Stripes in nature: an iris and the zebra's stripes

How amazing: a plant and an animal appear to have similar markings. While explanations abound in popular literature for the zebra's stripes, none come to mind for the iris; this calls for investigation. Coincidence or common causative phenomena, I wonder?

inescapable truths: even Iris fades

Iris, the Eye, and Rainbows: an unexpected find

I entered my study and was delighted by an unexpected natural phenomenon, a rainbow, one of the most beautiful of all natural light occurrences. A gift from the Gods.

Aphrodite, newborn, emerges from the Sea, I

which way is the wind blowing? Iris is disappearing

Iris paints her first picture in 2010

the goddess Iris took her brush and her pigments and with a broad brush swept in through the heavens. Neptune took the goddess' sketch and fixed it in his element for but a moment