Wow, where has the time gone....

 

Apologizing, I haven't posted in quite awhile.  While I have continued visiting my blog roll friends I have not posted to my own blog.  I do not know why- Summer?  Perhaps.  I will say I have increased my participation in "Taking Back America".  I am now volunteering in a Congressional Campaign, spent a week at the Leadership Institute Candidate School, and joined various groups to learn as much as I can about local/state politics.  I am meeting some nice Patriotic new friends.

I have somewhat neglected my cooking/tablescapes this summer.  It has been so hot and with mostly dinners for my husband and I we have been eating out too much again.

My favorite time of the year is arriving quickly...Fall.  Although it is still in the 90's here!  I have purchased some new dishes off and on so I will have to get busy again with some tablescapes.  This is my first year to have grown herbs on my deck and so I tried my hand at Pesto which I love. 

I love my Wolfgang Puck Food Processor from HSN, all the tools are in its drawer.

Hmmm pine nuts, love them.

Will be frozen and ready to use.

Had to have some immediately with toasted Asiago cheese bread and tomatoes.

Outdoor activities are difficult for me in this heat so I have not had a chance to take too many outdoor pictures.  Looking forward to Fall weather to get out more.

 I attended the Glenn Beck Restoring Honor Rally in Washington DC, August 28th.  An amazing event and I met some nice people from the nation.  I took some pictures. but the crowd was 500,000+, from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument.  I dared not leave my seat after the crowds arrived as it was seriously wall to wall people!  We stayed in DC for two nights even though we live close because we did not want to mess with the traffic.  We arrived to the Mall at 5:30am and there were many people who had already picked the best seats by staying up all night.

 

As the sun began to rise, 6:30am, the stage was in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

Clouds in the sky so not a good sunrise.  View if you were on stage.

Unfortunately they had these bright lights on the stage.

Here is the picture minus the lights.  This was at 6:30 am and it began at 10:00 am.

The views from my seat.

I am now looking forward to more events around "9-12".  I am glad my husband and I agree politically because we are sharing these events together.  We both love our country, believe in the Constitution as envisioned by the Founding Fathers, and are concerned about the direction the current administration is taking America.

So a few pics and a thank you for not abandoning my blog.