Festive flag display

Flag display, Rose Lane, Charleston, SC   

 This is a colorful way to get a little piazza privacy on Rose Lane. 

In other news, I joined friends for dinner at Fish restaurant this evening. The menu has changed and I ordered this! I was expecting a dainty piece of trout. Holy cow. I mean holy fish including the head! It was delicious and I brought half of it home for dinner tomorrow night.

A patriotic show

Belvedere Hotel, Charleston, SC   

I am a day late but loved this picture of the giant flag draped over the porch. The gorgeous building is the Belvedere Hotel on Rutledge Avenue right across from Colonial Lake. The other flags are from the annual Memorial Day tribute on Lockwood Ave. It is a sight to see along the waterfront. 

I have NOT had a relaxing evening after searching for the source of a dripping noise inside my house. Boo hiss. The drip pan from my air-conditioning unit in the attic had overflowed and was dripping through the ceiling. Climbing around hot attics is not my idea of fun. Blah. Charles, my loyal heat and air repairman from Carolina Climate Masters responded to my plea for help and although I still have a wet ceiling I do have air-conditioning again. 

Patriotic display on Lockwood Blvd.

Memorial Day 2015, Lockwood Blvd., Charleston SC 

Thanks to the Evening Exchange Club for this annual patriotic display of flags on Memorial Day. I'd like to think a perfect day like this was what soldiers had in mind that felt worth fighting and giving up their lives for. Let's treasure, honor and protect it in their memory.

My mother was in the Royal Canadian Air Force stationed in London during World War II and her brothers, my uncles, were both pilots. My family was fortunate and they all came back alive. My mother's role was to gather information on lost and injured soldiers to notify families of their loss. I can't even imagine what a heartbreaking job that must have been and the gift those soldiers gave that we might enjoy days like this.

More red, white and blue

East Bay St., Charleston, S.C.

I am having a lazy morning and getting ready to head out on my walk now. Here are a couple I missed sharing from the last weekend's patriotic show of color. I need to buy some red, white and blue bunting for holidays. The first photo is the little liqueur shop on East Bay and the one below of course is Hibernian Hall on Meeting St.

If anyone has any experience with solar attic fans holler at me. I've been thinking it might be a clever idea for my house.