Yesterday evening we found a flag outside our home with a marketing message attached to it. Using the flag for marketing especially on the eve of the fourth of July seemed especially egregious. I tore out the message and decided to drape the colored plastic film over window slats that seemed to let just enough light through to obtain a nice diffraction in the patterns that shone through. The flag draped over the window slats also seemed like a good idea to photograph this morning. Strangely, the flag was made in the US of A as opposed to standard expectations that it was fabricated in the Mecca of manufacturing - China.