365 Days of Ikebana-Day 59
Ikebana with flowers only is today’s arrangement. It’s Lesson 1 in book 4 of the Sogetsu Textbook, and of course is only flowers. There should be at least 2 or
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 58
This arrangement was inspired by one of the lessons from the Sogetsu textbook, it’s a newer lesson added when the textbooks were updated a few years ago. “Intertwining Plant Materials”
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 57
Some days I don’t have an abundance of floral materials, and today was one of those days. I got home very late and that wasn’t expected. Too late to forage
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 56
Tonight my arrangement was done late in the day, a challenge since I was very tired. Trying to be complex or unique gave way to simplicity. A cluster of catalpa
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 55
My idea for today’s arrangement was using only items I could find on a neighborhood walk, and I thought it would be easy. Living in the city I often find
365 Days of ikebana-Day 54
At last the heavy rain has ended, and the sun came out this afternoon. It’s been along week of rain (some places in this area have received 10-15″ of rain
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 53
Photography was a bit of a struggle today, it’s really gray, rainy and overcast so there is very little natural light. I used an overhead light that casts a shadow
Floral Photography 101
Taking photographs is a learning process, and I was asked by a reader to share information about how I do it. It’s taken a while to get a system that
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 52
My quick ikebana arrangement for a rain soaked day, pine with an orange zinnia. The pine is the main focus with the zinnia as the secondary point meant to draw
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 51
It’s the day after Labor Day and that generally means fall has arrived, and this year was no exception. Only 65 degrees for a high here in DC today and