And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Lots of the traditional roofs there are made of turf. Especially in those Scandinavian countries, they make a beautiful meadow with flowers, as well as a roof!
I'm in the process of forming a company with a couple other people in order to meet the needs of the Norwegian government and will be traveling to (and staying at) Oslo quite a bit next year... It's ok to hate me.
Neat roof on the building on the right!
ReplyDeleteLots of the traditional roofs there are made of turf. Especially in those Scandinavian countries, they make a beautiful meadow with flowers, as well as a roof!
DeleteI wonder how high the snow accumulates during winter.
ReplyDeleteSounds like that question would be a good excuse for a winter expedition to Stockholm.
DeleteI'm in the process of forming a company with a couple other people in order to meet the needs of the Norwegian government and will be traveling to (and staying at) Oslo quite a bit next year... It's ok to hate me.
DeleteBe sure to send a postcard.
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