Saturday, October 11, 2025

Our New Home - Rhinebeck, New York

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“ Rhinbeck is a historic and charming town in New York’s Hudson Valley, known for its well- preserved architecture, cultural attractions, sc...
Sunday, October 5, 2025

Fall Bloom Orchids

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September’s class was my last lessons at Sogetsu MainLine Branch . I said goodbye to my dear classmates, I felt a little sad to leave this c...
Sunday, September 21, 2025

From Dull to Bright and Interesting

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For September’s class lesson would be applying gold leaf to any kind of container:  bamboo, cardboard tubes, ceramic … your choice.  So, I w...
Friday, September 19, 2025

September’s First Class Lesson - Apply Gold Leaf to Create a New Look Container

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I ordered my gold leaf from Amazon, 100 sheets for six dollars only. Hata Sensei showed us how to apply gold leaf to the container you broug...
Saturday, September 13, 2025

Embrace the Fading Day of Summer

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Summer has flown by and all the activities are starting this month; our MainLine Branch, it’s  first class of the new season will be in Sept...
Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Two Containers - The Gift from My Brother

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My youngest brother who is a dentist, practicing in Kwansi our hometown. Occasionally he will voluntarily provide free dental treatment to t...
Monday, September 8, 2025

Late Summer - Free Style

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I have not done Ikebana for the entire month of August, because I have still immersed myself in writing my “Taiwan Trip” blog while the memo...
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Another Chapter of my life

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We have been home from our Taiwan trip for about three weeks now. Everything is back to normal. Up to this point I should focus on moving to...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

Taiwan Trip (3)

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It’s really hot and humid in Taiwan in the summer time, but we decided to go. Our younger daughter Melanie would accompany us and help along...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Taiwan Trip (2)

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It has been seven years since we visited Taiwan. Because of Covid, we cancelled most of our travel during that period of time. This summer v...