MARKING TIME WITH COLOURS It is a good idea to mark the progress of time and our lives with traditions. Here is the schedule of flags at the Coalmont General Store where I hope to maintain some semblance of an historical look. I have followed that by a detailed explanation of my feelings about the choice of colours and occasions. At the end I explain why, apart from not being historically correct for the building, I choose not to fly the "Maple Leaf". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flag Flying at The Coalmont General Store occasion day colours uptime Winter Solstice 21 Dec Dannebrog (31 to 59 days) 4-8 weeks Chinese New Year 18 Feb BC Provincial (42 to 70 days) 6-10 weeks All Fools' Day 1 Apr East India Company (54 days) 8 weeks Victoria Day 24 May Royal Union Flag (38 days) 5 weeks Dominion Day 01 Jul Canadian Red Ensign (183 days) 26 weeks Each flag flies until the next one goes up, so the Danish and the BC Provincial ones will be up for varying lengths of time depending on the date of Chinese New Year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------