I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot
George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

BLOGGING FOR FUN AND FRIENDSHIP!!!!!!

Saturday, June 14, 2025

Patriotic Tree and More in the Living Room, 2025

 

 

 

 

  

 

Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

 
I am so happy you decided to stop by!!
 
Blogging has always been a stress reliever for me along with an avenue to share my passions which are my home and my garden.....
 
 I feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I was.... 

I will be posting 3 times a week on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS....
 

As always, click on each picture if you would like to enlarge it....
 
 
 PINTEREST
 
If you would like to Pin my pictures, please click on them to enlarge them to do so....
 
 
 A NOTE ABOUT COMMENTS
 
I enjoy reading your comments and will return the favor by visiting and commenting on your blog or reply to you directly here if you do not have a blog but I do have my comment section set to Moderation due to spammers and hackers so your comment will not appear immediately...
And since I have a very busy life, like most of us do, it may take me awhile to return your comments but I promise I will....
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In my last post, I shared the Patriotic crafts that I have made over the years....

 

 

 

 

 Click HERE if you missed that post!! 

  

 I want to Thank Marsha, over at Marsha in the Middle, for choosing my post, Early Summer Kitchen, Roos, Hens and Bees, as one of her features from last week's Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot link Party!!

 

Thanks so much, Marsha!!


Thanks to Andrea, over at The Cottage Market, for choosing my post, How I Did With My Monthly Goals for May, as one of her features from last week's A Morning Cup of Joe Link Party!! 

 

 

Thanks again, Andrea!!

Please stop by and link up to these amazing parties!!

 

 Happy Flag Day!!

 

 I thought I would share what our original flag looked like!!

 


 I am proud to live in Pennsylvania, which was one of the original Colonies and has so much history!!

I am also proud to be a second generation American on my Dad's side and a third generation American on my Mom's side!!

I am the granddaughter of Polish Immigrants with my grandmother never learning English and died before she became a United States citizen as my grandfather did not obtain citizenship before she passed away...


You see, back then, women became citizens only when their husbands did.....

My Dad and his 7 siblings were Birth Right citizens, having been born in this Country.... 


 My Dad is on the far left in the second row....

For some reason, my Aunt Della is missing from this picture!! 

My Dad and his 4 brothers went on to serve during World War II....

They truly were the "Greatest Generation" , born from Immigrants to this Country!


 And I am so proud of that!! 

I have flags out in the front of my house today... 

 

 



 You can tell that it is raining again....Our 13th weekend in a row!!!

 

 Happy NO KING'S Day!!

But PLEASE protest with all your might PEACEFULLY!!!!! 

 

 Today, I am continuing the tour of my Living Room decorated for the Patriotic Summer Holidays.....

My Living Room has been decorated like this since mid May and will stay this way until mid July....

 I am proud of my heritage as the granddaughter of Polish Immigrants....

My late husband Joe was also the grandson of Polish Immigrants with his maternal grandmother never speaking a single word of English right up until she passed away in 1977....

My Mother in law and her 7 siblings were also Birth Right Citizens.... 

 This is why I love decorating for the Patriotic Summer Holidays....

My Ancestors came to this Country in search of a better life!!

 

Last year, in July, I painted this paneled wall in a faux paint treatment to make it look more like a brick wall.....

This is what it looked like before painted in a peach and aqua faux paint treatment to match the walls....

 

 I do like the moody romantic look it casts upon the room.....

The faux window I made out of a mirror.....

2 plaques that I made....

I kept the bells out to represent the Liberty Bell which is located in Pennsylvania!!

A wreath that I made....

And a plaque underneath it that I also made....

I made envelope pillow covers in red....


I stripped down my 7 foot Seasonal Tree to the lights

Adding a set of both red and blue lights.....


Then I added ivory rose embossed beaded garland.....

The top of the Tree.....

I am going to let the pictures do the talking as I shared a lot of the ornaments for this Tree in my last post....







 
  
 
 I also decorate the platform underneath the Tree for every Holiday and Season.... 
 
 
 
 

Again, I am going to let the pictures do most of the talking.....

 
 
 
 



The bears and the political pins were my late neighbor Elly's.....
 
 
The truck is a US Mail Truck as Joe was a Letter Carrier for the US Postal Service....
 

A Liberty Blue dish in the center of a Dollar Tree tinsel wreath.....

 

Joe bought me this sweet bear, who sings "God Bless America"

 

 In Kate Smith's voice!!

I kept out this white ceramic tree after Christmas and draped wooden beads over it.....


On the window.....
 
 
More plaques I made and a Dollar Tree sign....
 

In a previous post, I shared my "Patriotic "Mantel"

 

 
 
 
 I hope you enjoyed seeing how I decorated my Seasonal Tree for the Patriotic Summer Holidays this year...
 
In my next post, on MONDAY, I will be finishing up the tour of my Living Room decorated in this  theme... 
 
So I hope you will stop by to visit again on MONDAY!   
 
 
 Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

If you do not have a blog, PLEASE  give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment.  If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......


I am linking up to these parties:
 


  THURSDAY
 

    Please take some time to visit these terrific hosts and all those joining in on the fun!
 



Posted by at

8 comments:

  1. Laura @ Our Grand LivesJune 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM

    Your red, white and blue decor certainly pays homage to your family's roots and to your patriotism! ❤️ 🇺🇸 ❤️ I loved learning more about your family's history - thanks for sharing! Happy Flag Day, Deb!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Miss MerryJune 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM

    I love your patriotic living room! Red, white and blue are summer colors to me and everything is such a celebration! We are a mix here, my ancestors were here before the Revolutionary War and my husband is 3rd generation from Polish immigrants. And that makes us both American!!
    I decorated my porch in red, white and blue this year. My youngest grandson was delighted I did it all for his birthday. He was born on July 4th. He is young enough I think he may believe that the parades and fireworks are all for him!

    ReplyDelete
  3. JeanieJune 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM

    Happy Flag and Father's Day. I know your son is reveling in the joys of being a dad! Your holiday room rocks the flat!

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousJune 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM

    Your patriotism and enthusiasm for decorating are wonderful!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble ChristmasJune 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM

      Thanks so much for your kind comment and for taking the time to visit!!
      Hugs,
      Deb

      Delete
  5. Dogmom DivaJune 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM

    Hi Deb..God Bless America, greatest country on Earth!
    Beautifully decorated. Both Carl and my ancestors mainly from Germany, Scandinavian and Britain.
    Proud to be American!
    Hugs Barb

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble ChristmasJune 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM

      Barb,
      Thanks again for visiting!! I do enjoy my Patriotic decor as I am a lover of the color red!! Have a great weekend, my friend!!
      Hugs,
      Deb

      Delete
  6. Joanne June 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM

    Your tree looks so lovely! My grandfather traced our ancestry back to the Mayflower so I was a 9th generation English immigrant on his side... and I don't know the rest. Though I know we have lots of English and French (or perhaps Canadian French) in our family tree.

    ReplyDelete

I always love to read your comments and opinions!!
I will try to respond to your comment as quickly as I can either on your Blog, through an email address or here on the posts where you commented if I cannot find any other way to contact you!!
If you are a vendor and insist upon leaving a comment with a link back to a website, it will be deleted immediately as I check my comment several times a day!!

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...