As Artie Johnson would say, "vedy interesting"! You don't see a lot of things put up in blue bottles any longer. If you do they are usually plastic. Ugh! I have a couple of old eye wash bottles (blue glass) with the eye cup stopper. I will have to keep my eyes open for blue (glass) bottles. I pick up interesting rocks from time to time. The late uncle of a close friend was a geologist and had quite a collection of rocks that he picked up in his travels. He kept a diary about when and where he got the various rocks. He put a dab of white paint (about the size of a dime) on each rock and after it dried, he put a number, in black, on the spot. He kept his record, by the numbers, of each specimen. The rocks were still in the house when he died but no written record could be found. His nephew remembered the diary but was not able to find it anywhere in the house. He gave me most of the rocks which I have used around flower beds and such. Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter > From: juanita2@cox.net > To: MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:16:23 -0500 > Subject: [ML] Bottle Trees > > For no reason in particular since few people are in the mood of > writing much, I was surfacing some old posts and ran across one that > caught my eye - the history of bottle trees. > > It's really interesting..... > http://www.felderrushing.net/BottleTreeImagess.htm

Back in the olden days when I was just a kid, my dad and I moved a huge almost round limestone rock from one side of the property to the other. I never knew why. My dad wanted the rock moved and I was the only kid available. The rock must have weighed close to a ton. Later, after my son was born, I had mentioned many times my story about that rock and how I'd love to have it in my yard near Austin.. It was all talk as I had no intention of trying to get the rock. Fast forward many, many years. The Warden and I had been on a trip and arrived back at home on Father's Day only to find a huge tarp in the front yard near the sidewalk. As I grumbled... "*What the heck is that thing doing in my yard*" the kids came out to greet us. "*Look under the tarp Dad*" they said, so I did and lo and behold, there was that enormous rock! While we were on our trip, my son managed to recruit lots of help, drove the 180 miles round trip to get the rock for me. I was stunned and as pleased as anyone could be. One of my favorite Father's Day gifts and stories... :-)*** On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:07 AM, ROBERT E PATY <dback1935@msn.com> wrote: > > As Artie Johnson would say, "vedy interesting"! You don't see a lot of > things put up in blue bottles any longer. If you do they are usually > plastic. Ugh! I have a couple of old eye wash bottles (blue glass) with the > eye cup stopper. I will have to keep my eyes open for blue (glass) bottles. > I pick up interesting rocks from time to time. > The late uncle of a close friend was a geologist and had quite a collection > of rocks that he picked up in his travels. He kept a diary about when and > where he got the various rocks. He put a dab of white paint (about the size > of a dime) on each rock and after it dried, he put a number, in black, on > the spot. He kept his record, by the numbers, of each specimen. The rocks > were still in the house when he died but no written record could be found. > His nephew remembered the diary but was not able to find it anywhere in the > house. He gave me most of the rocks which I have used around flower beds and > such. > > Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter > > > > > From: juanita2@cox.net > > To: MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com > > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:16:23 -0500 > > Subject: [ML] Bottle Trees > > > > For no reason in particular since few people are in the mood of > > writing much, I was surfacing some old posts and ran across one that > > caught my eye - the history of bottle trees. > > > > It's really interesting..... > > http://www.felderrushing.net/BottleTreeImagess.htm > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Doug that is a great story. My son found a kind of flat rock up where my dad used to hunt and he had sat there and carved his name on it with his knife I guess. Well Steven carried that rock out for me. Don't know how he did that. Especially carrying his rifle. But he did. Have it in the yard. Don't know where it will go when I go but I bet he takes it back. We are warming up. Supposed to get over 100 nest week. Can hardly wait. