While in L-A I did a drive-by at OK, where I spotted these Pussy Willow bowls, which are so not me but I thought were so cool -

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So I asked Larry, the owner, about them and this is what I got back -

“I used to work every summer at a hippy festival outside of Eugene, Oregon.  A lovely lady named Elaine Falbo who has a floral studio in Portland called “Bella Flora” makes baskets, flower garlands etc and these are made from pussywillows.  She can only make them at one time of the year.  When they bud, she has to cut them and weave them immediately since they harden and they last more or less forever.  I gave one away 15 years ago,  it loses those buds but looks pretty much the same as when I got it.”  $75 – $200 for what’s shown, up to $450 for much larger (not sold at OK).