Freesia
108 Flowers - Book 2
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16m
Freesia comes in an orderly row, like well-behaved kindergarteners on their first day of school. When I first worked on the flowers, I behaved like the parents outside the window-tight.
Small flowers are meant to be joyful. With just a few petals, we can do whatever we want with them. Indeed, it is free-sia.
School is out and the fish are jumping.
Up Next in 108 Flowers - Book 2
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Fuchsia
To me, fuchsia is a ballerina with long legs and a ruffled tutu.
My buddies and I used to row boats during our summer vacations on Taichung Lake. There was this wooden bridge. Whenever a girl was about to walk across the bridge, we would race our boat under it.
Now I hang a basket of fuchsia. N...
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Geranium
"When are you going to teach us geranium? It is my favorite flower." One lady kept urging. How can geranium be anyone's favorite flower? Chinese farmers call geranium "Stinky leaf." I agree with the farmers.
I studied the flower closely for a month and taught the lady's class. I am now addicted ...
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Ginger Lily
Behind the little shack en route to Kailua in Oahu, I dropped some melon juice from my shaved ice on the white ginger lily.
To paint white flowers on white paper really is not a problem. White flowers pick up colors around them. A little injection of other colors into the white is all we need.
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