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    ulla_hennig ulla_hennig Dec 8, 2009 @ 11:19 am
    I never heard of that tradition - thanks for sharing! I love the blue bottles on the trees, they really look great!
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    clouda9 clouda9 Dec 5, 2009 @ 4:48 am
    This was such an enjoyable read - loved the Bottle Trees website too. I actually feel inspired to make my own. Congrats on your 2009 Giant Squid Awards nomination.
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    Ramkitten Ramkitten Nov 27, 2009 @ 12:56 pm
    I'd never heard of this tradition before. How neat! Love that photo of the row of bottle trees along the pathway.
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    OhMe OhMe Nov 19, 2009 @ 3:01 pm
    I love to see the Bottle Trees at Edisto in South Carolina. This is a wonderful lens with great photos. Lensrolling to my lens about the book Reflections Of A Mississippi Magnolia. Also I am leaving you with a Squid Angel Blessing.
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    monarch13 monarch13 Oct 20, 2009 @ 7:30 am
    Very cool
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    voodoomama voodoomama Sep 18, 2009 @ 6:39 pm | in reply to rms
    Thanks much!
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    rms rms Aug 22, 2009 @ 2:41 pm
    Beautifully crafted lens about a very interesting topic!
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    eventyr eventyr Aug 11, 2009 @ 5:25 pm
    I love this tradition! Maybe I should start one in Norway!
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    Joan4 Joan4 Jul 27, 2009 @ 7:01 am
    I actually saw my first bottle tree this summer - and have lived in the south all my life! I really enjoyed reading the origin of this unusual practice. Blessed by a joyful SquidAngel.
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    voodoomama voodoomama Jul 22, 2009 @ 10:01 pm
    Thank you!
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    Jimmie Jimmie Jul 12, 2009 @ 1:50 am
    I am not familiar with this animistic superstition although I grew up in the South.
    Your lens is well crafted.
    You're officially blessed!
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    jay jay Jun 23, 2009 @ 2:40 am
    There's still some old bottle trees scattered about in East Texas. Especially off the main roads on the old blacktops. Often times it'll be a cedar post in the yard with the limbs cut back and the bottles set on the end. I have been familiar with them since I was a kid...almost 50 years ago. Also to be found here are the broken dishes on top of gravesites. Sea shells too but they are harder to find/get for obvious reasons.
    I may start building some and see how they go...I own an antique/junk store.
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    Demaw Demaw Jun 7, 2009 @ 9:42 am
    I place old style perfume bottles on twigs, sort of like the picture of the portable bottle tree. I also place twigs decorated with small bottles in the pots with my indoor plants as decoration. 5 star lens and very original.
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    Saprenna Saprenna Apr 3, 2009 @ 10:22 pm
    I have known of these trees for many years and had my own when I lived in the south. I am a born and bread Southern Girl, but have been living in Indiana for about 7 years now. This has inspired me to start another here in my yard and see what all these yankees have to say! ;-)
    I must also point out that the bottle tree in part 2 (above) is most authentic. They should be hung from the branches close enough for them to touch each other like wind chimes, neck up, by a string or such, not stuck on them. If the bottle is upside down or tipped over, the spirits can escape, and if the neck is not open, you won't be able to hear the spirits moan......
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    Olivicki Olivicki Mar 12, 2009 @ 8:43 pm
    I have had my bottle tree for years, Cool things happen when the sun hits. Some of them are captured in photo,
    I look for other's trees and I see few. None here in Tennessee, that I have seen. Some in South Carolina, I saw none in Louisiana, Is the tradidtion as gone as it seems?
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    Mol Mol Jan 29, 2009 @ 1:58 pm
    Love it.
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    Intuitive Intuitive Sep 29, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
    These are so cool, especially in person. They remind me of Chihuli installations.

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