I was at the Denver Botanic Gardens recently, shooting closeup photos of leaves and plants before fall sets in. I was photographing the hollyhocks when an elderly lady commented about them being a flower of the past. When she was young, she would put a popsicle stick [...]]]>

I was at the Denver Botanic Gardens recently, shooting closeup photos of leaves and plants before fall sets in. I was photographing the hollyhocks when an elderly lady commented about them being a flower of the past. When she was young, she would put a popsicle stick into the narrow end of the flower, using the stick as the head and body, which she decorated. The flower portion became the flowing dress, and presto… she had a dancing doll. Nature …. instills imagination! We all see things through different eyes.

See a video on making hollyhock dolls.