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October 2014 | Under The Plum Blossom Tree
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Thursday, October 30, 2014. Styling The Seasons - October. Ctober and Halloween are a big deal at my house. My kids love Halloween, with the costumes, trick-or-treating, and time spent with friends. And candy. For me, it's a great excuse to haul out the boxes of decorations and find new and different ways to use them each year. Another pair of 1950s candle holders! These are made in Denmark of cast metal. And that little owl is another thrift store find - on the bottom it's marked 'Hong Kong'. It's amazi...
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Magical Moments Through The Lens | Under The Plum Blossom Tree
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Monday, July 13, 2015. Magical Moments Through The Lens. Takeō explores Vista House (built in 1917) at Crown Point, on the rim of the Columbia River Gorge:. Takeō meets a dinosaur from prehistoric China at Portland's Oregon Museum Of Science And Industry (also known as OMSI):. Takeō and Maxfield watch the fish at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport:. All photos taken with either a Lumix L1 or a Lumix TZ-3 in 2008. Click or tap on any picture to see larger images. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Styling The Seasons - July | Under The Plum Blossom Tree
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Friday, July 31, 2015. Styling The Seasons - July. July, I've been having fun with flowers and floral arrangements, and so that's what I'm featuring for this month's. Styling The Seasons post. As well as taking a memorable trip to a festival at a nearby lavender farm and getting to cut the bouquet in the yellow vase, I also applied some of the flower arranging skills I've learned lately, and came up with a lovely rose and blackberry floral display. A whole new way. On a recent beautiful sunny Saturday we...
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July 2015 | Under The Plum Blossom Tree
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Friday, July 31, 2015. Styling The Seasons - July. July, I've been having fun with flowers and floral arrangements, and so that's what I'm featuring for this month's. Styling The Seasons post. As well as taking a memorable trip to a festival at a nearby lavender farm and getting to cut the bouquet in the yellow vase, I also applied some of the flower arranging skills I've learned lately, and came up with a lovely rose and blackberry floral display. A whole new way. On a recent beautiful sunny Saturday we...
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3 Summer Flowers To Plant In Your Garden Now | Under The Plum Blossom Tree
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Friday, June 26, 2015. 3 Summer Flowers To Plant In Your Garden Now. Ith summer in our part of the Northern Hemisphere not quite in full swing, I thought this would be the perfect time to tell you about three of my favorite summer flowers that are also very easy to grow - hydrangea (seen above), lily, and dahlia. Any of these perennials might be available right now at your local. Lilies come in a range of colors as well; I think that the best lilies are the fragrant kind, such as this Oriental variety:.
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November 2014 | Under The Plum Blossom Tree
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Thursday, November 27, 2014. Styling The Seasons - November. He season of rain here in the Willamette Valley of Oregon is in full swing. When it's raining, the sky becomes one big mass of clouds that sits over this valley like pea soup, and can last all day, for several days, or for weeks on end. Where guest blogger Tamsyn of The Villa on Mount Pleasant. Demonstrated how to make it. Below are a few more detail photos of the door wreath, the basket on the table, and the chrysanthemum. Made In Japan: Kawaii.
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Picasso And Primitivism: The Story Behind The Masks | Under The Plum Blossom Tree
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Picasso And Primitivism: The Story Behind The Masks. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon,. But are they "violently striated heads", or are these two young ladies actually wearing masks? In fact, the story is that in about 1905, Parisian artists Maurice de Vlaminck and André Derain made several trips to the Trocadéro Museum in Paris. According to De Vlaminck, in the excerpted essay Portraits avant déce's. I was moved to the depths of my being." He convi...
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June 2015 | Under The Plum Blossom Tree
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Friday, June 26, 2015. 3 Summer Flowers To Plant In Your Garden Now. Ith summer in our part of the Northern Hemisphere not quite in full swing, I thought this would be the perfect time to tell you about three of my favorite summer flowers that are also very easy to grow - hydrangea (seen above), lily, and dahlia. Any of these perennials might be available right now at your local. Lilies come in a range of colors as well; I think that the best lilies are the fragrant kind, such as this Oriental variety:.
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Kawaii Corner: Ries Japan Hand Decorated Figurine | Under The Plum Blossom Tree
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Kawaii Corner: Ries Japan Hand Decorated Figurine. And if you ask me, if your kitty (wait - is this a kitty? Or a tall thin lion cub? Is wearing an attractive red polka-dotted bow tie, and is resting its plump head on its curvy tail in an endearing 'look at me! Pose, well, it just can't get any cuter! Our loveable little friend definitely wants to stand out in a crowd. This adorable Kawaii figurine still has a sticker on the bottom that says "Ries Japan" and "Hand Decorated.".
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