4 July 2016 - Patriotic decorations

It's that time of year again. Here's my fifth annual celebration of all things red, white and blue.  This year, I have compiled some patriotic decorations seen during my travels. Some sublime, some ridiculous, but since every one of these made me smile, I hoping they make you smile too. 

The Lady is one of my favorites. 

And this be-flagged barn is a close second. 

I found this life-sized metal cutout along the road in Wyoming. 

Out in a rural farm area, there is an abandoned, falling-down house with a ghoul in an upper window. What tickles me about this, is the ghoul gets decorated for each holiday. In March he was wearing a bright green hat and sported a necklace of shamrocks. 

While I have many photos of flags painted on barns, I tend to like the ones waving in the breeze. 

This year I noticed a new-to-me way of decorating, using painted pallets. This has probably been going on for a while, but this year there were so many of them that I realized it was a thing.  I particularly liked this one as the house is red, white and blue as well. 

As someone who grew up in an era when all the kids stood up and recited the Pledge of Allegiance each morning before class started, this one grabbed me by the heart. 

I found this painted on the side of fire station in Wendover. Can't remember if was the Utah side or the Nevada side of that city. 

As for the ridiculous, the following were all hanging on outbuildings and the fence surrounding a farm house. I'm thinking I will have to check it out for other holidays and see what they do. The next pictures are not even half of what was hanging around the house, but it gives you an idea of the fun this family must have had making all these. 

Back to the pallets. They come with different amounts of cross pieces, but they still make great flags. 

The seems to be a movement towards painting houses in red, white and blue as well. 

So get out there and hang up your own red, white and blue.  Happy Fourth of July everyone!