I was outside trying to cut back weeds and remove water from a couple of flooded places. The weeds are thriving with all the rain. As I was working in an area where I have an old large Hosta named ‘June’ that is often surrounded by weed overgrowth, my eye caught a spot of lavender color. I reached down and pulled up this flower. I planted this Hosta long ago since the name June is a family name. I don’t like to cut flowers from the garden, however, I knew its beauty would be lost where I found it, so I cut it and brought it inside.
I wondered where I could put it to showcase it. I remembered this rectangular Ikebana vase that I purchased from the National Museum of Asian Art many years ago. I was not using it and it was stored away. I got it out, and then I had to decide where to put it. I wanted a place that receives sunlight, and I thought of one of our bedrooms. This picture not only shows the beautiful Hosta flower and Ikebana vase, it also shows my dad’s ginger jar lamp that he made. This lamp was always in my family home as I was growing up. I think my dad made it in Hawaii, and that is where my brother was born. So, this lamp is older than I am. I think it was rewired at some point long ago. I posted about this lamp here on my blog many years ago. See the link below
https://movingforwardslowly.com/2018/06/17/my-dads-ginger-jar-lamp/
I posted this long ago and I have since moved the lamp to its current location. I could not get a good picture of the lamp when I originally wrote about my dad and this lamp. Today as I was taking a picture of the flower I realized I had a good picture of his lamp, so I thought I should link my original post about it.
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