flags

A recent response I received (We have a bit of the feeling you idealise comments) elicited a smile for, apart from enjoying reading the comments I receive on my blog posts, I find it fun to note which of them have received the most views during a particular week. The ‘honour’ this week goes to Errant Cow, which I published on 19th March 2022, about a tagged cow that had strayed onto a country road I used to drive along regularly.

I can’t help wondering why that one caught the attention of so many readers after so long.

Naturally enough, most of my viewers / readers come from South Africa, closely followed by those from the United States and the United Kingdom. I extend a warm welcome to the lone viewer from the United Arab Emirates and hope that he / she found something of interest to read.

It seems that the most popular time for reading my blog is at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon!

As I have been musing a lot of late, it is not surprising to find ‘musings’ leading the list of most popular categories this week. It is followed by ‘birds’ and ‘animals’ – topics I post about most often.

Have a look at your stats page and you might find some interesting things about your particular blog!

Taking a break from the animals we have seen recently in our national parks, I thought I would show you what the flag of the South African National Parks looks like:

We know that during the era of sailing boats, flags were regularly used both for identification and communication. Even before this, flags were used extensively in warfare. They remain in use as insignia of leadership, serving for the identification of friend or foe and as rallying points as well as being used for decoration and for display. Staying with the theme of war, this is the flag of the Makana Kop M.O.T.H Shellhole, displayed at one of the Remembrance Day parades in our town:

Alongside it is the flag for the Grahamstown Branch of the South African Legion:

Of course, national flags are symbols of different countries. Now that we have family living there, we have become more conscious of the Norwegian flag than we ever were before: