I am a word nerd. I think many bloggers are (whether they know it or are willing to admit it). Back many moons ago, in my junior high s...

Hydrangeas in the palest shade of sky blue Leaves the richest of succulent greens Wicker woven into the simplest of white baskets ...

My yen for Hawaii is an annual occurrence that happens every January. I don't bother to try to hide it. This year we have been socked ...

Click image above to view larger The above arrangement is another of the design projects I've been working on for Aqua-Gems using their...

Click on any image in this post to view larger The past two weeks I've been working on a confidential design job that I can finally writ...

I was anxious to get back to floral design class again this week since I missed both my classes last week due to illness*. I wasn't sur...

Click on any image to view it larger I have to admit that one of the reasons why I enjoy my floral design classes is because I love looking ...

When we were first married, we entertained the idea of living somewhere else other than the San Francisco Bay Area. We loved British Columb...

Last week, my floral design classes started up again after a 2 month break for the summer. I was glad to get back into the swing of things....

Because I missed my floral design class last Tuesday (funeral stuff), I had to make up a class period by attending both the afternoon and ev...

Click on any image to see it larger As things have finally settled down after an extra long weekend of family gatherings in honor of my fath...

Today (week 8 in my floral design class) we learned how to construct a symmetrical arrangement based on an isosceles (equilateral) triangle....

Click on image to view larger Today was week 7 in my floral design class, and we were introduced to the intricate world of corsage and bouto...

I just completed week six's arrangement for my floral design class. I had chosen a pink and white color palette of lilies, ranunculus, ...

Click image to view larger Today was week 5 in my floral design class at the adult education center in our town. And our arrangement was re...

Click on image to view larger Today was my fourth floral design class, and we learned how to arrangement a dozen roses in a vase with leathe...

Today, I spent the afternoon in my third week of floral design class. Last week, I had asked our instructor to try and find me some green c...

Click on image to view larger In this week's floral design class (Week 2), we learned a lot of basics--cutting and placing the foam oasi...

Click on image to see it larger Today, I attended my first floral design class. We have a wonderful adult education center here in town tha...