First stand of iris '14

Ahead of any other iris in my garden these purple with gold beauties have bloomed first. And the slugs did not decimate them this year. Yea!
We did not get the promised rain last night but the heat continues. Someone is 'hogging' all the rain over there!
Overnight temp was 16ºC and it could be another 90ºF day. Way above normal! It's like August arrived before June or July.
Crazy global weather, huh?