...a brown and yellow basket (song by Ella Fitzgerald). We use baskets for many things - to hold and carry a variety of objects, for decoration or to put food in to pass around at a family meal, to fill with presents and candy in the spring. Baskets are a useful work of art. I recently observed much of the process of turning a black ash tree into a beautiful basket. It's a lot of work and I'm thankful for the people who put such care into the process. Here's a bit of what goe