6/24

so i go to put the stalk from marjorie in a vase
and i realize that while i do have a fairly tall vase
this thing is so heavy,
it will tip it
and when i go to cut the stem to even it off
i find it is so tough that it takes about 5 minutes to work my way through it with a kitchen knife;
there's no way that a frog is going to hold it in place

so it's back to my garden to get some of the smaller stones
(as featured in neene's post last year)
that i have salvaged from the excavation
to weigh down the vase and hold this branch in place