Iris is the sacred flower of the goddess of the rainbow, Iris,
who would take messages of love from the "eye of heaven"
to earth using the rainbow as a bridge.
Iris means "eye of heaven" and is the name given to the goddess,
this flower, and the center of your own eye,
meaning that each of us carries a bit of heaven with us.
What would those messages of love be?
These flowers, to be sure,
as well as the sunlight on the grass behind them,
and the cool breeze and these friends coming together
for soup and salad and a lot of laughs!
Lots of love coming over the rainbow bridge!
Information about the Iris is from the book by Laura C. Martin, Garden Flower Folklore.