You may have noticed that I've been labelling the posts about my pink and green (and black and grey) sweater "Blomidon". You may not have noticed it. Whatever.
Blomidon is a place. It's a peninsula on the west coast of Nova Scotia. Better yet, it's that curly bit that sticks into the Bay of Fundy from the right side. It's also staggeringly beautiful. The beaches are a rich red.
(There is a jumpy bug in that picture. Can you spot it?)
At low tide, there is a lot of pink beach. It's so pink, and the beaches are so huge at low tide, that you can see it from space. Or from Google maps, anyway. The Bay of Fundy has some of the most dramatic tides in the world. Blomidon is a wonderful place to watch it because beside the glorious stretches of red sand beach, there are exquisite red cliffs.
The cliffs are topped with lush green growth. And they are elegantly striated with clay.
Occasionally, a gigantic boulder will tumble onto the beach (remember that the huge tidal forces of the Bay of Fundy tear into the cliffs twice a day) and you can see how nice the greys and pinks look.
So, clearly this sweater is a Blomidon sweater. I didn't choose the colours to make it so, I just selected what I could from the yarn store's selection. I like the way it ended up being about one of the prettiest places in my neck of the woods, though.
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