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.

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Ikebana Class - Two Free Style Arrangements

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My daily life is almost getting back to normal, day by day. This past two months my husband and I were so busy trying to settle down to our ...
Sunday, August 7, 2016

July, August Orchids Bloom

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Our new house is now finished, and we have been moving this past month. It has been a very stressful time, and I haven't been able to p...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

Free Style - Stokes Aster

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I have been going to physical therapy for three weeks now since recovering from our car accident. Besides that we are in the moving proces...
Monday, July 4, 2016

Lady's Slipper Orchid - Pinocchio

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The Paphiopedilums are called "Lady's Slippers". My Paphiopedilum is also called "Pinocchio" because it  keeps bloom...
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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...
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