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    10 years in flowers celebration highlights

    Our 10 years in flowers celebration all summer was up and down, round and round during the worst weather flower season we’ve ever had. Alaskans are kiddingly calling it “8 days of Summer’. May we had wind, June hardly ever saw 50 degrees. August and September, rain, cold and more rain. We only had a handful of temps in the 70’s. Then early hard frost. I’m calling it the summer I lived in rubber boots which did my ankles no favor. I’m so thankful at least our two dinner tours the sun came out which was so nice.  But hey, I’ll take a mild sunny October any day. It totally made for easy…

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    Color of the year brought tears to my eyes

    Who would’ve guessed that a color of the year announcement would evoke tears of deep personal emotion to my eyes and full body goosebumps. I resonated with how this color has been all around me, literally for over a decade? The exact 10 years I’ve been grieving my son. It’s also a hue I wear many shades of, color my hair with and often paint my toes with. A fun little thing I like do since I started designing with all the colors of the flowers I grow and researching for my book Flower Power is to predict what Pantone Color Institute color of year will be.  I love color and how it…