The one you bought certainly is an original, kirk! It looks lovely where you put it...& seeing your trees/gardens from that view. Always have loved your blue bottle one that you both made! And the others, too! TFS! Jeanne S.

So glad to see you get some outside recognition, besides us fellow junkers here. ;) I love everything you, your wife & family have made over the years, but I am especially inspired by that birdbath! I had missed seeing that one before. Thanks for sharing the link with us! Totally enjoyed it!!

i love blue bottles and have them in my yard but you are a bit far away for me. I am sure someone closer will nab them and appreciate them as I do! If you are overrun with Senna trees (candleabra) They make good bottle trees. I cut the branches a little longer than the bottle , take the leaves off the area for the bottle to fit. Don't worry I have plenty more trees for my sulpher friends! Tanya

Linda, I think there are various techniques(chemicals)used in getting the glass to the deep blue color. Cobalt glass is a deep blue colored glass prepared by adding cobalt compounds to the molten glass. It is appreciated for its attractive color. It is also used as an optical filter in flame tests to filter out the yellow flame caused by the contamination of sodium, and expand the ability to see violet and blue hues. Under fluorescent light, cobalt glass has twice the effect. Some people collect objects made from cobalt glass, amassing large collections. One popular example of cobalt glass is Bristol blue glass, as in the distinctive blue bottles of Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry. Cobalt glass changes the color of hydrochloric acid in a mixture of multi-colored cations. [edit] For pigment use Powdered cobalt glass, called smalt (or also simply cobalt glass), has been historically important as a pigment in painting, pottery, and other media. Cobalt glass and smalt are made from silica and are not the same as cobalt blue, which is colored by cobalt ion is a similar way, but using a melting process with alumina. [edit] See also * Smalt * Cobalt blue * Cobalt