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What Flag Is That 08.25.2022
The Province of Saskatchewan. It is the only province without a natural boarder. (There is no natural ‘break’ dividing different states, or entities. Nothing like a river or mountain range – making Saskatchewan a large wide open place.) It has 100,000 lakes. It is directly to the north of North Dakota and Montana. As with…
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What Flag Is that 08.23.2022
The second most populous city in Canada. It is the capital of the Quebec Province: Montreal. It is the most bilingual city in Canada with 71% speaking French and 51% speaking both French and English. It was originally ‘founded’ (stolen from First Nation People) in 1642 and dubbed ‘Ville-Marie’, ‘City of Mary’. Montreal comes from…
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What Flag Is That 08.16.2022
Newfoundland, Canada. It is the eastern most Canadian province. It is a place I have visited three times. On my third visit to Newfoundland I did go through the ‘ceremony’ to become an honorary ‘Newfie’. (You must drink at least one swallow of a disgusting concoction called ‘Grog’ and then kiss a Cod fish.). The…
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What Flag Is that 08.15.2022
A flag with a fascinating history and story. It is not a flag for a place, like a country or state, it is a flag for a people. This is the modern, or also known as the Canada Acadian Flag. Acadians were the descendants of the French who settled in Acadia in the 17th and…
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What Flag Is That 08.14.2022
The familiar flag of our neighbors to the north: Canada. The flag is a red field with a white square in the middle. Exactly in the middle of the white square is an 11 point red maple leaf. It was designed by George Stanley and Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed it the official flag of Canada…
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What Flag Is That 08.13.2022
Prince Edwards Island. One of three Maritime Canadian provinces. It is the smallest province, but the most densely populated. It is named after Queen Victoria’s father, Prince Edward. The First Nation people who ‘owned’ the island were the Mi’Kmaq. In their language they called it ‘Land cradled by the Waves.’ When the Europeans came and…
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What Flag Is That 08.12.2022
Hanging in our Lanai door in our new home in Denver Colorado: The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. PR is a Caribbean Island and unincorporated territory of the United States. It is 1,000 miles southeast of Miami Florida. The word Puerto Rico is Spanish for ‘Rich port’. “The Commonwealth is an archipelago among the Greater Antilles…
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Groovin’ with Felix: Thanks VetTix and The Meadow Brook Theater
One, two, three (Good love)(Good love)(Good love)(Good love) I was feeling so badI asked my family doctor just what I hadI said, “Doctor” (Doctor)“Mr. M.D.” (Doctor)“Now can you tell me what’s ailing me?” (Doctor) He said, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah”(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)Yes, indeed, all I, I really need (Good love) Now gimme…
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Keeping The Faith with Billy Joel
“If it seems like I’ve been lost in let’s remember If you think I’m feeling older and missing my younger days Oh, then you should have known me much better ‘Cause my past is something that never got in my way Oh, no”
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