...and much better viewed large.

Good morning. Sorry for running so late today, but I got sidetracked uploading and reviewing photos I took yesterday while on a field trip in search of butterflies. Which brings me to these two photos of wild Iris known as Blue Flag (Iris virginica) that I photographed along the edge of a small pond I stopped at on my last leg of the trip to look for dragonflies.

Strangely I almost didn't photograph these flowers as I just about had it with bug bites and the only lens I had with me was my 75-300mm telephoto. But these beautiful wild Irises caught my eye and I couldn't resist taking a few quick shots before calling it a day and heading home. Now I'm glad I did.

Thank you for visiting...and I hope you have a truly great day.

Lacey

ISO400, aperture f/6.7, exposure .006 seconds (1/180) focal length 130mm

The Canadian, U.S., and Michigan flags outside the Detroit Zoo.

Flag flying at the Eastside Cemetery near Midvale, Idaho

As you enjoy this beautiful weekend, please remember our men and women in uniform, they keep us free!

July 4th

Late 19th Century flag flying at Fort Sumter

Flags flying infront of the convention center

A General Cargo ship that was built in 2007 and is sailing under the flag of Hong Kong.

It’s carrying capacity is 46500 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 6.6 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 199.2 meters and her width is 30.59 meters.

Vancouver harbour, Burrard inlet,

Lynnmour, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Watercolour

55 x 55cms

Dun - I think

The British Flag

Flags seen in Peru, NY

ET WAP-4 #25030 hauled 11057 CSTM-ASR "Pathankot" Express meets AJNI WAP-7 #30268 hauled 12541 GKP-LTT Sant Kabir Dham S.F. Express.

~Half Mast at Fort Hood- our proud prayers are with these fallen heroes and their families and of all Veterans! God Bless our Troops!~

the big flag on Cherry Avenue

I've taken this shot outside Madinat Zayed stadium where the opening match and the final game her held. I didn't post this shot earlier because I wanted to wait until UAE gets the cup :) I had a feeling

:'(

22nd World Scout Jamboree, Sweden 2011

22nd World Scout Jamboree, Sweden 2011

Flying proudly atop the Windsor.

A pilot launches an F-16 Fighting Falcon for a training mission during Green Flag-West Nov. 4, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Green Flag-West provides joint close-air support training for forces preparing to support combat operations. The pilot is from the 157th Fighter Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Caycee Watson)

German Air Force Eurofighter EF2000 30+98 on final approach to Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands at the end of the afternoon sortie of the first day of Frisian Flag 2019. The cooperative nature of the exercise is demonstrated by the USAF F-16 in the circuit behind - four different types of aircraft from six air arms were taking part from this base.

American flags on either side of 8th Street on Labor Day in downtown Holland, MI.

amazon flag. bandeira do amazonas.

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This is my American Flag flying high on Memorial Day.

Selon fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapeau_de_la_France#Blanc

celui-ci montrait la "Croix blanche de Saint Michel, opposée à la croix rouge des Anglais, sur fond bleu, couleur de la chape de Saint Martin et des capétiens. La guerre de Cent Ans l'érige en drapeau militaire de la France."

Or sur une représentation médiévale de la Bataille d'Azincourt

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Schlacht_von_...

les Français ont un croix d'argent (blanche) sur champ (fond) de gueules (rouge).

On peut penser que des variations mélant les 3 couleurs ont pu exister avant d'être officialisés quelques siècles plus tard

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9giment_de_Poitou_%281682%29

Dans le cadre d'un évènements johannique l'ancien drapeau de L'Acadie fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapeau_de_la_France#/media/File:Ol... semble un bon compromis.

On évite ainsi à la fois les fleurs de lys à connotation trop royalistes au goût de certains et l'actuel drapeau républicain anachronique et qu'il serait "politiquement incorrect" d'associer à celle qui fit courronner son Roy.

De plus ses formes géométriques simple le rendent moins complexe à réaliser que l'étendard "Jhesus Maria" ou les armoirie de Domrémy.

www.marcomanna.ca

Okay, so the flags are actually flapping in the wind, not at rest...but this was taken at a rest stop along a highway.

Various British historic, provincial, and county flags, seen here flying at 'Military Odyssey' in Kent, England.

Three of the flags seen here date from the mid 17th century, when Britain was for a short period a republic without a monarch, and ruled by Parliament. Other flags are of England, Wales, Cornwall, and Essex.

at Thiananman square

Florence, Arizona

Shot on Expired Fujifilm Superia 400

Expired 06/2017

Developed in December 2017

Pentax P30t

Pentax 50mm f/2

Upper flag: Union Jack

Lower flag: Flag of Sussex

A few photos while driving around today.

I thought about bringing our passports in case we wanted to visit Canada, but realized we wouldn't have had time. I regretted planning so little time in each place, a lesson I hope we remember next time we plan our trips.

Looking around the map, I became intrigued by Point Roberts, the US tip of a Canadian peninsula. After a little bit of Wikipediaing about the border, I came across the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a building on the border between Quebec and Vermont, complete with a painted line through the building showing where the border is.

Looks like we've got a few field trips in our future...

Copyright 2011 Patia Stephens