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[gtl_yukimura]

Shiraishi and I went to the Poison Garden before Wimbledon started which was quite interesting. It gave me some ideas on plants I would like to grow at home. It'll be something to research on the way home. Though, I might need to look at getting a bigger place at this rate. One with room for a large garden or greenhouse and then a good sized room with ventilation for art. Even better if I could have a clay court in the backyard... I guess that's something else to look at.

My sister sent some pictures so I could make sure my flowers and plants were doing well in my absence. I'm a bit upset though as one of my flowers blossomed while I wasn't there. I told Mika to carefully clip that one to give to our mom. Of course, I provided instructions to make sure it stayed alive for at least a couple of weeks. Mostly because I want to see it in person.





The quarterfinals are tomorrow. I feel good, but who knows how it will go? I've been surprised by a few of the early round losses.

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[saypassion]

That's wonderful. Admittedly, I've never really had much knowledge about gardening, but I can say with certainty that it's certainly a skill that takes a special person. How is it preserved?

[gtl_yukimura]

Mostly it's patience and a little bit of experimentation. Depending on how you want to preserve it, there are a few ways. Flower pressing and letting it dry out completely are a couple, but I'm going with resin for this one because I want to preserve the entire blossom.

[saypassion]

That makes sense. I've pressed some flowers before, as well as letting them dry out, but I've never tried one of those sorts like resin. I saw on YouTube recently someone who made beautiful glass vials of massage oil with colored preserved flowers within... it looked like some sort of flower preservation liquid that also dyed them. Not that that would be needed in this particular instance, but it was lovely. It would make a lovely gift.