Put the finishing touches on our new house....just in time for Flag Day

[jblomenberg16]

I flew our nation's flag at our old house every day continuously since 9-11-01. (ok, maybe replaced it a few times with a Colts Flag during football season, but only on Sundays )

When we built our new home I wanted to continue that, but realized pretty quickly that the mount I had to the house and smaller flag just wouldn't cut it. So, for Christmas this year, my father in law bought me a propper flag pole, as well as one for himself (served in USAF).

I dug the hole and pored the concrete last night, and gave it a test tonight to see how she looked. There wasn't much wind tonight, but Old Glory still looked beautiful against the evening sky. I got lucky with a nice sunset / moon rise tonight and had some good shots of them as well.

We don't have a light for it yet, so I took the flag down tonight, but will raise it again tomorrow morning, 6-14 for Flag Day. Anyone want to volunteer to come down to Seymour and play Reveille at dawn?

 

[joslar15]

Beautiful!

 

[Fenway]

Looks great!

 

[U.S. Patriot]

I flew our nation's flag at our old house every day continuously since 9-11-01. (ok, maybe replaced it a few times with a Colts Flag during football season, but only on Sundays )

When we built our new home I wanted to continue that, but realized pretty quickly that the mount I had to the house and smaller flag just wouldn't cut it. So, for Christmas this year, my father in law bought me a propper flag pole, as well as one for himself (served in USAF).

I dug the hole and pored the concrete last night, and gave it a test tonight to see how she looked. There wasn't much wind tonight, but Old Glory still looked beautiful against the evening sky. I got lucky with a nice sunset / moon rise tonight and had some good shots of them as well.

We don't have a light for it yet, so I took the flag down tonight, but will raise it again tomorrow morning, 6-14 for Flag Day. Anyone want to volunteer to come down to Seymour and play Reveille at dawn?

If I could play it, I would!

 

[KG1]

I just saluted your pictures Nice job.

 

[gvbcraig]

Looks great, how tall is that flag pole?

 

[Rayne]

BEAUTIFUL Picture, or should I say Great Photography Either way very nice JB.

 

[jblomenberg16]

Looks great, how tall is that flag pole?

Thanks guys!

It is a 20' telescoping pole with a 3' x 5' flag. The pole is aluminum so is light weight and was cake to install, an sits in a concrete reinforced PVC sleeve in the ground. I'll have to check the box for the manufacturer, but I'm pleased.

 

[jblomenberg16]

BEAUTIFUL Picture, or should I say Great Photography Either way very nice JB.

Thanks! I was pleased how it turned out. I got lucky the moon was rising at just the right angle to capture that and the ambient light was still enough to provide a blue sky. I may just enter that picture in the Jackson Co. Fair this year for fun too.