One crown, five rings, one eyeball

The olympic opening ceremony begins tonight, so here are a few pictures in keeping with the olympic theme. I'll throw in a few jubilee related pics too as that happened earlier this year but this blog didn't exist then, as well a general bunch of GB and flag-type pics for good measure.

 painted by the children of a nursery school

 Photographing the photographer

 Cute!

Note: if you hang the flag of the Philippines vertically, the blue portion should be on the left and the red on the right. Hanging it red-to-blue turns it into a war flag!

A pretty good summary of London's summer: The Olympics, the Shard, Tower Bridge. Missing: the rain! That happened moments after this was taken.

And finally, London 2012's mascot Wenlock, in Union Flag livery.