Plantation living?

I'm doing two posts back to back... Yesterday was busy. I sat down to blog at 11, and I could not see straight. The blog and I went to bed.

On Saturday I hung the swag flags on the front porch. I picked Cameron up from his friend's house and when pulling up to the house he said, "Looks like we live on a plantation. Can I have a maid?" My short answer was, "NO." I don't know why he suddenly thought of this. We have hung the flags for the last 4 years.

During the day:

And at night:

We received a compliment from a neighbor right after she moved in. When looking for a place to build, she drove into our cul-de-sac and saw our home. She said, "It looked like an old-fashioned house that was having a picnic." Exactly the look we were trying to achieve: Old-fashioned, simple, patriotic, and inviting. It was inviting enough that she decided to build on our street!