Journal archive
July 10, 2012
Short and sweet is my ikebana for day, allium and a squash leaf gleaned from the vegetable garden. For today it works, but I need to find some flowers. Maybe tomorrow I will venture out and go down by the lake to see what I can find. I did find some great apple branches to […]
Read story →July 9, 2012
July 8, 2012
Two things I have in abundance here at my parents house, branches and beautiful hydrangeas. To make the Hana-dome for this ikebana I used only branches that had fallen in storms during the last week. I’m hoping that the dahlias will have blooms soon, and the garden may yield more flowers after the rains that […]
Read story →July 7, 2012
July 6, 2012
It’s not ikebana, but it is an arrangement and it counts in my book as a creative effort. Today I’ve been busy spending time with the family, and mulching and weeding the flower beds, and prepping some things for this weekend. Maybe this summer I will be doing more arrangements like this just for fun, […]
Read story →July 5, 2012
July 4, 2012
Today’s arrangment is a bit different, I’m short on flowers and still trying to search for things to work with. The yucca pods are something that I really wanted to use and the open tree trunk had some possibility. I’m still unsure about it, but it was fun to try something different. Ideally I would […]
Read story →July 3, 2012
July 2, 2012
July 1, 2012