Wishing everyone from sea to shining sea...

A very happy Independence Day to one and all!

 photograph of Old Glory from the Civil War, circa 1864, soldier is from the 37th Pennsylvania Infantry

Free In The USA On the Fourth of July, I raised the flag,
As I spoke with love and pride:
"I’m blessed to be an American," I said,
To two friends who stood by my side. One was my neighbor, who lives next door,
He's a citizen, like me.
The other, a visitor from a hard, oppressed land,
Far across the sea. "My flag stays in its box this year,"
Said my neighbor, boiling mad.
"The terrible shape this country’s in,
The future looks nothing but bad. "Taxes, scandal, indifference and crime,
On our land like a giant stain."
My visitor said, "We have all that, and worse,
But it’s against the law to complain." My neighbor looked startled, but not subdued;
Then he started in on the Press:
"There’s nothing but bad news; the headlines are bleak."
(It gets me down, too, I confess.) "Our news is all good," said my visitor.
"It’s just how you’d like to be.
We know what our government wants us to know;
Our press is controlled, you see." My neighbor spun ‘round and marched toward his house,
And here is the end to my story:
The next time we saw him, he was out in his yard,
Proudly raising Old Glory.

Fresh picked goods just off the truck!

Customized Buckeye Lake indoor outdoor pillows with vintage images.
Sold out of these at Bryn Du, stock has been refreshed, glass cone t-light holders to put in your planted flower pots, three heights available, LOVELY on patios, porches, etc. Available in 11, 13 and 18 inches tall, they are 8.95 each.
Super duty lavender hand care for gardener's and just plain hard workers.
Farmhouse fresh lavender home care.
Vintage flags, cobalt blue grande cup and more.
Vintage cast iron paddlewheel bank.
vintage Sandusky, Ohio lard tin
vintage hotel room door numbers
vintage enamelware in reds and blues
vintage books and chalkware puppies
Shells, handled wire baskets and a vintage hand carved sailboat on board
Wolfgang and Monsieur Le Plume have new "digs", a larger, grander home!
freshly iced cupcake stack adjustable rings
vintage trophy from Reynoldsburg, Ohio circa 1969
antique athletic sports trophy from Amersham Hall School in England, engraved with March 30th, 1889.
a trio of pillowcases embroidered with "Mahapa II". The MAHAPA II was a 79 foot wood hulled gas yacht built in 1910 by Matthews Boat Co. at Port Clinton, OH. Below is a photo of the yacht underway on the Great Lakes.
Fun glass sphere vases with spot for placecards or photos.


Battery powered flickering birch log candles, LOVE these at night lining the perimeter of a patio, garden pathway or dock...and you can leave them unattended with no worries!
birch folders to hold mini vases or for textural splashes
old French clown pillow face, too cute