My late discovered passion

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I have loved flowers since as young as I can remember, but it wasn’t until my 40s that I discovered my passion for flower arranging. It’s just a hobby, but one I do regularly. Every time I go to the grocery store for the weekly trip, I indulge myself. The act of creating a beautiful display of colors, shapes and fragrances gives me satisfaction. So does their beauty that adds to my life during every season.

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Summer Wildness
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Autumn Splendor
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Stylish Christmas
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Spring Freshness

34 thoughts on “My late discovered passion”

  1. Allan G. Smorra July 26, 2017 / 4:56 pm

    Beautiful arrangements.
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    • updownflight July 26, 2017 / 4:58 pm

      Thank you, Allan. I just love work with flowers, inside and outside. The pink roses in my spring arrangement are from my rose arbor.

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      • Allan G. Smorra July 26, 2017 / 5:01 pm

        It must be a beautiful arbor when all of the roses are in bloom. My wife loves roses and ours are planted behind a retaining wall across the bottom of the hill in our backyard.
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      • updownflight July 26, 2017 / 5:05 pm

        Yes, it is getting more and more beautiful every year. I’m so glad you and your wife have roses in your yard, too.

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    • updownflight July 26, 2017 / 5:00 pm

      Thanks, Nel! Maybe I’ll go out and buy myself some more flowers today. I also need to spruce up my flowers outside in the flower boxes.

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      • Nel July 26, 2017 / 5:01 pm

        Do you have a favorite flower?

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      • updownflight July 26, 2017 / 5:04 pm

        Well, I think spring forsythia is my favorite. I even recently begged my hubby to buy me a painting that has forsythia in it. How about you? Do you have a favorite flower?

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      • Nel July 26, 2017 / 5:05 pm

        I’ll have to look that up. I have no idea what that looks like. My favorite is Gerbera daisy. Doesn’t matter what color it is. I love them all! 🙂

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      • updownflight July 26, 2017 / 5:07 pm

        Daisies are wonderful. The Gerbera’s come in so many colors, too, don’t they?

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      • Nel July 26, 2017 / 5:06 pm

        Oh! It’s so bright and sunshiney yellow! I bet they smell amazing too!

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      • updownflight July 26, 2017 / 5:07 pm

        It’s funny. Some flowers smell wonderful, and others have no scent at all. Even roses. My roses have little to no fragrance.

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      • Nel July 26, 2017 / 5:09 pm

        Yes, I feel that way about lilies. They just don’t smell like anything.

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    • updownflight July 26, 2017 / 5:32 pm

      Thank you, Janet. I hope you get some flowers to enjoy soon, too.

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      • updownflight July 26, 2017 / 5:34 pm

        Indeed. That reminds me that I need to do a little weeding around mine. Have a wonderful day!

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  5. Vandana July 27, 2017 / 6:59 am

    Satisfyingly beautiful not just to the eye but to the heart as well! And I hope my comments are now appearing on wp😊

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    • updownflight July 27, 2017 / 12:05 pm

      Thank you, Jessica! I am so happy many people have liked my arrangements. I think I will buy some flowers today. I hope there will be some in autumn colors. Perhaps you should sometime soon treat yourself to some, if you like.

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  7. jacquelineobyikocha July 27, 2017 / 3:44 pm

    They are neat and cheerful arrangements. One thing I find about passion is that we can discover something about ourselves at any time age regardless.

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    • updownflight August 11, 2017 / 4:07 pm

      Hi jacqueline. Thank you for the compliment on my flower arrangements. I’m sorry this is a very late response to your comment. I only today found it in my spam. I appreciate your comments. I’ll be better at checking my spam folder in the future.

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      • jacquelineobyikocha August 11, 2017 / 4:52 pm

        It’s totally okay. It happens with the comments and what I’ve learnt is not to fuss over it, besides, people get inundated with the amount of mails that they receive.

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    • updownflight July 28, 2017 / 4:18 pm

      Thank you, stoner on a rollercoaster. This post inspired me to go out an buy some flowers. I’m not entirely happy with my recent arrangement. I might go and buy some different flowers to improve it.

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