Welcome to 2025! We are still in the holiday mood. My husband and I would like to take a walk around the park when weather permits. When it’s cold and gray, I would find something to do, usually it’s Ikebana.
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| No more fresh flowers but nandina |
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| No shadow in the day light |
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| It’s a nice branch, I picked up during my walk |
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2025
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| This arrangement was done before the last class of December |
May the New Year bring you Health, Peace, Love, and happiness!
Happy New Year! 🎊🎈🎆 🥂🎉❤️🧧
A few days before Christmas, we had 2 inches wet snow around our area. It was so beautiful but freezing cold! By the time of our traditional Christmas Eve family gathering, the snow was gradually melting away. We almost had a white Christmas!
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| Wishing you all the joy, love, laughter that Christmas brings. Merry Christmas!. |
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| The first snow of the season also the first day of winter. (12/21/2024) |
I purchased a bunch of chrysanthemums a week ago for my class lessons. There were ten of them, some still looking fresh, bigger and beautiful! I loved it in my winter theme arrangement using twig and winter berry branch.
It’s a busy week! Ikebana class on Tuesday, yearly regular check up for my eyes on Thursday, and would meet my daughter on Friday at UPenn to see neurologist for my husband. So I forgot my own birthday until I noticed a box of strawberry shortcake sitting on my front door step. It’s my youngest daughter who would like me having a treat delivered to surprise me! 😳🥰 (12/12/2024)
It’s the holiday season! Our December class lessons were all about the holiday arrangements. It’s “ East Meet West” for both Christmas and New Year celebrations. One of the arrangement should be designed on the table. Sensei would talk about “negative space” in relation to each arrangement: some small space/ some large space. So keep in mind as we create our arrangements. (12/10/2024)
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| Sensei’s demo for New Year celebrations |
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| My arrangement for New Year, using Mizuhiki nandina, mum and pine |
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| Side view |
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| Silver painted bamboo and silver metal vase |
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| Arranged at home day before |
December class usually ends with potluck lunch, it has become our tradition now! After we finished the second lesson “Holiday Arrangement On The Table”, using Christmas colors. Then followed by potluck lunch, Sensei’s arrangement and mine put on each side of the long table, everybody was enjoying the bountiful meals that everyone brought in. (12/10/2024)
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| Sensei’s demonstration |
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| My arrangement, front view |
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| Different angle view |
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| Back view, can be viewed all sides |
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| Tried at home day before |
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| Grace’s arrangement |
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| Other classmates arrangements |
I have two winter berry bushes. They look beautiful in my front garden especially in the winter landscape! The tulips were leftover from last time, without any distracting thought, I combined them with winter berry branches in my arrangement. (11/23/2024)
Team Taiwan just shocked the world! They clinched the 2024 WBSC Premier 12 Championship by crushing Japan (4 to 0). Premier 12 is like the World Cup of baseball. You have the 12 highest ranked international teams all battling it out and Japan has always been a total powerhouse. But Team Taiwan just outplayed them in every way from the first pitch to the final out! This victory is huge for Taiwanese baseball. They didn’t just win a game. They united a nation and brought everyone together! I am so proud and happy for the young Taiwanese team players! (11/25/2024)
