Today, in Tumacacori, AZ at the site of the old mission there, I met a lady who makes flowers. Beautiful, bright paper flowers. She showed me how to make them and chattered away to me in Spanish about making a tea from pomegranates for my stomach, invited me to her house and told me how many years she's been making her wonderful flower creations. I am a marginal Spanish speaker, so I only caught about half of what she told me, but I loved her instantly.
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| Teaching me to make flowers out of crepe paper, homemade paste and a love of beauty |
Here is a short video of her process. Her work-worn hands are beautiful. They not only taught me about her art, but made a valentine for everyone who stopped by her table to visit or buy flowers.
I bought three flowers from her. If I'd have had more cash on me, I'd have bought dozens of them! Happy valentines day!
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| The flowers I purchased from her today; rose, zinnia and chrysanthemum |
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