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Back out on the road, this time in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. We are here doing a Trusted House sit and visiting our Grandson and his fiancee. In need of a refreshing cuppa joe we searched and found Mattie’s Coffee Company. A good rating and a nice neighborhood vibe so we decided to test it out.…

Being a vexillologist, flags always catch my attention. We visited one of the most impressive museums in the country recently, The First Americans Museum (FAM) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Where a flag caught my eye. Good museums investigate and authenticate pieces that are offered to them by collectors. They make sure the piece is the…

We’re going to the zoo, zoo, zoo.How about you, you, you.You can come too, too, too.We’re going to the zoo, zoo, zoo. Something tells meIt’s all happening at the zooI do believe itI do believe it’s true We’ve been to the zoo, zoo, zoo So have you, you, you And you came too, too, too We’ve been to…

Mama, I’m telling youAs sure as I am standing hereShe’s my girl, and that’s the wayI’m keeping it, now mama, dear No good will it do youTo stand there and frown at meThe girl’s got my heartAnd my love’s comin’ down on meMy love’s comin’ down since IGot a taste of wild honey (Sweet, sweet,…

OOOOk-lahoma, where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain,And the wavin’ wheat can sure smell sweet, When the wind comes right behind the rain.OOOOk-lahoma, Ev’ry night my honey lamb and I, Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk makin’ lazy circles in the sky. We know we belong to the land (yo-ho)And the land…

The flag of the County of Norfolk in England. It is the top tier of government of Norfolk County, of which Norwich is the main city. The flag is a bi-color, gold and black field with a white ‘bend’ bearing 9 black ermine spots in alternating pairs of singles and doubles. (Yes Ermine – the…

“Somerset is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorsetto the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. The largest settlement is the city of Bath, and the county town is Taunton. Somerset is full of the ancient history of England. There are many artifacts in the Natural History Museum in London including the…

On this Memorial Day, 2025 I fly the ‘Lest We Forget’ flag. The phrase comes from a poem written by Rudyard Kipling in 1897. It is repeated at the end of each of the five stanzas. Stanza one: “God of our fathers, known of old,    Lord of our far-flung battle-line, Beneath whose awful Hand we…

The Comoros,officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni. The religion of the majority of the population, and the official state religion, is Sunni Islam. Comoros proclaimed its independence from France on 6 July 1975.  A very…

The Republic of Ecuador (aka Ecuador). A country in the northwest corner of South America. The Galápagos Islands are a part of this country. It is bordered by Columbia to the north, Peru to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Amerindians have inhabited this area of South America for thousands of years.…