First on the Street with Patriotic Decorations

June 30, 2012

Every patriot holiday around here brings a small version of neighborhood one-upmanship on our cul-de-sac.  The race is not for the best decorations but the FIRST to go up.  Sometimes we get our decorations out first and sometimes we don't.  But this weekend we got our things out first!  Check out the nice banners over the garage doors.  We debated whether they would stay when the doors are lifted but neither one of us wanted to try it first.  We will just have to find out in the morning when we leave for church.  The large flag is out most all nice weather days year round.  Note: The banners stayed up!

Also the front bannister is sporting a red, white & blue bow which matches the larger bow on the front door and the bunting in the transon over the door.  The picture is showing a glare on the glass door so it is not too easy to see them.  The awkard white thing showing on the left in the picture is the gutter.

Usually we line the driveways with small 6-inch flags, but two things kept us from doing it this year. First it is about 105 degrees here in LaVergne today.  Also the ground is too dry to push the flags into the dirt without a lot of effort which would include pouring water on the ground first.  We don't want to do that.

Earlier I had offered them to our choir director so each choir member would have a flag to wave after or during our patriotic song/worship service on Sunday.  So I will clean the dirt off about 35 flags tonight in readiness for the service.  In the afternoon, we may put them out after all!