let the oxidation begin!

We put up the rest of the copper rain chains today. The simpler chains (i.e. the ones without the cups) are still bright and shiny. When they grow up, they'll turn bluish-green. On the south side of the house, the rain chains have these cool cups which create sort of a cascading waterfall effect. I guess they make a pleasant sound, too - kind of like chimes. But since we just put them up and are in the middle of an uncharacteristic cold, dry spell, we won't really know what kind of performance they give until the weather returns to normal ...stay tuned.