My sister got me a book last year called Japanese Ikebana and it is about how to create flower arrangements from just one or two beautiful flowers and a very scant amount of fill. It also gives and idea of how to slow things down and just enjoy simple beauty. She even got me a dish - really its not a vase - its more of a dish to do the arrangement in.
There is also a little "frog" in the middle of the stones in the dish to help with the arrangement.
We had talked about going back to a simpler time after Rye passed - just back to a place where it is easier for a broken-hearted mom to breathe and rest. Not so busy. A "Human Being" instead of a "Human Doing". She thought this might be a step in the right direction - she is right.
You all know I love flowers to go along with my fruit trees, berries and herbs. This is an easy way to use blooms that have to be cut due to an incoming storm, fierce rain or (gasp) snow!
Sister did this arrangement for me overt he last summer. The flower is a "Stargazer" Lilly and the white is a little bit from an angelica frond.
It is a simple breath of beauty.
It allows us to slow down while gazing upon it and just take it in. No rules.
It has been too cold this spring and my Stargazers have not poked their heads up yet for the summer, nor the angelica, but I know that they will, slowly but surely we emerge into spring from the cold, dark winter.
Simply Be.
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