1.   Alone in the woods, his interest in nature blossomed with the remarkable outdoor skills and craftsmanship he taught himself.

2.   But her interest blossomed last summer when researchers at Monticello discovered she was the great, great, great granddaughter of a Jefferson slave gardener named Wormley Hughes.

3.   But their interest in one another blossomed through love letters and occasional phone calls translated by friends and relatives.

4.   In time, this interest blossomed into a passion, and he would paint away most days at the center on Delancey.

5.   Raymond said his interest in politics blossomed while he attended the University of Texas, where he earned a degree in government.

6.   Ward joined him in the digging and, with every new inch of skeleton uncovered, their interest blossomed into the full-blown ecstatic thrill of a major discovery.