Tuesday, January 30, 2018

MWGC Gala Center Piece

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On January 25th, our Martha Washington Garden Club ( MWGC) held an annual Gala Lunch and Presentation. This was our club's major fund ra...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Manipulating Leaves Arrangement

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After we watched Hata Sensei's demonstration for manipulating leaves, we then had our opportunity to try our hand at them. We brought ou...
Thursday, January 4, 2018

Winter Orchids

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Today is the last day of 2017. The coldest New Year's Eve in this half century! The temperature has been around 10-20 degrees F for a we...
Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Sidney, the Dog

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My husband and I have been taking care of my daughter Melanie's dog for three weeks because she and her husband flew to Sri Lanka to att...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

Happy New Year

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Wishing you all have a happy holiday season and a peace, healthy, wonderful 2018 New Year! Two arrangements shown here for New Year celebra...
Monday, December 25, 2017

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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In Hata Sensei's class this month, we celebrate Eastern New Year and Western holiday traditions in our arrangements. So, we only need to...
Saturday, December 16, 2017

Holy Night and Silent Night

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Ikebana class for this month is all about holiday design. Christmas is just around the corner. For my Christmas celebration arrangement, I c...
Monday, December 11, 2017

Season's First Snow

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I said before that this Winter has been very mild, but it's turning colder and colder as time goes by. On December 9, snow was falling a...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Thanksgiving with Family

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Thanksgiving has come and gone. The weather here was just perfect, sunny and warm. Forty seven years ago, there were only two of us: my hu...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Fall Arrangement (Lesson 3)

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Lesson 3) Fall arrangement- It should be suitable for the Thanksgiving dinner table. My materials: Kale, mum,Winter berry, Hinoki, Hydrange...