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Crim" <ddcrim@gmail.com> To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 5:15 AM Subject: Re: [ML] Bottle Trees > Back in the olden days when I was just a kid, my dad and I moved a huge > almost round limestone rock from one side of the property to the other. I > never knew why. My dad wanted the rock moved and I was the only kid > available. The rock must have weighed close to a ton. > Later, after my son was born, I had mentioned many times my story about > that > rock and how I'd love to have it in my yard near Austin.. It was all talk > as > I had no intention of trying to get the rock. > Fast forward many, many years. The Warden and I had been on a trip and > arrived back at home on Father's Day only to find a huge tarp in the front > yard near the sidewalk. As I grumbled... "*What the heck is that thing > doing > in my yard*" the kids came out to greet us. "*Look under the tarp Dad*" > they said, so I did and lo and behold, there was that enormous rock! > While > we were on our trip, my son managed to recruit lots of help, drove the 180 > miles round trip to get the rock for me. I was stunned and as pleased as > anyone could be. One of my favorite Father's Day gifts and stories... > > :-)*** > > > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:07 AM, ROBERT E PATY <dback1935@msn.com> wrote: > >> >> As Artie Johnson would say, "vedy interesting"! You don't see a lot of >> things put up in blue bottles any longer. If you do they are usually >> plastic. Ugh! I have a couple of old eye wash bottles (blue glass) with >> the >> eye cup stopper. I will have to keep my eyes open for blue (glass) >> bottles. >> I pick up interesting rocks from time to time. >> The late uncle of a close friend was a geologist and had quite a >> collection >> of rocks that he picked up in his travels. He kept a diary about when and >> where he got the various rocks. He put a dab of white paint (about the >> size >> of a dime) on each rock and after it dried, he put a number, in black, on >> the spot. He kept his record, by the numbers, of each specimen. The rocks >> were still in the house when he died but no written record could be >> found. >> His nephew remembered the diary but was not able to find it anywhere in >> the >> house. He gave me most of the rocks which I have used around flower beds >> and >> such. >> >> Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter >> >> >> >> > From: juanita2@cox.net >> > To: MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com >> > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:16:23 -0500 >> > Subject: [ML] Bottle Trees >> > >> > For no reason in particular since few people are in the mood of >> > writing much, I was surfacing some old posts and ran across one that >> > caught my eye - the history of bottle trees. >> > >> > It's really interesting..... >> > http://www.felderrushing.net/BottleTreeImagess.htm >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wow!! Now that is a great gift. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Crim To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 8:15 AM Subject: Re: [ML] Bottle Trees Back in the olden days when I was just a kid, my dad and I moved a huge almost round limestone rock from one side of the property to the other. I never knew why. My dad wanted the rock moved and I was the only kid available. The rock must have weighed close to a ton. Later, after my son was born, I had mentioned many times my story about that rock and how I'd love to have it in my yard near Austin.. It was all talk as I had no intention of trying to get the rock. Fast forward many, many years. The Warden and I had been on a trip and arrived back at home on Father's Day only to find a huge tarp in the front yard near the sidewalk. As I grumbled... "*What the heck is that thing doing in my yard*" the kids came out to greet us. "*Look under the tarp Dad*" they said, so I did and lo and behold, there was that enormous rock! While we were on our trip, my son managed to recruit lots of help, drove the 180 miles round trip to get the rock for me. I was stunned and as pleased as anyone could be. One of my favorite Father's Day gifts and stories... :-)*** On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:07 AM, ROBERT E PATY <dback1935@msn.com> wrote: > > As Artie Johnson would say, "vedy interesting"! You don't see a lot of > things put up in blue bottles any longer. If you do they are usually > plastic. Ugh! I have a couple of old eye wash bottles (blue glass) with the > eye cup stopper. I will have to keep my eyes open for blue (glass) bottles. > I pick up interesting rocks from time to time. > The late uncle of a close friend was a geologist and had quite a collection > of rocks that he picked up in his travels. He kept a diary about when and > where he got the various rocks. He put a dab of white paint (about the size > of a dime) on each rock and after it dried, he put a number, in black, on > the spot. He kept his record, by the numbers, of each specimen. The rocks > were still in the house when he died but no written record could be found. > His nephew remembered the diary but was not able to find it anywhere in the > house. He gave me most of the rocks which I have used around flower beds and > such. > > Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter > > > > > From: juanita2@cox.net > > To: MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com > > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:16:23 -0500 > > Subject: [ML] Bottle Trees > > > > For no reason in particular since few people are in the mood of > > writing much, I was surfacing some old posts and ran across one that > > caught my eye - the history of bottle trees. > > > > It's really interesting..... > > http://www.felderrushing.net/BottleTreeImagess.htm > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message