Hali and Owen visited this morning for hugs and kisses and Apple juice and cheese sticks. They were with their Daddy and they enjoyed watching the latest family video and playing Go Fish.
I pruned the North Fence which includes the Grape Vines...four hours. Grapes are on schedule so it's time to prune back to get the sun and rain on them better.
Reading a fairly good book, a seven day one that's due on Tuesday so I better get reading.
Farmer's market tomorrow. Looking forward to some great veggies and some fresh berries and eggs.
Bastille Day is a National holiday in France. It is very much like Independence Day in the United States because it is a celebration of the beginning of a new form of government.
At one time in France, kings and queens ruled. Many people were very angry with the decisions made by the kings and queens.
The Bastille was a prison in France that the kings and queens often used to lock up the people that did not agree with their decisions. To many, it was a symbol of all the bad things done by the kings and queens. So, on July 14, 1789, a large number of French citizens gathered together and stormed the Bastille.
Just as the people in the United States celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence as the beginning of the American Revolution, so the people in France celebrate the storming of the Bastille as the beginning of the French Revolution. Both Revolutions brought great changes. Kings and queens no longer rule. The people rule themselves and make their own decisions.
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This reminds me of reading Tale of Two Cities in high school and Madame LaFarge sitting in front of the house knitting and watching for suspicious activity. Tom's ancestors came from France during the revolution. Their name was Dine (with an accent on the e) and they changed that to y when they arrived in Germany so they would be safe. At least that's the way the story goes.
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