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02/17/2012 Flags for sale in front of a store in Bay Ridge. Kodak ColorPlus 200. Konica Autoreflex T3. Konica Hexanon 50mm 1:1.7.

Prayer Flags by Richard Boehme

Tibetan prayer flags hang along the edge of a labyrinth in a friend's garden.

Paris by mademoisellelapiquante

Panthéon

Flags in Chicago by Margaret Martinotti

Flags in motion by Mark's Postcards from Beloit

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Visit Beloit Center's flags blowing in the wind on a breezy day in Beloit, but still nice for riding.

You need to click the ALL SIZES link above to view animated version.

Ah... the pleasures of burst mode, image editors and Mickeysoft's ol' GifAnimator. But what's really freaky (to us oldtimers) is that this camera will do this resolution (640x480) at 30 frames per second with sound.

Flag 001 by Onno P.

Flag And Anchors by Joe Shlabotnik

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The flag flies in front of a sculpture by Peter Lundberg in the Chattanooga Sculpture Fields.

Mexican Flag 2 by Teri Ortega

Flag Over Graves by FOTOGRAFIA.Nelo.Esteves

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It is good to occasionally consider one's mortality and there may be no better way to do this than to walk through the graves surrounding Old Tennent Church. This vast cemetery has been here a very long time with many graves dating from the eighteenth century. And Old Tennent's congregation first buried its dead at an even older cemetery, Old Scot's Graveyard, where the first burial (of Rev. John Boyd) was in 1708.

Tombstones have certainly changed over the years. Some of the early ones are almost frightening. A winged death's head frequentlly appears at the top the old stones. Life was hard in those days and the Grim Reaper a frequent visitor. In some cases, the tombstone is as much a warning for the living as a memorial for the departed. On Robert McGalliard's stone a popular epitaph from that era is carved: "Behold and see as you pass by, as you are now so once was I, as I am now so must you be, Prepare for death and follow me." The large stone on the grave of William Tennent's son, Gilbert, carries this stark warning to the passerby: "O Reader had you heard his last Testimony you would have been convinced of the extreme Madness of delaying Repentance." A walk through the durable granite monuments in the newest section of the cemetery is far less disturbing. While there is some religious symbolism here you will also see laser-inscribed portraits of the deceased or perhaps a depiction of their favorite hobby, place, or vehicle. Any writing on the stones tends to express comforting thoughts such as "Together Forever."

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Flag Draped Coffins by Kevin Smith