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.
Cozy book reading spot…
ReplyDeleteThat floor looks rather flammable.
ReplyDeleteoh no, send somebody from the gubbmint to save me.
DeleteThat’s why the stove is surrounded by bricks.
DeleteAsbestos rug.
DeleteA dense wool rug is surprisingly fire resistant.
DeleteThe years of stories that fireplace could tell. I would happily sit and listen to them all.
ReplyDeleteYep
DeleteLove it.
ReplyDeleteBut why is the kælk kept by the stove?!