iris lilies was talking about choosing iris stalks today, and I wanted to ask her, out of curiosity, how she wound up being obsessed with irises--out of all the flora on earth, why irises and lilies? But that would have been a thread hijack, so I'm asking it here...

And to everyone who spends time with a hobby or any pursuit they love, how did you fall into it? When did you realize that this was something that enriched your life?

Sometimes we pick up hobbies but they don't stick; other times we almost can't NOT do them once we've gotten "the bug."