day 2 of an impromptu trip to granpa's house.not far from where she grew up, mom and i made a quick u-turn to photograph these bottle trees. "oh! when i was down here at christmas there was only one!"
when i told her about the meaning i'd usually heard attributed to this african tradition, both of us "hmmm"-ed, and giggled about the neighborhood associations' reaction should we fill her yard back in suburbia with them. :-)
as soon as we returned to the Land of Internet (g is not online :-) a quick googling turned up some inner-resting info, enjoy! but don't throw 'em in the rivuh! / recycle trees & bottles / BTs vs snuggies, you decide! / i heart good design / jupiter preserve you! can we please agree that egypt is africa!?! / more to the story / a bedtime story !
* bonus! now i know how to get back at all of those holly trees this summer, yay for bare feet!
