Flowers in Japanese style - ikebana display in Oxford

[wongkk]

On Sunday, I visited an exhibition by the Oxford Ikebana Study Group (I don't belong to this but do like flowers!) and thought that people might be interested to see some examples of the varied displays on offer.  There was a haiku theme - each display had a card with a printed haiku which had been used to suggest the shape, colour and texture of

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[puddleshark]

Oh, those are stunning! I am in awe of the artistry...

Thanks so much for sharing these.

[wongkk]

They are very skilful. The teacher is Japanese and we are lucky in Oxford to have so much talent of the widely-travelled sort. And May is a fantastic time of year for flowers.

I have nice photos often but either run out of internet time and/or don't want to put them on public view on Flickr so just paste them into emails for friends, real and virtual, for whom I have an email address - I don't have yours though will happily PM you mine if you are interested.

Anyway, my few photos are a poor return for all the lovely, sunny, outdoor, horse and dog pictures that you so faithfully provide for our enjoyment.

[wongkk]

This is an experiment - two photos from the garden, but can you see them?

Here's a quick shot of one corner of my garden about two weeks ago:

[wongkk]

Darn it - one worked and one didn't. How can that be? Does LJ have some evil djinn?? Let's try number two again:

[puddleshark]

*speechless with admiration*