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Posted in Flag Facts, Flag Photos, History, Information on Dec 11th, 2008
A reminder to those who want to display the Texas flag in the vertical position: The white stripe is on the left and the red stripe is on the right.
From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission: General provisions regarding the Texas state flag, and information on the display of the flag, the flag pledge, [...]
Posted in History on Mar 10th, 2008
Larry and I have have written before about using Google Reader to search for news and stories about flags. Larry has specific search guidelines set up in his reader, and I employ a *different set, but we do overlap in searches for these words: U.S. flag, American flag, Stars and Stripes, Texas flag, and Lone [...]
Posted in Flag Videos, Information on Feb 26th, 2008
Deborah thought readers might like this. The San Antonio Express News and KENS5 sponsor the Alamo Webcam which feeds a still frame shot every thirty-seconds to a webpage.
This is a view of the plaza and the front of the mission, complete with visitors. The Alamo is open every day of the year except Christmas Eve [...]
Posted in Editorial on Feb 21st, 2008
Larry wrote yesterday about the Winter Texan Reception, a yearly event hosted by the Canyon Lake Chamber of Commerce.
Canyon Lake, here in the Texas Hill Country, was formed when the Army Corps of Engineers built a massive dam across the beautiful but unpredictable Guadalupe River. The mild winter climate, beautiful lake, and rugged hills [...]
Posted in Editorial on Feb 20th, 2008
Yesterday, Deborah and I spent most of the day at a gathering in Canyon Lake hosted by the Canyon Lake Chamber of Commerce. The event was the annual Winter Texan Reception for our northern neighbors who like winter in our warmer climate. The south Texas hill country is a long-time destination for folks seeking [...]
Posted in Flag Facts on Feb 6th, 2008
Deborah and I made a trip into Austin, Texas this week, and as is our custom, we avidly watched for flag displays along the route of the 70-mile trip. Out of the hundreds of displays we saw, most were absolutely correct. But I do have two ideas to write about, prompted by a particular and [...]
Posted in Uh, Not Exactly on Jan 15th, 2008
Every month I find another website that quotes a list of facts about Texas. Most of the time they quote the same "facts" about Texas picked up from other websites, because the lists are always similar. This morning, I was rummaging through my news reader and found this article, Texas Facts, with a list [...]
Posted in Editorial on Jan 11th, 2008
A few day ago we published a photo of a local elementary school flying the Texas flag upside down. Here’s an update on that story.
As a quick review, the school closed for a two week holiday, leaving the Texas flag flying upside down on their shiny new flag pole. The flagpole has a lock [...]
Posted in Information on Jan 10th, 2008
I spent yesterday in the field, talking to people flying flags in front of their businesses. I thought you might be interested in the results of my non-scientific survey of the current state of the flags flying in this area.
50% need repair (normal mending)
15% need replacing (beyond mending)
2% are missing pieces (out of the [...]
Posted in Flag Photos on Jan 7th, 2008
Some days are better than others as proven by this photograph. Driving by the local elementary school proved quite enlightening with the U.S. and Texas flag flying from the new flagpole.
Deborah and I both took a quick second look to confirm our eyes weren’t playing tricks on us. Do you spot the problem [...]
