So after having arrived in Wisconsin last Sunday, my yard is a whirlpool of death and life. Abandoned since last August (when I leave Wisconsin for Florida) and covered under snow and absurd cold during our seasonal visit in December, coming back in June like we just did allows us a chance to see what survived...and what did not.
Our spiderwort survived. And their purpley goodness abounds. While nothing like 
's excellent iris photo today, mine is nonetheless violet, and counts towards the color challenge.
Dainty little flowers, violet and simple, but the color pops amidst all the greenery of the rest of the plant.
Death, you say?
Death comes for us all. Including this squirrel, whom I discovered near our purple spiderwort. I'm not sure how he got to his final position, but he's been there a week or two. I'm not sure what to do with him, so I might just mow around him for the next couple weeks until he's merged back into the earth. Circle of life and all that. Just have to avoid stepping on him until then...
Photos by @negativer
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