Sepia Saturday 194, flags;

The Australian Aboriginal Flag is a flag that represents Indigenous Australians. 

It is one of the official "Flags of Australia", and holds special legal and political status, but it is not the "Australian National Flag". It was designed in 1971 by Aboriginal artist Harold Thomas, who is descended from the Luritja people of Central Australia and holds intellectual property rights in the flag's design. The flag was originally designed for the land rights movement, and it became a symbol of the Aboriginal people of Australia.

The symbolic meaning of the flag colours

Black: Represents the Aboriginal people of Australia

Red: Represents the red earth, the red ochre and a spiritual relation to the land

Yellow: Represents the Sun, the giver of life and protector

The flag was first flown on National Aborigines' Day in Victoria Square in Adelaide on 12 July .

The decision in 1995 by Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags should be given the status of national flags was opposed by the Liberal Opposition at the time, Opposition Leader John Howard stating that "any attempt to give the flags official status under the Flags Act would rightly be seen by many in the community not as an act of reconciliation but as a divisive gesture".

Nonetheless, since Howard became Prime Minister in 1996 and under subsequent Labor governments, these flags have remained national flags.

The National Indigenous Advisory Committee campaigned for the Aboriginal flag to be flown at Stadium Australia during the 2000 Summer Olympics.

 SOCOG announced that the Aboriginal flag would be flown at Olympic venues. The flag was flown over the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the march for reconciliation of 2000, and many other events.

On the 30th anniversary of the flag in 2001, thousands of people were involved in a ceremony where the flag was carried from the Parliament of South Australia to Victoria Square. 

Since 8 July 2002, after recommendations of the Council's Reconciliation Committee, the Aboriginal Flag has been permanently flown in Victoria Square and the front of the Town Hall.

 I would like to see this flag flying for all Australians.

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Friday; this is spring;

Dendrobium Orchid

Wisteria

Heartsease (Viola tricolor) springs up everywhere from seed.

© Photos Ts My Garden.

Tuesday; found;

Walking down to the mailbox I found this tiny odd coloured Nasturtium bloom,  smaller than the usual flowers of the Nasturtium plant. Intriguingly it was flowering and growing  lonesome in  a tangle of  rough
grass.  A small freak of nature's bounty, quite cute its tiny different coloured petals.

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Sunday; beautiful weeds;

Do not tell me this is not absolutely beautiful!

A weed is a plant a flower... seed

In my wild garden Ageratum makes a blue carpet, food for many insects.

I can not say they are unloved.

I do not mind weeding; on the knees one gets very close to the soil. It feels a bit like being part of it.

A tiny bug with big feelers scuttles quickly out of the way, I hear myself talking to it;  I wonder what Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis would be...seriously!

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Sepia Saturday 192; Jazz;

The prompt his week is Jazz; my all time favourite, Louis Armstrong. He is unforgettable!

La vie en rose;

Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Born: August 4, 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Died: July 6, 1971, Corona, New York City, New York, United States

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Monday; amazing;

Abandoned House in the Woods Taken Over by Wild Animals

Finnish photographer Kai Fagerström presents unique photo series, where he captures wild animals making themselves comfortable in abandoned houses in the woods of Finland. Titled The House in the Woods, the photo series is set in cottages near Kai’s summer house, which were abandoned by their tenants after the owner of the place died in a fire. Award-winning photographer noticed how the place was slowly being reclaimed by the nature, and what started as a few snapshots, ended up being a book, published in Finnish, German, and English.

Just delightful!

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Thursday; glam for the kitchen;

I had this antique chandelier  for more then 50 years. It has been packed up in a box for many years. The electrical cables  had all deteriorated and had to be replaced. I cleaned all the crystal prisms, which have a slight lavender tinge. It is quite beautiful in its simplicity. Along the cooking area I have strong led lights on the ceiling.

My kitchen is very simple, no gleaming cupboards and the latest self opening drawers and shelves! I like my kitchen it is compact, contains everything I need and easy to keep clean. I like it a lot because I love...

cooking...using vegetables in brilliant colours from my garden, picking fresh herbs  and enjoying for a moment  the sight and scents of the herb garden.

I opted for open shelves, as I like the look of it. In my mothers kitchen was a big open shelf, which contained her crockery and always a bunch of flowers.

Memories of the farm animals;

In my view the kitchen is the most important place in the home. Good food is essential  in our life. In the home kitchen, culinary cooking traditions continue,  health and contentment of the family has its roots.

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