Tuesday 4 for the 4th

It's time again for Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 and this week our friend Susan  suggested the topic of decorating our homes for the holidays, espcially for the 4th of July as it is the USA's 250th birthday.  So, lets do that.

On July 4, 1776 we declared our independence from the British Empire and King George III  when the First Continental Congress sst forth the Declaration of Independence.

We became a free and sovereign, independent nation on

September 3, 1783 

1. Will or have you decorated for the holiday? If you don't reside in the USA, do you have a special holiday you decorate for on the outside of your home?

I have a little flag out in a hanging flower basket.  I do have a very large flag for the side of the house but no light for it and I can't reach it anymore to put it out.  I feel bad about that.

I am looking for a solar light to point at my big flag which would be in a wrought iron holder I have on the side of the house.  Then I can put it out permanently.

2. What special little touches do you add to  the outside of your home?  Baskets of hanging flowers, 

I have 2 of these light up solar wind chimes in my yard.  I got them on Amazon under solar powered wind chimes.

I have statuary of an alligator , herons, and a boy and a girl by my ponds.   

 Do you enjoy puttering around in your yard?  YES YES YES

3. Are plants and shrubs an important part of your house decor?

Absolutely.  And if you can't afford them use what grows around you naturally but  prune it, dress it, keep it nice.

If you can't afford flowers find some in the woods or a field and transplant them in bunches to your yard. Make it look pretty.

My land is very sandy soil but it grows wild fern and moss in great abundance so I cultivate it and make it look nice.

4.  On which holidays do you spend time deoorating either inside , outside or both?   Really only Thanksgiving, the December holidays ,

I planted this as a seedling I brought home from Lake Placid, NY.

This is wild mint on my big pond.

Wild fern, moss, wild growing trees in my yard

Thanks for joining in this week and I hope you will join in again often.