Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Cool Arrangement for Hot Summer Day

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The 2nd heat wave hit us here at Northeast PA. The heat index reached up to 102 degree F. It’s steamy hot and humid outside, cool and comfor...
Saturday, June 26, 2021

Mock Orange Shrub

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My mock orange shrub has been blooming for more then two weeks now, it is a beautiful bush! But its flowers only last a couple of days and d...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Free Style Using Summer Flower - Magnolia

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For our Mainline Sogetsu Study Group, our June class will be the last one of the session. Although we all had been vaccinated, we still do n...
Friday, June 18, 2021

Bamboo Sculptures

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The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is normally held in early March at the Pennsylvania convention center. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, th...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Ikebana with Peony (3) - Happy Birthday to You with Love

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One more Ikebana with peony, using dark pink, light pink, single or double petal peonies. I found this beautiful branch from a big bush, whi...
Sunday, June 13, 2021

Ikebana with Peony (2)

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In our Zoom class for June, we might have a free style Arrangement. I would like to use peonies when they are still available in my garden. ...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

Japanese Iris (3)

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This deep purple iris has two color tone leaves. It bloomed after the other Japanese irises faded away. Now, I have one more chance to do Ik...
Sunday, June 6, 2021

Ikebana with Peony (1)

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My Ikebana brain could not catch up to my blooming garden materials. Sometimes I feel guilty letting the  beautiful flowers go without using...
Saturday, June 5, 2021

Ikebana with Fern - Disassembling and Rearranging Materials

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I hardly use ferns for my Ikebana material. We have so many of them in our landscaping from the previous owner. We replanted them along the ...
Thursday, June 3, 2021

Japanese Iris (2)

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All my Japanese irises, purple, white and yellow has almost come to the end! Only a few of the yellow irises are left. I picked a couple of ...