Journal archive
February 29, 2012
With some dry time in between heavy rains today I was able to gather a few things in the neighborhood to make my arrangement. A couple of cherry branches, one branches of winged euonymus( I MUST get more of it to work with later) and a few narcissus from our garden out back. Together it […]
Read story →February 28, 2012
A simple inoribana today, using flowers from the garden. The yellow narcissus are in full bloom and have lovely leaves to use. Soon the other varieties of narcissus will be in bloom too. Lovely blooming branches are appearing all around the neighborhood. I think spring is here at last!
Read story →February 22, 2012
After a very low energy day yesterday, I am hoping that this arrangement shows a more energetic day. Maybe the warmer weather and sunshine today helped. I had more open materials to work with today and felt spring in the air, and this is my attempt to bring a bit of that indoors. While I […]
Read story →February 17, 2012
Some of the materials from two days ago, narcissus and lily grass, have been reworked for today’s ikebana. I am anxiouly awaiting the narcissus in the garden to start blooming so I can use the different varieties in combination. A short walk in the nearby monastery was great for viewing early spirng camellias, snowdrops and […]
Read story →February 15, 2012
A few weeks ago I bought a few new ceramic pieces at Manassas Clay and today I used one of them for my ikebana arrangement. I love slab built pieces and this one has a great shape and color too. It’s perfect for spring/summer ikebana! In it I placed some budded magnolia tulip branches first, […]
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