"Let it Snow" Door Banner

I designed this little "Let it Snow" door banner to welcome our friends and family this Christmas season.

Christmas in Hitchins

The Christmas season has arrived in our little old railroad town of Hitchins.
This is a pic of our tree this year. It was up the day after Thanksgiving as well as the decorations outside.

"In God We Still Trust"

If this song speaks to your heart, then please pass it on.

Continental Congress 2009 NPC Press Conference

Preamble adopted at the Continental Congress 2009

We The People

In defense of a free people, the time has come to reassert our God-given natural rights and cast off tyranny.

Let the facts reveal - the Federal Government of the United States of America, which was instituted to protect the rights of individual citizens, instead - threatens our life, liberty and property through usurpations of the Constitution; and emboldened by our own lack of responsibility and due diligence in these matters, has exceeded its mandate, and abandoned those founding principles which have made our nation exceptional;

Our servant government has undertaken these unconstitutional actions in direct violation of their enumerated duties, to the detriment of the People's liberty and the sovereignty of our Republic.

Over many years and spanning multiple-political administrations, the People who have, in good conscience, attempted to deliberate our grievances and voice our dissent against these offensive actions through both petition and assembly, have been maligned and ignored with contempt;

The people of the several States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illionois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming, justly alarmed at these arbitrary and unconstitutional actions, have elected, constituted and appointed delegates to meet, and sit in general Congress in the City of St. Charles, Illinois.

Whereupon these delegates, as duly elected representatives of the several States, have gathered in defense of divine justice, liberty and the principles of limited government, and we stand in clear recognition of the supreme law of the land - the Constitution of the United States of America.

Therefore, We demand that Government immediately re-establish Constitutional rule of law, lest the People be forced to do so themselves; and we hereby serve notice that in the defense of Freedom and Liberty there shall be NO COMPROMISE to which we shall ever yield.

It's time we take our country back from the control of the two-party socialist elites who are pushing for world control through commerce and finance.

Join me and millions of others...

http://www.givemeliberty.org/

Happy Thanksgiving!

Latest Rag Quilt

Sunrise in Hitchins

Ray took this pic pic last month. Sunrises in Hitchins are always special.

The Glorious Apple

You know fall has arrived when the delightful candy apples start showing up on the supermarket shelves. Apples are definately our family favorite. They're so versatile too! They make a great snack, slices fried in a syrup of butter, sugar and cinnamon make a great side dish too.

Here's a recipe for one of our favorite apple dishes...

APPLE CRISP

3 cups thinly sliced cooking apples
1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup self rising flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup butter

Ice cream (optional)

Preheat oven to 375 F.
Grease 10” x 6” baking dish.
Arrange apples in dish; sprinkle with lemon juice.
Mix sugar with next 4 ingredients until crumbly;
Spread over apple.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until tender.
Serve warm.