I am all out….

Just about to open up!

…of Superlatives up to the job of describing the Curly Lilies, also known by their common name Fawn Lilies!

Perfect Trilliums

I thought that I had missed seeing them this year.  I have not been getting out walking as much because of a bum knee and the weather really hasn’t been conducive to walking and taking pictures – how many pictures of rain can one camera take!  I know I have taken too many!  LOL!

Today has been gorgeous – clear blue skies and a balmy 11 or 12 degrees Celsius!  So we went to the Canyon, always one of my favourite places to walk.

And there were Curly Lilies, fields of them under the trees, bunches of delicate, elegant white blooms with brilliant yellow centers dancing in the light breeze.  They were beautiful.

It is Spring!

There are wild Dogwood blooms, perfect Trilliums with the petal, sepal and leaves placed just so, tiny yellow violet blooms, hot pink salmon berry blooms and the multiple pink blooms of the red flowering currant!  One of the more curious items I saw today was a tree fungus, blushing a delicate pink, something I have never seen before!  All of these I found on my walk today!

Ground Covering Curly Lilies

I hope that you enjoy the blooms as much as I did!

Happy Viewing

Lynette

Spring Starts and the Rain Never Ends!

Rain Dappled Cherry Blossom from the Grove around Departure Bay

It is Spring here and the blossoms are blooming!

Though they are struggling to handle the rain that has been falling pretty continuously since about 7 days ago!

Golden Knitting – center motif for a shawl – still deciding how to frame the motif! Knit with Kid Silk Haze and Handmaiden Sea Silk! Lots of beads as well!

They say that the rain promises to hang around for at least five more days.  Don’t get me wrong – I don’t mind the rain, there is something comforting about the sound of rainfall, and beauty in the greenery dappled with raindrops  – and there have been random glimpses of blue skies and sunshine – but we want more!  The flowers want more and my muddy, construction zone yard wants sun too – only then can it be finished!

The flooded basement is still awaiting carpets and nothing can be moved back until the carpets are in the trim is replaced – current date for carpets is April 19th!  Patience is not really my strong suit!  LOL!  I am finding lots of yarn I had forgotten and coming up with new ideas for the yarn I am finding!

The upside to everything being upside down!

A highlight from last weekends walk at Pipers Lagoon – a gorgeous hummingbird just sat and posed for me!
Celestial Mountain Dreams for the Buffalo Wool Co and a Summer KAL! Knit with Earth Lace Weight and Sexy and beads!

I have been knitting a lot right now – and starting a lot of new projects right now – I have Spring Startitus!  And my current projects all seem to be packed in boxes waiting for the basement to be finished with the finishing!

During the week Departure Bay saw an influx of California Sea Lions! There were a lot of them just lolly gagging around the Bay!

What is on your needles?  Do you suffer from wanting to start multiple projects in the Spring?  I suffer it every year!  It is like my brain is exploding with ideas!  My hands can’t keep up!

I have recently finished a couple of Top-Down Chunky Toddle/Child Sweaters.

I am also working on several hat patterns.

As well as a Chunky Shrug for the painting class this Summer and the list just goes on!

Today we walked in the rain at Colliery Dam Park.  The old fruit trees are blossoming and the leaves on the lupine look like they have been sprinkled with sugar – the drops are so tiny and numerous!

No wonder I love beads on my knitting everyone dapples the knitting just like the rain on the plants!

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Knitting

Lynette

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Random Thoughts and Minor Musing of another Knitter – compulsively addicted to the craft!

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