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.
Friday, October 7, 2022
17 tons of freshly picked Washington apples arriving from an orchard in Yakima
I visited Yakima once. Since I was completely ignorant of the geography of Washington State, I expected it to be green, like the area around Seattle. Imagine my surprise when I got there.
Indeed there is, Venlet. And it is YOU!
ReplyDeleteI shall have to attempt to mend my ways, I guess.
ReplyDeleteSeeing a lot of these this time of year! And truckloads of hops!
ReplyDeleteThe bad ones make cider.
ReplyDeleteYakima—The Palm Springs of Washington.
ReplyDeleteI visited Yakima once. Since I was completely ignorant of the geography of Washington State, I expected it to be green, like the area around Seattle. Imagine my surprise when I got there.
ReplyDeleteScrumpie, lad!
ReplyDeleteProbably from Wenatchee, Washington, the Apple Capitol of the Nation!
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