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At my daughter's socer game, I liked the fading sunlight shinning on the parent doing flag duty on the sidelines and the colours from the flag.
These flags were placed at the North Dakota State Capital grounds representing the 66K abortions in North Dakota since the Roe vs. Wade decision.
Made a mobile out of some plastic green army men. At first I was just shooting against a plain, white sheet, but then I noticed the flag we have that usually goes out on the lawn. Inspiration hit me.
I'm not trying to make any kind of political statement with these shots, just thought it would look neat.
The Treasury Guards Flag. "When Booth leaped to the stage, his spur caught on a flag decorating the President's box. Booth fell heavily and broke his leg. Conflicting testimony describes it as this regimental flag hanging in front of the post or an American flag draped around the box. Best evidence points to this flag." If you look carefully on the right edge of the flag, at the same height as the handicapped lift controller, there is a rip that is supposed to be where Booth's spur caught on the flag.
A blue flag iris, or Iris virginica L. which can be found from Southern Georgia to Texas. This however was in Edinburgh botanics.
We arrived home after 8 days to find that with some rain, the garden has exploded.
Poppies have burst open where Jools had liberally broadcast seeds, Flag Irish standing over three feet tall have sprouted out of Jools' wildlife pond, and that also now has a toad. But best of all, the Yellow Rattle I broadcast last autumn has flowered and is appearing all over the lawn.
I say lawn, it is mostly moss, but now has a large clump of clower, thistles and now the rattle, so the garden was full of insects feeding this morning, the air buzzing with their joy