Like many others back in 2002 we bought British and Brazilian flags to show personal connection with participating countries and displayed them on our front porch during the Salt Lake Winter Olympics. I have wanted to fly these flags again but always missed the appropriate holidays so they have languished in the drawer of the Chippendale secretary. This year I stayed ahead of the game and yesterday marked Remembrance Sunday with the Union Jack. Remembrance Sunday is the second Sunday in November and commemorates the end of WWI as well as those who fought in all the great wars.
As I sit here at the computer, the Brazilian flag is flying on the porch in commemoration of Brazil's proclamation of a Republic in 1889. Every city in Brazil has a praça (square) or street named "Quinze de Novembro" (15th of November), and today I am remembering Brazil, particularly the Rua 15 de Novembro in Curitiba.
Winter creeping down toward the valley
2002 Olympic flag display at 853 North
Remembrance-Sunday poppy
The Cenotaph in London"In Flanders fields the poppies blow
between the crosses, row on row...."
The Union Jack
Deodoro da Fonseca proclaimedthe Brazilian Republic
The Brazilian flag was officially adopted on Nov. 19th 1889,just four days after the Republic was proclaimed
It's all a bit nuts and obsessive, but I am both of those, so there ya go. AND, the touch of color is welcome in an increasingly wintry landscape!
That's all for now.
OXO
D.
OXO
D.
3 comments:
mwa! (That was a big kiss for your eccentricity). I love it.
What a great picture of the mountain -- so frosty looking! Almost makes me miss winter. The color is nice, too.
Love the pic of the mountain... Love the eccentricity! Maybe you should fly the British flag in honer of the royal engagement!
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