EASTER FLOWERS AT THE BASILICA OF ST. MARY

THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO MY MOTHER WHO EVERY SUNDAY AND HIGH HOLY DAY WOULD DECORATE THE ALTER OF ST. MARYS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BRYANT SOUTH DAKOTA. AS SOON AS I WAS OLD ENOUGH I WAS AT HER SIDE, I LOVED  DECORATING THE CHURCH WITH HER. THIS WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WORKING  WITH A PERFECTIONIST.  THIS SKILL HAS SERVED ME WELL ALL MY LIFE AND COMES IN HANDY IN MY LINE OF WORK. HAPPY EASTER MOM!

A CLOSEUP OF THE ALTER ARRANGEMENTS IN THE. BASILICA. ORCHID  AND GREEN PLANTS ARE COMBINED WITH BANKSIA, CRISPIDIA, AND SKYLINE ROSES, IN A LARGE URN.

AMY STANDS NEXT TO THE EASTER CANDLE STAND, THE STAND IS DECORATED WITH LIPSTICK PLANTS AND FRESH ROSES. THE PLANTS WILL LAST WELL IN THE LOW LIGHT AND THE ROSES WILL DRY IN PLACE.

THIS COMBINATION FEATURES LIMELITE DRACENAS, EASTER LILIES, YELLOW CALANDIVAS AND NEON PATHOS. THE CLUSTERS OF PUSSYWILLOW ADD VERTICAL DRAMA.

THIS WAS AN IMPROMPTU ARRANGEMENT DONE WITH SOME LEFTOVER MATERIAL.  I LIKE THE ASYMMETRY OF THE DESIGN AND THE FOCAL POINT OF YELLOW ROSES.

A LADY ASKED ME AS WE WERE SETTING UP,'WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT STYLE OF DESIGN',  REFERRING TO THE PUSSYWILLOW RISING OUT OF THE CENTER WITH THE OTHER PLANTS GROUPED AT THE BASE. I HAS TO THINK FOR A MOMENT AND I REMEMBERED IT WAS CALLED THE PHEONIX DESIGN. 'SYMBOLIZING THE RISE  FROM THE DEAD OF SAID MYSTICAL CREATURE', I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, THAT  UNAWARE I WOULD CHOOSE THAT STYLE OF ARRANGEMENT FOR THE EASTER CELEBRATION. SHE THOUGHT WE SHOULD GIVE IT A NEW NAME.

THESE PALMS SURVIVED THE COLD WEEK BETWEEN PALM SUNDAY AND EASTER SUNDAY. A MIRACLE? YOU DECIDE......

DUE TO THE LATE DATE FOR EASTER WE WERE ABLE TO PLANT THE OUTSIDE PLANTERS WITH PANSIES AND FOXTAIL FERNS. THE COLORS HERALD THE COLORS WAITING INSIDE AND THE ROSES, ADDED BY VOLUENTEERS WERE A NICE FINISHING TOUCH.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LANDMARK. TAKING TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES.

ONE LAST SHOT ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR. I LIKED THIS ANGLE OF THE ALTER.     PLEASE FORGIVE ANY SPELLING OR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS I HAVE NOT MASTERED THE SPELL CHECK