Pomegranate petals, pink tomatoes & a pretty new blog!

I've been a busy girl setting up my "new & improved" blog, twitter & tumblr. I learned a lot, and got frustrated a little (ok...a LOT), but I think the hard work was well worth it! I couldn't have done it without Shabby blogs, they make so many cute templates it was hard choosing. Go check them out if you've yearned for a new look, they won't disappoint. What do you think?
Now...off to dreamland...zzzzz

Freedom...fireworks...food...freinds...ahhh the 4th of July is awesome!

I 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. 



Enjoy Your Freedom 


& God Bless Our Troops


We're taking a trip back in time...back to the Ice Age!