Thursday, July 9, 2009

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

Friday, July 3, 2009

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!

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