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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

Curly Lilies by the Thousands

Dotted Through the rocks and roots.

Curly Lilies are here and it is a good year for Curly Lilies!  It is a great year for Curly Lilies!  Nay, it is a Stellar year for Curly Lilies!

So many blooms!

Curly Lilies, more properly known as Fawn Lilies are blooming all over the point at Piper’s Lagoon.  I have never seen such a display at Piper’s!

It takes Curly Lilies seven years to produce a bloom and this year it looks like almost every plant has produced blooms.

They grow best on the windward side of Piper’s Lagoon Point, accessed by clambering over the great rocks that separate it from the flat Lagoon side. – leaves and roots nestling between rocks and tree roots they push up their leaves and blooms in a very short period of time, always Early Spring – usually around Easter!  Once they have finished blooming they die off quickly to rest until next year.

Grey on Grey with highlights of golden-yellow!

Every year I look for them, but my timing is not always good – this year – this year – I will remember for a long time!

The Curly Lilies weren’t alone at Piper’s Lagoon.  The skies and ocean were a concert of greys and grey blues, matching the colouring of the Great Grey Heron’s in fishing on the Lagoon Side.

There were volunteer Grape Hyacinth, spreading through the beach grasses and stunted Cherry Blossom Bushes – they cannot really be called trees as their growth has been shaped and hindered by the constant winds that pummel the beach.  The Cherry Blossoms were blooming in spite of their unprotected circumstances.

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Lollypop Vest

I love working with Koigu KPPPM.  The colours are so much fun and the knitting is never boring as you watch the colours move and play off of each other.

This week one of my recent designs for Koigu was release as part of Koigu’s 25th anniversary Yarn Packs.  They are being carried by Webs – an online Yarn Store.

The Lollypop Vest is knit with the Greystone Colourway – 12 colours that shade and move along side each other for a rich palette!

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