I was standing in our kitchen the other morning as the sun rose into a blue sky and looked out at my hand-made paper, origami peace-crane peace flags from last year. They looked wonderful with the light behind them so I tried to photograph them. Of course the sun went into hiding and popped out intermittently, but still it was good to be reminded.
International Day of Peace is on 21 September each year. For the past couple of years a bunch of folk around the world have made flags for peace and flown them on that day.
The blog that follows our adventures and reflections can be found here. It is hosted by Mary Jane Dodd, whose beautiful blog is here.
Barry and I reflected on how well these hand-made paper flags were going outside. They were hung in mid-late September last year, and here we are in late April and they are still there. Seven months outside in the elements is a pretty good run for paper! They hang at the front of our house, almost as a peaceful welcome to our home.
Spending time with them reminded me I need to get thinking about what sort of flags to make this year; and where to hang them.
Our back deck is full of flags; and the front deck has these ones…the tree at the top of the driveway will be a weather gram peace tree again; but what else to do I wonder?
It would be wonderful to have more folk join in and fly flags to share peace around the world come September - just contact MJ or Barry or I and we can get you organised into the blog. The more peace the better...
International Day of Peace is on 21 September each year. For the past couple of years a bunch of folk around the world have made flags for peace and flown them on that day.
The blog that follows our adventures and reflections can be found here. It is hosted by Mary Jane Dodd, whose beautiful blog is here.
Barry and I reflected on how well these hand-made paper flags were going outside. They were hung in mid-late September last year, and here we are in late April and they are still there. Seven months outside in the elements is a pretty good run for paper! They hang at the front of our house, almost as a peaceful welcome to our home.
Spending time with them reminded me I need to get thinking about what sort of flags to make this year; and where to hang them.
Our back deck is full of flags; and the front deck has these ones…the tree at the top of the driveway will be a weather gram peace tree again; but what else to do I wonder?
It would be wonderful to have more folk join in and fly flags to share peace around the world come September - just contact MJ or Barry or I and we can get you organised into the blog. The more peace the better...
i really love all of the different kinds of flags you have come up with, but the origami ones are just so layered in meaning. i can't get over how vibrant they look having gone through the summer's sun and storms. it's been nice this year, i have already gotten a few requests to join along - it's such a meaningful gathering spot and as you say it's wonderful to have more folk join in.
ReplyDeleteThere is certainly a variety of flags in this household MJ! Glad you hAve had interest again this year , it is such a lovely and gentle project to take part in.
Deletebeautiful flags and weathered so well...
ReplyDeleteI love how they are doing Caterina, simple yet so special...
DeleteAlways a treat to see all your peace flags dancing. Need to find mine again. They're in the studio somewhere. I took them down before the hurricane a couple years ago to keep them safe. I do believe they're ready to dance on the breeze again. Thanks for the reminder!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your searching J - will be good to have them dancing on the breeze again!
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