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Apparently it was adapted from the centennial flag in 1918, I guess. 
I kind of
like this ..... but not for the state flag.
Looks kind of communistic.
Or maybe the flag of a random developing country.
Unimaginative.
No big deal. The state outline is catty-wampus.
Apparently the sesquicentennial flag designed in 1968.
That
center flower looks like a quilt block. It apparently is supposed to look like
corn kernels with a 21-pronged gear that forms the state flower, a violet. 21
prongs represent that Illinois is the 21st state. Needs a pop color.
It's
pretty. But not for the state flag.
This was the most imaginative and most colorful. Everything represents something positive. I like this design.
Designed
by someone (or a business) in Champaign who said it honors Illinois' history
and beauty.
The
original state flag that has been proposed to replace. The Great Seal was
placed on a white background in 1915 and declared the state flag. The word
Illinois was added in 1969.
Well,
geeze. Guess copying is not an infraction.
I came across a family group photo taken at our grandmother's funeral in 1994. It reminded me that it was especially cold that day, and I wondered what the temperature was. According to this site, the low on the day of her funeral, January 15, was -14. I remember all of us mourners were huddled together at the cemetery then made a quick exit to our vehicles when the committal prayers were finished.
Furthermore, the coldest temperature in ALL of 1994 was -25 on January 19.
I also remember a string of minus temperatures during January 1977.
There was one particular day in this January when Dad drove me to work at the public library (start time was 2 p.m.). We got to downtown, and there was a train stopped on the tracks, and the library was located on the other side. It was not unusual for trains to block intersections for many minutes (MANY minutes), and Dad needed to get back to work following his lunch break. So I got out and stood on the sidewalk waiting for the train to pass. I do not recall, but I guess it did not occur to me to walk into one of the stores in that downtown area where I could escape the extreme cold. Duh.
I could probably find other remembered extreme temperatures of my life on this internet site if I wanted to.
I think my question should have been "Have you spilled your tea in the past week?"
To which I would reply "Why, yes. Twice. In one week."
The first time, I set my tea mug down on the end table without paying much attention to where it would land. It tipped, and a bunch of papers got wet. Most of the wet papers were just pitched -- they should have been tossed long ago. However, there was a packet that included a detailed billing from surgery in 2022. Any time I noticed this packet I would think, I should move that. I finally did ..... after the tipped-over tea flowed through the papers.
The second time I spilled my tea, I bumped the mug against the arm of my recliner and it sloshed onto the chair. Not too terribly much, but enough to dampen a corner of the chair.
Oy vey.
