March 28, 2013 -- immortal cryptomeria

These little sprigs of cryptomeria have been sitting in a bucket on my back porch for MONTHS! Linda Armstrong gave me several branches of cryptomeria before Christmas, and I used them in a basket on my front door (where they still look pretty), and, from one branch I didn't use, I've harvested half a dozen sprigs for windowsill arrangements. They still look great, and they were cut over three months ago!

The "vase" is a tiny ketcup bottle I brought back from NYC; the green flowers are from Helleborus foetidus (stinking hellebore).