Wednesday, April 6, 2011

AcCouTrEMentS

I love this great little pink bike
handlebars decked out with pink
It had a bell too (I heart my bike)

The accoutrements used today are "manufactured"
In the old day it was all homemade

We used playing cards and clothes pins on the spokes
I loved that sound when we rode our bikes
Instead of boughten ribbon hanging from the handlebars
I stuffed crepe paper in the holes of the handlebars 
sometimes I even laced crepe paper 
between my spokes
alternating colors

Accoutrements are our way of making something our own
Our way of individualizing what we have
creating a uniqueness out of something that isn't

What have you accoutered lately?

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