BRILLIANT CARD DESIGNS: Swiss National Day, August 1
kingfisher
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HURRAH! HURRAH! Happy Switzerland Day. Switzerland is a confederation of 26 autonomous cantons (states), with 3 completely different levels of political government and 4 National languages (German, French, Italian and Romantsch), all in a tiny country (8,7 million only). In medieval battles, soldiers wore widely different uniforms and to recognize their compatriots, soldiers carried a RED ARMBAND WITH A WHITE CROSS. This became the National Flag of Switzerland. Every country in the world has a RECTANGULAR flag for normal purposes, but a square war flag. Uniquely, only two have a square war flag for normal use, Switzerland and the Vatican! How about that for peace loving countries!! Thank you, David and Jim
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kingfisher...I don't know anything about it but, Happy Switzerland Day to you, too. (thanks for the history lesson)
Oh, neat...just saw the cards!
Thanks! Cards are cool will give these cards a go for while , Happy Swiss Day to you, always enjoy seeing the Kingfishers on Wild Earth Show, very beautiful birds.
Amazing cards for Switzerland Day. Nice.
Why do I suddenly have a craving for some cheese?
Cheese and chocolates, @azgal, I'll send you some. Or you are invited for the traditional Cheese Fondue tonight.
Chocolates and Almond Amaretto Cappuccino is sounding good
I wondered yesterday what you were talking about, but now I see. For some reason, I'm finding these more challenging than some of the other "fancy" cards. I'm not complaining -- I like an occasional challenge -- but just commenting. Of course, I've got 75 year-old eyes
which doesn't help matters much. And it's nice to see David & Jim acknowledging other places and cultures. Thanks kingfisher for the history lesson, too.
Switzerland has brought us more than cheese and chocolates. It's about culture and the beauty of another country. (But I sure could use a bit of cheese and a chocolate or two) 😋
Chocolate does sound good! Cheese, too. But chocolate . . .
Some of my ancestors were Swiss. I fondly remember doing the Grand Tour more than half a century (!) ago and both eating and buying (to bring home to family) a LOT of chocolate in Switzerland. Souvenirs lasted to about Spain. Good job Jim & David.
Happy day @kingfisher ... and thx for the lesson.
Glad you liked it, @kingfisher. I had completely forgotten about this! You had asked for this last year, but it took us a few days to get it done, which meant that practically it took us a year.