oregon who does it is Italian. https://elixircraftspirits.com/our-products/

[adafrog]

Oh, very pretty.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I love irises too. I have some almost-black ones, gold-and-white, and very old cream-and-purple ones that smell almost like cotton candy.

[silveradept]

A lot of iris things! I hadn't heard of the possibility that iris root could be used to make a drink, so that's another tally in the "humans will make booze out if anything" column.