Many years ago, I
photographed a Garrison sized flag on the side of a dry dock. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and the
American flag glowed in the sunshine. I
thought I could use the photograph on my blog for The Fourth of July and other
holidays. I saved it to my Photohost,
and I used it often over the years.
Computers being computers,
mine crashed and I lost the original on my hard drive. A few years later, on a following memorial
day, I took a picture of bundled flags at our national cemetery. They caught my eye as they sat on a corner
waiting to be picked up. That shot was
also lost in a computer crash. I lost a
lot of wonderful pictures over the years before I discovered the ease of owning
a back-up hard drive. By then I had
grown accustomed to photographing every flag I saw.
Though I reconstructed
that both those images as best I could from Snapfish, they had bio-degraded in
their travels. Today, knowing that all
things change, I went up to Fort Rosecrans in hopes of finding bundled flags. I found wads of flags, groups of flags,
gatherings but not tied bundles. I found
no uniformed boy scouts but groups of impaired kids gathering the flags
up. Efficiently too. They didn’t mind if I shot the flags, but not
themselves. So I did and brought them home to share with you.
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My goodness the red stripes jump out at you when they are all bundled up like that.
ReplyDeleteI think that decision will be easier when the course curriculums come out - good luck If you do decide to return to study. What is it that you fancy doing?
Cathy
The kids picking up the flags most likely resented being there and looked at it as punnishment.
ReplyDeleteLovely flags for Memorial Day.
ReplyDeleteLove those flags. Arlington is covered with them after memorial Day. Same again on 4 July. Beautiful. Lite reading? What's that?
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy seeing your photographs. Your eye for colors and creative placement of ordinary things is amazing. These are a great example as to why I keep coming back. I will also have to check out Cadell. I found Dana Stabenow from your recommendation. Thanks for that, too!
ReplyDeleteThese photos are artistically beautiful, Mage. The colors jump out at you... and the feelings they carry.
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