Spoonin at Mount Vernon

I hope all my Sweetest of Hearts...

had a fabulous 4th of July weekend filled with Family, Franks & Fireworks! ;)

I've been SPOONIN & just had to make myself a necklace when I found this

awesome, vintage Mount Vernon, silver plate spoon with

George Washington on the handle.

The sari ribbon just looked perfect on it, giving it a feeling of days long past.

I've got 2 orders I'm trying to work on finishing today, so I guess it's

pound, pound, pound

for me...love it!

Here's a pic of Kai & Munga at our small town 4th of July Parade.

I wish for all of you, the simple magic of a small town parade.

It doesn't matter if it's 1911 or 2011,

in those moments as the simple floats go by & the band plays,

war veteran's march in uniform, carrying our red, white & blue,

children dressed in clothes from the revolutionary war proudly wave to the crowd,

policemen, firemen, scouts & their leaders, toss candy to the kids

faces sticky & wet from snow cones & ice cream,

horses & their riders prancing stoutly down Main Street...

time stands still.

In that instance, we're all just Americans, united in the common belief

that we live in the Greatest Country on earth & it's our moment to

SHINE!

I LOVE the 4th of July!!!

XOXO

vintagesusie

Freedom Don't Come Free

{listen too...}

"Let the world go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike,

that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans,

born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace,

 unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship,

support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty. This much we pledge and more."

"to those nations who would make themselves our adversary,

we offer not a pledge but a request that both sides begin anew the quest for peace..."

"Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty.

Now the trumpet summons us again, not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need, not as a call to battle, though embattled we are,

but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle year in and year out, “rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation”,

a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.

And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America can do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."

John F Kennedy's Inaugural Address
January 20, 1961

Have a Happy 4th of July my Sweet Friends!

And when the words 'Thank You' don't begin to express my feelings of pride & honor & gratitude towards our American Hero's,
when I am at a loss for words & can find nothing else to say,
I am always mindful that...

'Freedom Don't Come Free'!

XOXO