Yearly Archives: 2008
When thinking of a floral gift for a dear one, don’t forget the Christmas Cactus. It comes in red and white and with proper care will prosper in your sunny window throughout the year when blooms will appear the next year. Christmas Cactus
What is a trip without going to a bookstore. In Portland this summer we found Judith Blacklock’s book, “Flower Arranging” part of the Teach Yourself series. In Chapter Six of this creative step by step book, she breaks down contemporary design into six categories: Massing or Blocking, Grouping, Bunching, Bundling, Groundwork/Patchwork/Tuft Work/Carpeting/Paving and Layering or […]
When placing the order for this arrangement we had a “senior moment” as they say and asked for “You know, the leaves…” and our salesman said, “Copper Beech Leaves” and we said, “Oh, yes.” With some anxiety we picked up our order the following week to see if Copper Beech Leaves were really what we […]
Black Friday, no day to savor last night’s Thanksgiving feast. The papers were heavier with ads than they were with content and here we are putting forth our own Christmas decorations. It’s a funny thing about using lilies. I’ve kept these in the sunlight and close to a heat source. It’s Friday and such an […]
Into the woods with a camera no less, we stumbled upon perhaps a termite sculpture. Afraid to feel it we just stared at its work. Where had all that wood gone? Ten million termites marching on. Happy Thanksgiving 2008.
