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Finally got a sense of composition here like the two taller groupings are in love with each other trying to form a heart. Geez. I need to get out more often.

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It's nice to have three different types of material to work with. The tall stuff the blooms and the filler. However I tend not to purchase filler as bringing home flowers on my bike favors economy. With that in mind I decided to go rogue like Sara Palin.

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Still wrestling with filling in the negative space and maintaining the tension in the composition.

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A fragrant upright (nageire) style Ikebana.

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They come from everywhere to enjoy the sunshine and sea breeze. Kites from every race creed and color come to wave in the wind at Santa Monica. A close-up of some of the kites in the air. They're located just south of a California historical marker that

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These longer parts where split down the middle and then curled under to create that bend toward the ends. Nice effect really. Picture shot in the classroom of the art building at Santa Monica College.

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The Los Angeles chapter of the Sogestu Ikebana school put together this show which was inexplicably absent at the JANM's website. Shame on them for not publicizing this but kudos for hosting it. Yin and yang.:) The piece pictured above was my favorite at

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These longer pieces are some sort of grain like a wheat. The Virgin is associated with the late summer early autumn as the grains are harvested. Oh this ikebana actually uses two kenzans a first for me. The cluster on the right is not attached to the sam

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The piece above was the class project. This is one of the few Nageire (vertical) format arrangements that I've felt good about. Finally got my little spiral mirror candle holder into one of the shots. Some unused flowers from today's class allowed me to

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Nice arrangement featuring some late-summer harvest season thanksgiving Sukkot stuff. Those are real peppers though they're considered ornamental rather than culinary.

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Just a sunset with a coming storm which ended up loudly drizzling on Santa Monica for about three minutes and that was it for us.

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So there are some structures at Venice beach where spray painters (graffiti artists) are legally allowed to do their thing. There was a long time in which no permit was required then that changed. So they put up a sign saying that you need a permit to pa