explosion of gladioli

I love gladioli in all their astonishing garish glory. I grow them in the vegetable garden, and pick them for the house. 

For about three weeks, there is an explosion of colour indoors.

 The individual blooms are like orchids.

I have been taking a break from toiling in my printing shed preparing for Free Verse: The Poetry Book Fair, by sitting next to these lovely flowers and filling my vision with colour, which makes a lovely change from peering at print.

Very excited to see my name on the Book Fair homepage;
http://www.poetrybookfair.com/

Hazard Press is on the list too. We're going together, and are sharing a half table to display our wares. Luckily neither of us produce massive volumes!