I have been thinking about this quote over this weekend and it seems to me that a lot of Americans have forgotten what their "freedom" has cost others. They take for granite that the things that they enjoy, freedom to say and do whatever they want is not something that should be taken lightly. Brave men and women have sacrificed their lives over the last couple hundred years to preserve those rights. These are rights or privileges that the majority of people around the world have never experienced.
I get a little tired of people who are always complaining about our government and in particular the money and lives lost fighting wars that they cannot see any reason for us to be involved in. While I do not agree with everything my government does, especially when it comes to having to pay taxes, most of the problems that I have are with the people who are running the government.
I am afraid that I could go on and on about my frustration about this but what I really want to emphasize is that freedom is not free it comes with a price and holidays like Memorial Day, Independence Day (Fourth of July), Labor Day and Veterans Day are days that we should be remembering those who gave the ultimate sacrifice; if not their lives their limbs and bodies to allow us to continue those freedoms.
Too often today I see people heading to the water, to the mountains, or wherever to enjoy themselves and give no thought to why it is we have a holiday and should be celebrating and not just enjoying ourselves. I am all too afraid that some day, perhaps all too soon we may not be able to have the freedom that we all have taken for granite all too long.
Well, enough of my soap boxing, as I said I could go on longer than most people would care to listen to so I will change gears. I have been asked about my roses a lot lately so I will talk a little about them.
Roses are pretty easy to grow they need fertilizing on a regular basis and dead heading of the spent rose flowers. They also need at least one hardy pruning a year usually in the fall. This last year I really pruned my roses hard and this spring I have been fertilizing them about every six weeks and the roses have had blooms like they never had before.
Kathleen was commenting the other day that she has never seen so many long stems on the roses and I cannot think of a time when we have had such an abundance of roses either. I have to cut off bunches at a time because the roses are so heavy with flowers that they are bending over.
I have probably cut eight or ten dozen roses this week and I have more roses on the bushes than I care to count. In another week or so the roses will slow down a little and only produce a few roses per bush so I am enjoying them while I can.
Speaking of enjoying; while I was out back mowing the lawn I stopped for a while to enjoy some of the raspberries, strawberries and blue berries that are coming on right now. The raspberries especially are heavy with berries. I think that the hot weather we had last weekend really motivated the berries.
Speaking of the weather it has been rather pleasant these last few days but it is suppose to be getting hot again this next week something that I am not looking forward to.
Well tomorrow morning Andrea is heading to the hospital so Kathleen and I will be running back and forth to the hospital and to their house as we watch Brandon this next week.
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