iSpy Flowers On 04/18/2008
Posted by Smell The Roses on
April 17, 2008
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Fruits, flowers and fresh air help one gain eternal youth
A university graduate joined our office recently. She is a sunny, youthful and beautiful girl. As her surname is Yang (sun), we call her Angel Sunny. Within a month of joining, Angel Sunny had launched a campaign to “freeze one’s youth”.
At first, her other three young workmates - Liu, Deng and Wang - were skeptical. One day, we had lunch much later than usual. Before Director Yao had emptied the bottle of beer with me, Angel Sunny had finished a small bowl of rice with vinegar-fried cabbage. She then took out a big apple from her handbag and chewed on it.
“A woman is like an apple - if you don’t store it in the fridge while it’s fresh, it will be too late in just a few days. No super-fridge can make a dried apple fresh again.”
I paid little attention to her apple theory. But the other women urged her to go on. She continued: “To freeze our youth means to store our youthful face in the fridge, so that it will come out fresh as new many years later.”
She sounded like a cosmetics agent. But she had her friends’ full attention. What was their exact plan? Of course, none of the men bothered to listen.
The next day, it was apparent that the project was no longer Sunny Angel’s private business. Liu, one of the ladies, arrived early to boil water and fill the glasses for the others. When all the ladies had arrived, they took out a banana and munched it slowly with the boiled water, which had now cooled.
Next, Director Yao’s cigarettes were banned. Barely a second before the director lit his first cigarette, Deng protested: “Director, obviously you don’t know how much harm your smoke is doing to our delicate skin. Our efforts will be wasted if you don’t find another place to smoke.” The director walked out, leaving the ladies very happy.
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Celebrating 20 years of art, flowers
The Art League of Hilton Head Island will be host 20th annual Art & Flower Festival, and a special retrospective celebration is planned. This year, Sea Pines Country Club will host the event with a luncheon at 1 p.m. April 27. It was the innovative idea of Nancy Wittke in the 1980s to combine art and flowers because she felt flowers brought art to life.
Walter Greer has been chosen as the honored artist. Many years ago Greer had the vision to become Hilton Head Island’s first resident artist. He enticed artists to visit, and thus pioneered the first art colony on the island.His featured painting is a serene landscape titled “The Path to Mullet Hole.”Mary Hunter Crose will create his floral display.
Other participating artists will be Evelyn B. Ballantine, Terry Brennan, John Diamond, Wendy Dixon, Jo Dye, Ray Ellis, Sheri Farbstein, Charles Gruppé, Ted Jordan, Vickie Jourdan, Dolores Johnson, Ann Light, Louanne Laroche, Candice Lovely,Betty B. Luntey, Judy McElynn, Joyce and Don Nagel, Lynn Parrott, Suzanne Plowden, Tom Ratliffe, Doris Shay, Sara Tiffany, Kathy Tortorella, Irene Williamson and Wittke.
Most of the paintings will be for sale. The Shore Notes will perform, and Palmettoes will introduce spring fashions interspersed with retro fashions by Joanna. There will be a raffle including a giclée print by Ray Ellis.
