I'd give my eyeteeth for a bottle lamp or chandelier <grin>. I'm getting to be a bit of a dipsh** in my old age. Elaine People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. --Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Hello Louise On Wednesday, June 15, 2011, you wrote > I always pick up rocks. Going to the mountains > and camping, at the coast. > I have all kinds of rocks. Always on the look out. > Louise in Ca. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frances Tyler" <francesty@comcast.net> > To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com>; > <MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 12:18 PM > Subject: Re: [ML] Bottle Trees >> I've never done or known anyone who had a bottle tree. Now, rocks, I can >> stay with the best. I have all my life picked up rocks from trips. I don't >> remember where the ones from my childhood came from, just that they were >> special to me. When I married in 1960 I came with my two boxes of rocks. >> My >> husband did not understand. My mother died in 84 and I got her box of >> rocks. >> My mother in law liked the idea of the rocks. So, when she died in 87 I >> received her two boxes of rocks. I continue adding even now. the past two >> years: Utah, Flordia, & Jamica. The past 10 years, since retirement, >> Alasks, >> all over New England, Kansas, S. Dakota, Nebraska, Guatemala, Columbia, >> Costa Rica, Beijing, Low lands of Scotland, Northern England, Paris and >> from >> just outside the Western Wall in Jerusalem. I know it is just fill rubble >> but thats where I picked it up. I think that's enough folks. I love my >> rocks! >> 100 degrees here today and still no rain. I hate to pray for a hurricane >> but >> that may be the only way we get rain. >> Frances >> TX Gulf Coast >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "juanita" <juanita2@cox.net> >> To: <MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 6:16 AM >> 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 >>> >>> Wish I had a yard now. One of the favorite pasttimes of our children >>> was collecting "pretty" rocks. We hauled them home from our camping >>> trips and had to limit each child to a certain size box for the >>> rocks. Five people, plus our tent and all the gear for a 2/3 week >>> trip stretched the limits of the car or small trailer. We decorated >>> our walkways and flower beds when we got home. One child didn't want >>> his rocks any place but in a box in his room so he could look at them >>> and label them. >>> >>> They'd have collected bottles too if there'd been room. >>> >>> juanita >>>