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What Flag is that? 03/24/2020
If you were to drive by the Flanders Retirement Bungalow and continual soirée in Big Bear City California, you would see I am flying what is commonly called the Irish Tri-color Flag: The Flag of Ireland. It is a simple distinct symbol laden representation of this fascinating country. The green represents the people of Roman…
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What Flag is that? 03/23/2020
Today I am flying the Flag of the state of Maryland. It is considered in the top 5 best state flags. The first flag of Maryland was similar to many other state flags. It was the state seal on a blue background. Like those other state flags it broke the ‘rule’ of no state seals…
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What is that flag? 03/22/2020
We return to Westeros today with the flag of The House of Stark. It consists of a field of white (for the snow of the north – ‘Winter is coming’) and the loyal symbol of The House, a Direwolf. (For a fantastic exhibit of the Direwolves that lived here in Southern California visit The LaBrea…
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What flag is that 03/21/2020
The land of the Thunder Dragon: Bhutan. The yellow on the top stands for the civil government (a monarchy) and the orange represents Buddhism. The white dragon, white for purity, is the national symbol. The flag was officially adopted in 1965. This is one of my flags that I obtained simply because it looks great,…
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What is that Flag, 03/20/2020
This is the flag of Indonesia, and it is flying on our flagpole today. In my volunteer work for the Southern California Mountains Foundation I spent time at the Big Bear Visitor Center. The thing I enjoyed the most was meeting people from all over the world who had come up to see this section…
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What Flag is that?
Twenty five years ago, when we were living in Littleton Colorado, my Mom gave us a high quality USA Flag. I decided that we should have a good, 25-30 flag pole right outside our front door. So, I installed one. That is how my hobby of flag study began. One day driving home I noticed…
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Color, Composition and Story #2
I have never liked posed pictures. I think it started when my Mom nagged me into getting my Senior Picture done. True, in those days the photographer would doctor the shot so much it had a cadaver quality to it. On Instagram I follow a creative photographer, #colintemplephoto , who has a fantastic eye for…
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Color, composition and story
I see old photos I’ve taken pop up on screensavers and I have thought, that’s a nice shot. I especially like the color, I know I am a sucker for vivid colors. Then I enjoy how the shot played out. I rarely, if ever take a staged shot, so composition becomes the spontaneous ‘action’ of…
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