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On Sunday I stopped by one of my favorite places to dumpster dive for rocks. A bit of a misnomer really as there is no dumpster involved simply piles of headstone samples, broken slabs of polished granite, stone cylinders, etc. On this day, a couple slabs of one of my favorites, blue pearl granite (Not actually a granite, but a type of gabbro with pyroxene and amphibole.) jumped into my car. Blue Pearl, mostly quarried in Norway, has eye catching shiny flecks that catch reflect light nicely. Just before using these slabs as stepping stones, they got to be the background for today's vase which came from the Glass Eye Studio sidewalk sale.
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Contents are Hydrangea, Clerodendrum bungei 'Cashmere Bouquet,' bracken fern, Persicaria 'Golden Arrow' a couple varieties of Anemone hupehensis, and hanging over the side, Sanguisorba hakusanensis 'Lilac Squirrel.'
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On Sunday I stopped by one of my favorite places to dumpster dive for rocks. A bit of a misnomer really as there is no dumpster involved simply piles of headstone samples, broken slabs of polished granite, stone cylinders, etc. On this day, a couple slabs of one of my favorites, blue pearl granite (Not actually a granite, but a type of gabbro with pyroxene and amphibole.) jumped into my car. Blue Pearl, mostly quarried in Norway, has eye catching shiny flecks that catch reflect light nicely. Just before using these slabs as stepping stones, they got to be the background for today's vase which came from the Glass Eye Studio sidewalk sale.
Contents are Hydrangea, Clerodendrum bungei 'Cashmere Bouquet,' bracken fern, Persicaria 'Golden Arrow' a couple varieties of Anemone hupehensis, and hanging over the side, Sanguisorba hakusanensis 'Lilac Squirrel.'
Florets/petals that fell during the arranging didn't want to be left out.
Do share what you've put in a vase this week!