UWIB Blog Hop ~ June theme Red White and Blue

In anticipated celebration of our country's 235 anniversary, several of the members of the Unique Women in Business group decided to put together a little patriotic blog hop.

In that spirit, I decided to make a treasury featuring some of the Red, White and Blue creations of some of our members here:

'Ain't That America....' by AudreyGardenLady

"Ain't that America somethin' to see baby Ain't that America home of the free, yeah Little pink houses for you and me oh yeah for you and me" John Mellancamp A slice of Americana

Illinois Old Barn a... artbymsr $55.00	Patriotic Red, Whit... SimplyDivineDe... $25.00	Recycled Denim Jean... hoganfe $18.00	original art - Card... KneeDeepOrigin... $34.00
Wheel Thrown Stonew... ceramicpix $30.00	Brooch fiber art fl... SewDanish $18.00	Up High - 8x10 Fine... Lori411 $25.00	Our Lady Liberty St... kristensteinfi... $18.50
Sailor - Red, White... polishedtwo $9.00	Wander Where the Wi... RobinMariaPedr... $20.00	Unique Wine Cork Bu... thewoodenbee $25.50	Stars and Stripes F... Patidecaz $20.00
Little Home No 76 rodica $14.00	Large French Blue W... WellspringCrea... $178.00	Red, white, and blu... allthingsforba... $23.00	Ivory, Turquoise an... pinkbeach $7.50

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

and here is one of mine

http://www.etsy.com/listing/44774772/red-white-and-turquoise-link-bracelet


Please take a moment to vist my UWIB Sisters participating in this blog hop at
Rita Wetzel - http://HandmadeBits4u.blogspot.com
Judy Woodley - http://WellspringCreations.blogspot.com
Trudy Miller - http://MommaGoddessTreasures.blogspot.com
Wendy Kelly - http://blog.vintageday.com
Ann Rinkenberger - http://harvestmoonbyhand.blogspot.com
Robin Koehler - http://nestlingsbyrobin.blogspot.com
Cory Trusty - http://store.aquarianbath.com/index.php/blog
Janet Bocciardi - http://thehoneyfromthebee.blogspot.com
Karen Terry - http://www.jmjcreations.blogspot.com
Linda Stranger - www.capecodjewel.blogspot.com
AudreyFetterhoff - http://AudreyGardenLady.blogspot.com that's me

Almost lost vacation- South Dakota 2004

 Now Found!!!! 



It was 101 degrees when we landed in
Rapid City, SD but the next day, it snowed....

 We love to visit the National Parks of our Great Country! Many years ago, 2004 actually, we took a family vacation to South Dakota. We made a great big circle tour and saw lots of wonderful landmarks, wildlife and Native Amercian settlements and treasures. While I have never forgotten that trip, it was only recently that I came across the pictures again..pictures that I thought were long lost with a computer crash from years ago. To my great relief, I found them in a totally unrelated file..Yipee!
Here are some I'd like to share



in front of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills

 



Blue Belle Lodge /Custer State Park

 





Florida's marker ~ Mount Rushmore

 



Where the Buffalo roam...Custer State Park, SD

 





Jellystone Park in SD

 



Mammoth site near Wall, SD

  The landscape, scenery and wildlife were incredible ......

Ready for a chuckwagon ride..



Circle View Ranch in the Badlands




An awesome view aross the terrain

 ...the history, amazing..the wide open spaces, unbelieveable!

I highly recommend South Dakota as an amazing family vacation. If you have questions about what to see, where to go, etc., please feel free to contact me or leave a comment...

America 1935 - 1939

One of my way too many passions is genealogy! It is important to me to know where we've come from and for my son to know. Especially because so many of our family lines have ended and I don't want those who were so important in my life to be forgotten. I also like to help other people with there's when I can. I've been doing this almost 12 years now and have learned a LOT!




A real thrill for me is to look at old pictures (especially when they are my ancestors, but even when they are not) and think about the lives of those in them.



I recently got a look at some from various places in America from 1935-1939. We forget how hard a time that was then. Take a look at some of these. They gave me a new sense of gratitude for life today.