2015 Philadelphia Flower Show 1

The theme for this year's flower show was 'Celebrate the Movies.' Fairy tales and princesses were one of the dominant themes. My 2 hour volunteer shift fell on the last day of the show (the show ran from Feb 28 to Mar 8), the weather was so beautiful and warm that day too, so the Convention Center was very crowded especially there were many little kids wearing princess outfits, I guess they would love to see the Cinderella's glass shoe.
This post was much delayed, because I had computer problems and I couldn't find the pictures. Here are some of the pictures:

 

 

Hata sensei's class ( for March)

1) Variation No.8 combined styles ( Moribana and nageire).
2) An arrangement with multicolor container.
3) Repeating similar forms or shapes. (3/16/2015)

Hata Sensei's demo arrangement
Japanese quince, mum and 
lemon leave.  

 Magnolia branches, tulips
 and some green.(use 
fingers to open the Tulip)

Hydrangea and Tulip go well with multicolor glass vase

Stabled Yucca leaves form a loop and massed mum.

An Arrangement to be Viewed from All Angles

Material: Magnolia branch, Sunflower, Hypericum (St. John's wort). Philodendron.
Container: Japanese ceramic vase

Mass and Curve Line

Same title, two different containers make the arrangement somewhat different feeling. My white container had gone forever, because after the class it slipped from my hand and broke many pieces, so did my heart.

Material: Weeping Cherry branch, Hypericum (St. John's wort) and Hydrangea
container:Two mouths white ceramic and black ceramic container

Willow, mum and evergreen in ceramic container
Little show for MWGC "Line design"

Brazil Trip - Miscellaneous 8

The Brazil trip was from 2/14 to 2/26/2015. The journey had come to the end. It's nice to go to the warm weather for a change. Even though we are back to the reality (7 inches snow three days ago), but the Spring is approaching soon. Here are the last pictures I would like to show you.

Brazilian Hakka Taiwanese lady performed Hakka Tea song

Hakka flower umbrella dance (the 2nd generation)

The 1st generation old folk performed Taiwanese Aborigine dance

Hakka young generation's Fan  dance

Apollo Tree?

I noticed many of this beautiful purple blue flower tree on the
 road side. Its name is MANACA 

Parana pine is an en-dangerous pine tree, only grow in this\part
of South America. 

Small pink flower growing  in the pit of  big rocky hill.

In front of  gift shop

So excited to see the blooming orchids in  road side

I saw Cattleya and Dendeobium orchids grow on the tree.

I never seen the butterfly like this one, the pattern match the
shirt well (below) 

Brazil Trip - The Birds Park 7

After seeing the Iguasu falls we visited the Bird Park near the Iguasu National Park.Parque das Aves (Bird Park) is a center for nature conservation and a sanctuary for the recuperation of rescued wildlife. Here are just some of the birds of the Atlantic Rain forest in their natural habitat, alongside exotic species from around the world, many of them were endangered. This Bird park is a worthwhile place to visit.

    Curassow

The feather-like flowers on this tree, look like the
crown feather of the bird above. 

Cassowary

Flamingos

Toucan

 black-fronted Piping-Guan

Macaws

Macaws Aviary