On my online workbook this week: Blue…

Dear

This week's inspiration is learning to speak pollinator... or probably more accurately, daydreaming while watching the bees coming for a drink in my tiny, tiny bee pond in our balcony garden.

I was so surprised how well this worked. The flower suspended in the water even lasted a few days longer than the ones left on the plant in our balcony garden. Just make sure the flower is not pinched- just held in place right there where its stem is in water so that it can continue to hydrate.

My tip for you this week is to open the two bits of grass (where you want to place the flower) with a bamboo skewer. Wiggle the skewer a bit so that you get a tiny but generous space for the flower to sit in comfortably. You can even put a bit of pressure on the grass from the outside to the inside to bend it slightly around the skewer. You don’t want the split to open so big that the flower stem falls out, nor broken or be pinched too tightly in place because it will stop the flower from hydrating , like a tourniquet. A too tight fit is also the main reason why the flower and grass twist causing it to tip into the water. Loosen it up a bit with a bamboo skewer and see if that fixes the problem.

Enjoy!

Every good wish,

Christine