Kerria sticks in clay pots

I started playing with these sticks about a week ago, and I'm still playing with them. John and I had cut a kerria shrub to the ground and carted all the stems off to the brush pile when I realized they were way too green and pretty to discard. I've used some long, tapering ones in a big arrangement in the living room, and now I'm shuffling the remaining straight stem pieces around in various vases. I think I like them best in these clay pots.

     The colder January gets, the greener these stems look in comparison to everything else.