[Quiet Man Cometh]

I do stuff with them when it strikes me. I put some pressed jump-ups (miniature pansy things) in my diary and made a painting with my pressed hydrangea petals (pink colour). The one's I'm pressing and drying now are destined for a scrap book.

I was talking to my mom about it, she used to press flowers as a kid. When she was a teenager she decided to try pressing some cacti she had. She parked the car on them for a year and a half then put them in books for storage. When she went to get them later, she found they were growing roots. She put them into pots again and they gradually puffed themselves back out again and grew in more cacti. Very resiliant plants, those.

I'm attempting to press two of the orchid flowers to see if it works. I have flowers and greenery sitting in magazines under stacks of dishes or a large stack of books and more magazines. They haven't moved in a while so I imagine they can stay where they are for some time yet. Contemplating rose petals now, in case the others don't work.