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Date Posted: 18:58:39 06/24/06 Sat
Author: Dana
Author Host/IP: d53-64-21-204.nap.wideopenwest.com / 64.53.204.21
Subject: Re: Bottle trees
In reply to: Ye Editor 's message, "Bottle trees" on 11:40:49 06/15/06 Thu

My mama has a bottle tree and I am interested in starting one too, but I don't think these Chicagoans would understand it much. I would, however, love to find some sites about the history of bottle trees. Any suggestions?

Dana


>Message just sent to my hotmail box from Toni B.
>(Georgia) to Don Drane:
>.......................................................
>...
>
>Hi Mr. Drane – . . . I wanted to share some info with
>some other folks whose little stories I read on your
>site. Someone mentioned not knowing where to get red
>bottles and someone else added they thought it was
>hard to find true red ones. I think half the fun of
>doing a tree is to collect the bottles from friends,
>thrift stores, the wine aisle at the market, etc. but
>I’m impatient and want to see more variety on my tree
>NOW! so I found a website and the guy, Bill, sells new
>bottles of all colors including red. So I just ordered
>a passelful. I think the site is www.bottle-tree.com.
>
>I really like your tree Mr. Drane. I like the ones
>made from old trees and big fat fence posts sunk in
>the ground the best.
>
>I have a picture of the one that inspired me and will
>try to e-mail it to you later. I have since seen two
>more and will try to get pix of them. I am also seeing
>lovely bottles wrapped in wire, stainless and copper,
>hanging gracefully from real trees.
>
>I live in northeast Georgia and bottle trees seem to
>be spreading. Not as fast and prolifically as the
>dreaded Kudzu.
>
>Here’s a cute story – I live near Helen, GA., which if
>you’re unfamiliar is a Bavarian town and celebrates a
>huge Oktoberfest every, well, October. A nearby winery
>bottled a special wine one year, maybe ’93, in a
>beautiful cobalt blue bottle. Well, what do you know –
>I was junking in Orlando, FL last year and what did I
>find for $1.00? A blue wine bottle with the Helen GA
>Oktoberfest label on it!
>
>Got time for another story? One of your folks said in
>his story that he hoped there were no shotguns around
>his bottle tree. That gave me pause because, well, the
>redneck side of my family likes nothing better than
>to come here for Christmas and set up lines of beer
>cans in our backyard and have target practice. Sheriff
>Bubba actually got called out once but since we
>weren’t breaking any laws all he could do was watch
>with envy through all the gun smoke as five or six of
>us kept practicing with the small arsenal of fine
>weaponry we had. Now that my bottle tree is growing
>I’m sure by Christmas it will be blooming in all it’s
>glory and I’m quite afraid the rednecks, no offense
>to any of your gentle fans, will think I’ve gifted
>them with the greatest target they’ve ever seen!
>
>Well, all for now.
>Toni B....

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