Quest word that I have to look up and learned something new today. An age-old method of communication using signal flags. The word's origin is Greek, meaning sign and carrier.

I rest on one eye, a circle of sight; A peanut once wore me, a tycoon might. One lens of class from another age’s role.

From the Czech Republic, my origins are west, though Prague is the capital known best. A country long forgotten, not tied to Parisian artists of notoriety, for they refused to comply with the rest.

Iridescent splendor, Australia's treasured darling, At the height of your popularity, you were thought of so dear; Royals wanted you Common folk idolized your status Thieves carried you as a charm. And then you tumbled from your plinth, Becoming associated with bad luck, death, and the evil eye. As a few last clues, look to those born in October for something beloved mined Gild these old bones, and honor the dead And reflect on times that have long since fled. Now I remain ever hopeful, that you see now the answer is clearly...?

They can be Happy They can be birth. They can be dark. They can be cake. They can even be ones that will go down in infamy. But they come one at a time and you never get them back, so don’t waste them.