July 9, 2012 -- butcher's twine

I'm in Connecticut visiting my husband's mother, and this morning, when I started looking for a vase,  I found this cone of butcher's twine. It's a really beautiful object (see how the twine is almost woven onto the cone). Although it obviously doesn't hold water, I decided to use it for my vase. And, believe it or not, daylilies hold up almost as well out of water as in. They last only a day either way. There's also one snippet of budding black-eyed Susan in here.