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.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
From the family albums: a mess of bluegills, probably caught in New Melones Reservoir.
Interesting fact: New Melones Reservoir takes its name from the size and shape the gold nuggets the Mexican miners found in the river right where the dam is now. They looked like melon seeds.
Fishing. Illegal here in Wa. state right now. Might have to cast a line soon, tho...
ReplyDeleteDon't understand the rationale behind the decision to make fishing illegal at this time.
ReplyDeleteBecause the tin-pot dictators gotta dictate...
DeleteThis looks earlier than that? Watched New Malone’s fill up. Drowned Parrots Ferry. Dam shame.
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