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TODAY'S
PHOTO -
a dendrobium orchid.
This orchid is one of the last four flowers that
remain from three sprays of dendrobiums used in
a floral arrangement almost 7 weeks ago!!!!!! in
the Sogetsu Ikebana class in which I participated
at the Morikami Museum.
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I have created
a thumbnail of a photo of the full arrangement
to entice you to click on it to see the whole
arrangement. The abundance of flowers and buds
and what remains are key to today's thoughts. |
It amazes me how much pleasure
I have derived from this dendrobium over the past,
almost seven weeks. The arrangement itself was long-lasting
and when it started looking weary I was able to
separate the dendrobium stems and put them in a
smaller flat slate and pin cushion holder and enjoy
them on my desk for a couple of weeks.
The buds gradually opened unobtrusively as the older
flowers on the stem simply quiety closed up and
dropped off.
The very last of the buds have opened and I realized
that I never shared them with you. I had taken some
close-ups of the individual flowers and there was
so much going on in the photos that none were "satisfactory"
from my point of view.
So here we are, one delicate and lovely bloom almost
challenging me to speak and, at the same time, to
feel peace.
SELF-REFLECTING QUERIES
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Are there places in your life, where you have left
things and/or people unacknowledged because there
was "too much" going on? and
Have you been taking advantage of observing NATURal
things in your environment and noting changes that
might be taking place?
A friend, and Picture to Ponder subscriber, commented
to me on a phone call this morning that she had
stopped going to a particular favorite Gardens because
she's been feeling that she'd seen it all and had
taken all the pictures that are to be taken. The
Trumpet Flowers in Issue
126 inspired and reminded her that there is
always something new, or always a new way of looking
at things.
Where can you be looking at things newly?
READER COMMENTS -
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Sheila
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© 2005 Sheila Finkelstein
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