Parades, Picnics, and Pyrotechnics!

227 years ago...on July 4th, 1776
This great nation, the United States of America,
In a struggle for what was right and free,
Was proudly born...
May we celebrate that precious freedom
For which our forbears fought so bravely...
The freedom that is inherent
In the Stars and Stripes, our revered flag...
Celebrate Freedom
This Fourth of July!

America will never be destroyed from the outside.
If we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
--Abraham Lincoln

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies
there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.
--Judge Learned Hand

Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.
--Mark Twain 

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men
dread it.
--George Bernard Shaw

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of
America, and to the Republic for which it stands.
One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
--The Pledge of Allegiance


Just resurrected a recipe for homemade ice cream that
Heidi {in all her glorious pregnant splendor!} had been
craving. It is a really fresh tasting ice cream, so I
thought I would include it on this post.

6 Threes Ice Cream

3 cups milk
3 cups cream
3 cups sugar
Juice of 3 lemons {1 sml can frozen concentrate}
Juice of 3 oranges {1 sml can frozen concentrate}
3 bananas {mashed}

Combine milk, cream and sugar and stir until sugar is
dissolved. Put in ice cream freezer and freeze until
mushy.  Add fruit juices and the mashed bananas and
continue freezing until firm.  This can be made ahead
of time and packed in freezer container {but it's so
DELISH to eat as soon as it's thickened}!

Have a SAFE and Happy July 4th!