A long time ago I adopted a then 16 year old girl and took her out of an orphanage.
We treasure each other, and she brought me this to celebrate the day.

Today, in a humongous local hospital, visiting a close family member, I got seriously lost in the hallways. I always study the art on the walls, it's second nature. I came across this one, and took the photo.

I explained to the doctor who came along that the reason I took the photo was because they are the state flowers of Ukraine and they exported the most sunflower oil on earth. He did not know, and was really happy to learn. He said his church had gathered $10 000 for Ukraine, and he himself was financially aiding two hospitals there.

He then helped me find my way.

Only later when I showed the photo to my grandson who came for a visit as well, did it dawn on me when he immediately said: this photo shows the origins of their flag.

Enjoy:

This photo was sent to me from Berlin from a Bonus Sister who got it from a friend in New Zealand.

Angel over Kiev - the whole world should see it - please pass on

Thank you all for participating. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the photos come in and watching the votes and the interest.
Here is the link to the Announcement of Winners in GD

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216359823

It was a good and interesting contest, thanks to all of you.

The winner of the February Contest “PART OF THE WHOLE” is



FIRST PLACE
George McGovern with his sensitive adorable photo of

Cat’s ear


SECOND PLACE (BY ONLY 2 VOTES DIFFERENCE) GOES TO
MichaelSoE with his lovely and intriguing photo of

Attachments


Third Place belongs to

Grumpy Old Guy and his reminiscence with
A Lifetime of Service


Further placements are:

AndyS
Flight

Lake Arenal
Little Feet

Mz Pip with
Infrastructure and
Mnhtnbb with
Courtyard had equal number of votes

then the beauty of sound in
Rocknation
(One Fourth of) A Bass Run

which leaves
Tom Kitten with
La Brea and
soph0571 with
Glitter Angel Wings who also had equal number of votes

I was thrilled with the photographs as they came in and with the unusual mind expansion of the the theme. I thank all of you for participating

The winner of this contest, George McGovern, gets to chose the theme for the next contest in April - he has weeks to think about it and let mnhtnbb know since she is up to run the contest in April.

March is a Seasonal Contest. We will be celebrating the season of Winter and California Peggy has signed up to host it.

MY HOSTESS CHOICE PHOTOGRAPH IS
Little Feet


I ADORED IT FROM THE SECOND IT CAME IN, STILL DO, AND I WANT ALL OF US TO SEE IT ONE MORE TIME.

THANKS TO EVERYONE.