A poem for the day

Please join us for tea as we ponder some poetry.

Ahmmmm...

The Duel

By Eugene Field

The gingham dog and the calico cat

Side by side on the table sat;

"Twas half-past twelve, and (what do you think!)

Nor one nor t' other had slept a wink!

     The old Dutch clock and the Chinese plate

     Appeared to know as sure as fate

There was going to be a terrible spat.

(I wasn't there; I simply state 

What was told to me by the Chinese plate!)

The gingham dog went "bow-wow-wow!"

And the calico cat replied "mee-ow!"

The air was littered, an hour or so,

With bits of gingham and calico,

     While the old Dutch clock in the chimney-place

     Up with its hands before its face,

For it always dreaded a family row!

(Never mind:  I'm only telling you

What the old Dutch clock declares is true!)

The Chinese plate looked very blue,

And wailed, "Oh, dear! what shall we do!"

But the gingham dog and the calico cat

Wallowed this way and tumbled that,

     Employing every tooth and claw

     In the awfullest way you ever saw --

And, oh! how the gingham and calico flew!

(Don't fancy I exaggerate --

I got my news from the Chinese plate!)

Next morning where the two had sat

They found no trace of dog or cat;

And some folk think unto this day

That burglars stole that pair away!

     But the truth about the cat and pup

     Is this: they ate each other up!

Now what do you really think of that!

(The old Dutch clock it told me so,

And that is how I came to know.)

Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

Women's Equality Day

Today is a very special day.

Today is Women's Equality Day.

Today we commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment, the Women's Suffrage Amendment to the US Constitution, which gave United States women full voting rights in 1920.

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This issue is very near and dear to my heart.  Wyoming first gave women voting privileges in 1869.  I am a second generation Wyomingite and am very proud to come from the equality state.  Some women concerned with the voting issue were very impressed and would travel to Wyoming just to be somewhere this right existed.

My grandmother was a young girl when this amendment was ratified.

She knows what a privilege we have in this country.

I am very thankful to the women, and men, who worked so hard to make voting a reality for all women in this country.

In 1971 a joint resolution of congress established the first Women's Equality Day, it reads:

WHEREAS, the women of the United States have been treated as second-class citizens and have not been entitled the full rights and privileges, public or private, legal or institutional, which are available to male citizens of the United States, and

WHEREAS, the women of the United States have united to assure that these rights and privileges are available to all citizens equally regardless of sex; and

WHEREAS, the women of the United States have designated August 26, the anniversary date of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, as symbol of the continued fight for equal rights: and

WHEREAS, the women of United States are to be commended and supported in their organizations and activities,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that August 26th of each year is designated as Women’s Equality Day, and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation annually in commemoration of that day in 1920, on which the women of America were first given the right to vote, and that day in 1970, on which a nationwide demonstration for women’s rights took place.

The suffrage movement's colors were purple, which represented dignity; gold, which represented spirit; and white, representing purity. 

Today, in honor of Women's Equality Day, we are having tea. 

We will be having a spicy chai tea and butter cookies.  We will be using our Crate and Barrel tea set and our Embassy U.S.A. Vitrified china with little purple flowers, pretty white napkins, and gold tone tea spoons. The purple doily I made while we were in Alaska.  Using the colors associated with the suffrage movement we celebrate our right under the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

Amendment XIX
The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Happy Women's Equality Day!!!

Little Companion - First Day of 2nd Grade

This is Little Companion 2 years ago when we first started our adventure.

This is Little Companion today on her first day of 2nd grade.

When I dropped her off the playground was full of happy children and when the bell rang they scattered to get inside.

She is very excited and we are all looking forward to what the new school year brings!

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ahhhh, so quiet.

A cup of coffee, the pocket pooch.

That should last about a half hour while I catch some news and then maybe baking, maybe sewing...

SO MANY OPTIONS!!!