Discoveries...

Sorry about the blurry pic, but I'll take a better one later.  So, this morning, I was feeding my neighbors dear chickens.  And I looked down and in the dirt was this lapis blue object.  I picked it up.  It's about the size of a 50 cent piece and it's beautiful.  Obviously man-made, but it has these 4 "spots" of red as if they were outlining a box.  In the middle of the box, a white "spot."  They really aren't spots, but mere splashes or so.  Some "splashes" are intact, others have been scraped away.  On the back side, it has that rusty/patina look.  But it's perfectly round.  As if it was part of a piece of pottery or jewelry something.  There are several shards of glass (sad but obviously used as a dump at some time) back there around the chicken coop so I just thought it was some glass.  I was wrong.  But not only did I find that, I found a bottle.  Circa 1920's bottle.  Fully intact.  On the bottom it says, "Barton's DyanShine."  Wow!  Apparently it was a shoe dye.  And doing some research on the internet, I found that there was a rather large factory in Waco around 1916.  Then they moved to St. Louis.  I'm so excited to have found it.  It's so funny because for years I have been wanting to find that "perfect" antique glass bottle.  And I found it.  So exciting!!!  I was an Anthropology/Archeology Major at one time ya know, so this takes me back to that original love I have for diggin' in the dirt.  I desperately want to find what the "lapis piece" is.  I even called the Historical Commission but it's taking a while to talk to someone.  So interesting. 

In other news, well, just take a look.   Solan and I were playing with my funny wig.  And I thought he'd be scared.  But all of a sudden out of his mouth, "I'm not pretty enough!"  WHAT?!  (Well, nobody is pretty with this "cousin it" piece on, sweetie.)  He's never heard that from my mouth so I was rather shocked when the air was floating with these words.  Ha! And for your viewing pleasure, here I am, wig-n-all!    Happy Tuesday!

Comments

[Spamboy]

Cut ya hair, ya freakin' hippies!

[Eren]

Oh wonderful...your very own archeological dig! I love old bottles used as pretty flower vases. Ive got a ton of those. And you never know where the little ones are going to pick things up, LOL!

[bryan]

Hey, thanks for putting up alittle info on the Barton's Dyanshine bottle and some of the companys' history. I found a bottle exactly like the one you found in new mexico! hadnt discoved too much info on it until I found your page... Thanks again!!!