KSKeith Stanley

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June 18, 2012

365 Days of Ikebana-Day 337

My lesson assisgnment for my Sogetsu ikebana class tonight was to do the lesson on intertwining materials. I was given some palm and zebra grass and a single hydrangea bloom for color. It started out great and I worked on weaving the palm and after some work almost had it finished, but then I could […]

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June 13, 2012

365 Days of Ikebana-Day 332

Today’s ikebana is a morimono, made with green and yellow zucchini, an onion, red tomato with vine, snap peas, pink sweet peas, blueberries, and a dried strelitzia leaf. The inspiration came after I took some fruit from the crisper and saw the zucchini, I thought the colors were great and I didn’t have any flowers […]

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June 12, 2012

365 Days of Ikebana-Day 331

Today I’ve managed to do something small to get back on track. My fever broke last night and I have finally been able to get up today. I’m still resting but eager to do more and get back to normal. Many thanks again for all your well wishes that have carried me thru the last […]

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June 11, 2012

365 Days of Ikebana-Day 330

I’m taking a break for at least one more day. Today I saw my doctor and she says that I have some type of summer virus similar to the flu. It’s something I’ll have to ride out. I’m getting plenty of rest and trying to get my fever to break. With some luck I can […]

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