Flags For My Mother

If my mother was alive, today would be her 100th birthday.

  She was born June 14, 1914 - Flag Day.

Every year, on June 14th, my father would announce to the family

that he and his service club friends were setting out flags around town in honor of mother's birthday - and I believed him.

My mother loved sharing her birthday with the American Flag so to honor her today, I set up a little bit of Americana on the front porch along with a bear I purchased for my mother the last time she ever came to visit me.

With my primary color palette, decorating with Red White & Blue is quite easy to pull off.

I changed the books on the living room cedar chest to Red White & Blue adding a metal star and a red bottle stopper.

The dining room table is decked out in Red White & Blue.

A mix & match of dishes and flatware combined with Red White & Blue flowers from the garden

 make a patriotic table setting.

The porch cabinet got a dose of Red White & Blue from the pitchers on the cabinet and the potted flowers on a ledge.

Flags,

 stars,

stripes,

and a whole lot of Red White & Blue.

I am acting just like my dad - saying that I am putting out the Red White & Blue in honor of Mother, when I am actually getting a jump of my 4th of July decor.

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