Hi hawkeye, I have noticed this too. I have the 30 oz pp 209 and since I only have a few hummers in the summer I only fill it so that there is about 1 inch in the bottle when hung. During the day all the sugar water can leave the bottle and in the evening it is mostly back. I wonder though if it pushes down into the base as I don't think there is a way it would rise up again. I am thinking that the water may turn into a vapor in the bottle. Just a guess. How much air space was in your bottle when you originally hung it? If I am right I am wondering about one thing. IF the sugar water is able to fill the bottle in a vapor and if the seal on the bottom is low enough that the mouth of the jar is opened I am thinking that the concentrated liquid drops into the base and when the temp cools and fills the bottle again that it is just the water. One day I may be brave enough to taste it. LOL.

I am you. I LOVE marble but my DH really had issues with it (etching, scratching, staining) and neither of us was willing to baby it. We are going with something called Supreme White - some call it granite others call it quartzite. I checked out all available in my area (Boston) and found a more dramatic slab, which we picked. But there is much that is softer and very evocative of marble. I never really thought that that it had the linear nature of marble, except the Luce de Luna was close. I was surprised to find that not all of the distributors or fabricators categorized it as a quartzite, but as granite. Some the names I found for the stone, whatever it is, were: Super White, Supreme White, White Fantasy, Princess White and Luce de Luna (the more linear, the others are more webby.) So I am desperately trying to put in marble everywhere else (back splash, bathroom.) I was hoping at some point my husband would just acquiesce on the counter but no luck when we found the super white (that looks like head cheese according to another poster :) which I was overwhelmed with at first but really love now. Note as gray as the photos, and even has some warm subtle peach color undertones. I will try to create a photo album of the quartzites I found & post. They really vary from amounts of gray and white and in contrast/how busy they are so I would ask stone yards to email photos AND ask questions about color (because photos can be off.) Here is a link to a thread on my backsplash, the photo album has pictures of my Super White slab. Appreciate any input on backsplash :) All that said about Quartzites - if you don't find something you love I would encourage you not to compromise. Get the beautiful marble - if you read up on old posts most of those who did they don't seem to regret it. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Supreme White Slab & Backsplash options

He got to come home with Mommy and Daddy on Tuesday morning...they don't keep them very long nowdays...He's doing great! This was at dinner last night...celebrating my son's 21st birthday!!

Thank you also. I do love the Asian look in all aspects. I love the pot also, but have been told if I keep the plant in it too long, I will never be able to get it out of the pot, due to the shape. But I am not ready to repot yet... I really love the looks of the trunk on this variety...seems to look different from other jades. I have had it a few years now, not sure how many, exactly. Good luck with yours. Christopher