Being that gardening is a passion that I have, I thought, why not journal my gardening experiences. My family always told me that I inherited my grandmother's greenthumb. So much of how I do things in my life are a direct influence of that singular woman. I dedicate this project to you Grandma, I wish with all my heart that you could be here rubbing elbows with me in the garden. I'll just have to keep putting our favorite flowers everywhere, so that it's like you really are here. I miss you.
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I'm a 37yr old haus frau, living in Kenmore, WA, just north of Seattle. I'm a gardening enthusiast who loves to write. I live here with my partner of 4 years and our soon to be 2year old Wiemaraner Harlow.
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Monday, March 14, 2005
Buried Treasure
When I was kid growing up in White Salmon, WA, our home was apparently built on top of an old landfill. Even at a very early age I was curious about digging and planting and making things grow. The fact is, that every time I would start to dig somewhere in the yard, I would find a host of buried treasures. I found all kinds of marbles, colored glass, old pieces of pottery and china. I felt like an archeologist. Once, I even found an old button with a swastika on it. Well, now that I'm digging around in our yard here, I was surprised and yet totally thrilled when this small glass bottle came up with my digging fork. On the bottom it's stamped with the name "Owens" and it's obviously some kind of medicine bottle because it has measurments on the side and the face of the bottle has 3 1/2 on it. Then again, it could be something all together different. How about you Internet...any ideas of what it could be?
7 Comments:
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Effie commented at 8:39 AM~
How neat to find things while you are digging in your yard! I haven't got a clue as to what type of bottle it is--maybe ipecac or something like smelling salts....who knows...
When I was younger I helped out picking rocks out of a field for my uncle who needed it cleared so he could plough it and it was amazing the things that we found! I think we found an old stove and kitchen utensils. I was only little though so I found this fun. If I were to help out picking rocks now though, I don't know if I'd find it quite as much fun....-
Susie commented at 9:09 AM~
I think it is a flask for take-along margaritas. That lime attached to the side of it kind of gives it away, don't you think?
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Spurious Plum commented at 2:36 PM~
Maybe one of those bottles filled with tonic from a snake oil salesman?
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Closet Metro commented at 11:42 AM~
I remember having a teacher in grade school who's hobby was digging for antique glass bottles and stuff. He grossed the whole class out by explaining that the best dig sites were originally outhouses, because people would often throw things into them, and they'd get buried without breaking the bottles. He tried to explain that the poo was long since absorbed into the soil, but to this day, I still think he was digging in crap.
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Random and Odd commented at 3:40 PM~
Hee hee. Cute Metro!!
What's with the lime? You thinkin' it's an ol' time booze bottle?-
Random and Odd commented at 11:14 PM~
Yay! I love what you did with the site!! It's the fonz blog, but with green and trees and cool stuff!
GREAT JOB GREEN THUMB!!
Is there anything you CAN'T do?-
Jackal McLangley commented at 9:57 AM~
He can't levitate.
Anyhow that mi amigo is a 17th Gunpowder bottle as usd by British forces throughout the New World.
Its missing the ornate jewel encrusted solid-platinum cap though, which is quite a shame.
Thats life, eh?
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