Flag Day

Yesterday as I was driving home from work I realized that about halfway up Leatrice, the street leading toward my home, suddenly had small American flags on sticks sitting at the end of every driveway. It was clear that each wooden stick had a note attached.

My first thought was that it was a yard company placing flags in yards they tend with a little note from "Green Thumb" or whatever the company name might be.

Then I turned onto Windy Court, our street, and realized the signs continued down it, to the cul de sac, where our house is, and what do you know, there's a flag there, too.

Now, our yard company is "Dave and Linsley, Inc." so I knew I was wrong in my first assumption.

So, I walked to the end of the driveway and read the card.

"Have a safe and happy holiday. Courtesy of Bob Anonymous" (Bob had a real last name, but I won't post it here).

Wait a minute? There's just some guy in the neighborhood putting these flags out for everyone simply because it's Independence Day?

How...absolutely...lovely.

So, this morning I'm driving back down Leatrice, when I realize that the flags continue further down the road than yesterday and continue all the way from Leatrice to Biscayne, the street that really brings the neighborhood together, then all the way up Biscanye to Cantrell, the main thoroughfare, and seemingly in every cul de sac along the way.

On my way home from work, I take a different road and see that houses further down Biscayne than I'd seen this morning have flags, too, as do all the side streets.

Bob Anonymous. Thank you.

What a wonderful gesture. If those flags don't show up by July 2 next year, I'll foot the bill, and the walking time, for them.

They've made my day.

L.

PS--If I can get the right light and the right angle I'll take a photo of them down the hill from our street. It really is a delightful sight. Unfortunately, today was trash day, so all you'd notice would be the trash cans at the curb, not the flags.