One of the best things about moving into an old house, is being pleasantly surprised by what pops up come spring. The downstairs neighbor told me that there were lilies next to the sidewalk leading to the laneway – but that didn’t really prepare me for what started blooming this last couple weeks.

This is some crazy collection of multi-coloured lilies – colours I’ve never seen before like lemon yellow, and crimson red. There are at least ten different varieties of them – many even have beautifully contrasting stamens – and there’s yet more that have yet to bloom (I’m really hoping I don’t miss anything interesting when we go on vacation – but I inevitably will).