Old Farmhouse Fall into Thanksgiving

Fall into Thanksgiving Celebration - 8-17 till 8-27

The Old Farmhouse Gathering Team is hosting a Fall into Thanksgiving Celebration starting on August 17 and running till August 27, 2012.  Come and visit the treasury and shops that are part of this celebration.

Another treasury makes it to the top ten

I happy to say that this is the second week one of my treasury for the On Fire Team has made it to the top ten.  Please stop over and visit.

Artfire Collection made the daily collection

This is good new for Friday the 13th, the collection I made has been picked for the daily collection that goes out to everyone on Artfire.  

Sunshine

Curated By: Basketsbyrose

Handmade Gifts

Enjoy your Freedom and God Bless Our Troops.

 watched the flag pass by one day. 
> It fluttered in the breeze. 
> 
> 
> A young Marine saluted it, 
> And then he stood at ease. 
> 
> 
> I looked at him in uniform; 
> so young, so tall, so proud. 
> With hair cut square and eyes alert, 
> he'd stand out in any crowd. 
> 
> 
> I thought how many men like him 
> had fallen through the years. 
> How many died on foreign soil; 
> how many mothers' tears? 
> 
> 
> How many pilots' planes shot down? 
> How many died at sea? 
> How many foxholes were soldiers' graves? 
> NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE ! 
> 
> 
> I heard the sound of Taps one night, 
> when everything was still. 
> I listened to the bugler play 
> And felt a sudden chill. 
> 
> 
> I wondered just how many times 
> That Taps had meant 'Amen.' 
> When a flag had draped a coffin 
> of a brother or a friend. 
> 
> 
> I thought of all the children, 
> of the mothers and the wives, 
> of fathers, sons and husbands 
> With interrupted lives. 
> 
> 
> I thought about a graveyard 
> At the bottom of the sea. 
> Of unmarked graves in Arlington . 
> NO FREEDOM ISN'T FREE 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE 
> FLAG, 
> OF THE UNITED 
> STATES OF AMERICA , 
> 
> 
> AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR 
> WHICH IT STANDS, 
> ONE 
> NATION UNDER GOD, 
> INDIVISIBLE, 
> WITH LIBERTY 
> AND JUSTICE FOR ALL! 
> 
> 
> KEEP IT LIT!! KEEP IT LIT! 
> For all of our other military personnel, where ever they
> may be. 
> Please 
> Support all of the troops defending our Country. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> And God Bless our Military 
> who are protecting our Country for our Freedom. 
> Thanks to them, and their sacrifices, we can celebrate the
> 4th of July. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> We must never forget who gets the credit for the
> freedoms we have, 
> of which we should be eternally grateful. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Enjoy Your Freedom 
> and 
> God Bless Our Troops. 
> 
> 
> When you receive this, 
> please stop for a moment 
> and say a prayer for our servicemen. 
> 
> Of all the gifts you could give a U.S. Soldier, prayer is
> the very best one. 

My 60th treasury

I'm happy to say that this tote basket has been in 60 treasury just on Etsy!     Plus 118 people have marked this has their favorites.  Thank you all on Etsy for helping me get the word out about my baskets.

Here is the 60th treasury that featured my basket!

Thank you Judy Phillips from Judes Hand Spun Yarn for putting this together! Hugs!

What is it Wednesday - Wedding World War II

Welcome to another What is it Wednesday!  Yes it is a wedding dress.  June is the month for weddings, and this wedding dress was my mothers.  My mother and dad new each other growing up.  My dad was with his friends and my mother was with hers.  When World War II started, my dad joined the Army Air Core (now the Air Force), and was home on leave, when they met once again.  This time they started writing each other, became engaged in a letter,  ring mail home in another letter.  Then my dad was sent to England, with more letter writing.  Both families getting together for Sunday and Holiday dinners.  My dad like so many others mailed my mom his parachute.  All parachute where made from silk, and many a war bride wore a dress from a parachute.  My grandfather (my mothers dad), was a tailor, and made the dress for her to wear.  With food being ration, and wanting to have a wedding, most of their families and friends donated their ration stamps for the wedding.  This was their wedding gift.  A day to be shared with many, and everyone doing their part to make sure everyone had something to eat.  After they said "I DO", there was a breakfast for everyone at the church, afternoon of picture taking, and a big wedding dinner.  Both mothers (of the happy couple) and their friends did all the cooking with the food from the ration stamps.  Chickens where purchased live from a farm, and killed the back yard.  They where married sixty four years when my mother passed away, and my dad  shortly after.  Simple time for a long marriage.