Orchids and Ikebana

I have been growing orchids for 15+ years now. In 2008, I took my first lesson in Sogetsu Ikebana. For me, growing orchids and creating Ikebana arrangements are my meditation. I created this blog to share my pictures and ideas with you. It is like my JOURNAL and helps me keep track of my progress.

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Life is Precious and Fragile

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Three weeks ago (5/28/2016), my husband and I had a major car accident. The air bags were deployed, hitting us so hard. The Acura car was to...
Friday, May 27, 2016

Composition of Straight Line

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"One stone, two birds". My arrangement suited two purposes. 1) Composition of Straight Line:  It was another one of Hata Sensei...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Arrangement in a basket with peony.

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The flowers of the Tree Peonies are gone, but the regular one just started to bloom.  I have two kinds of flowers, single and double petals....
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Composition of Surfaces by Using Leaves

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I know I am going to miss Hata sensei's class on 5/16/2016 due to a doctor's appointment. So I made one of the three assignments bef...
Saturday, May 14, 2016

With Flowers Only

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In book 4 (the last textbook), "Pursuit of Material" is a main theme. So we tried again to arrange with "flowers only...
Friday, May 6, 2016

Demonstration and Exhibition 1

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Grace Taiwanese Presbyterian Church (women's fellowship) held a flower arrangement exhibition from 4/23 to 4/24/2016. The theme of the e...

Demonstration and Exhibition 2

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 "Spring is in the air" exhibition, most of the materials that we used were seasonal flowers. Here were our class members' arr...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

March and April Orchids Bloom

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 I was so busy and occupied by my many Ikebana activities this month. So I did not have much time to care and pay attention to my orchids. B...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Large Centerpiece at the Liberty Place

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This Centerpiece was done by a group of Meiihuey Sensei's students. Under her leadership, we constructed a huge and beautiful arrang...
Saturday, April 9, 2016

Hello Spring!

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Judith Setsuko Hata Sensei and her students (Sogetsu Wasetsu Group) held an Ikebana Flower Exhibition at the Nippon Club, NYC. April 7-9-201...
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