Five in 5 on the 5th - June

The idea is to take five photos in five minutes on the 5th of the month. I am taking full advantage of the time difference & to declare my posting on the 5th.  

I hope you all have a peak at what everyone else is capturing today at our hostess's Sandie's blog: :Itchifingers

This month in the midst of my chaos of work, rain & work again, I had a moment to admire the buds of my white poppies.  Once they bloom & depending on the weather, they are here for such a short span of time.  If the weather continues as it has been, windy & a driving rain, I think my poppy blooms will all be short lived & admired so briefly.  But right now as they are in tight bud form, I can continue to dream that they will bloom for a lengthy amount of time; big white with dark purple centres & that purple is so dark they look black in the middle.

 
What's that sneaking in as my fifth photo?  A tightly wound iris bud!  Oh you glorious potential beauty ... how can I be mad?  Are you the purple & white or the white with purple edging? Oh I wait!