Loose Ends
Watermelon Wine made it safely home from NC with an Award of Merit for Best Rendering Of A Face! Next it goes to PA National.
The poor Clematis Rugoochii that was stripped has produced more leaves and some new flower buds. I am helping as best I can to keep it watered and dusted with sevin. The weather was so hot and dry for awhile but now it’s cooler and even raining, today. For August it is remarkably green still! The Surprise Lilies jumped up and are blooming all over the place, they are especially pretty coming up through the Mt Fugi phlox which hides their long naked stems. I went out to get a picture but everything is so wet and bedraggled right now it is not so pretty after all!
Work on the new project is slow. Auditioning fabrics takes the most time and I have piles of it on the cutting table. At last count I had used 13 different grass fabrics so far. But each day a little more gets done. Yesterday, between watching the Olympics, I did a lot of sewing together of pieces and sections so it is coming together nicely.
August 10th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I’ve never heard it called ‘surprise lily’, but it must surely be Lycoris squamigera, which Californians call “Naked Ladies”. This plant has always fascinated me. When my sister and I spent August in Los Angeles with Little Gramma we were excited to see these ‘snakes’ grow out of the bare dirty and turn into lovely lilies. I never saw them in Oregon or Washington – wonder if they grow there now? I’ve done some sketches and taken pictures with a quilt in mind.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:17 am
They are ‘surprise lily’ in MY garden as I’m always ‘surprised’ to see them on a summer morning where nothing had been the day before. Resurrection lily, magic lily, and naked ladies are other names for the Lycoris squamigera.
Ruth, I’m happy Watermelon Melon Wine is home with an award in tow. I’m sure you remember the story of my grandfather’s gardener and his granddaughter. You have captured the essence of some special days of my youth in LA with that quilt.
Hurray for Sevin!!! Between it and Japanese Beetle traps, my roses will live to bloom again. Sweet Autumn is covered with buds, so I’m ever vigilant for ‘blister bugs’.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Yes, we also call them naked ladies here. I, too, have photos with a quilt in mind for someday.