Sept. 12, 2010

Without any warning at all, we have Grandparents Day! I looked it up: it's the Sunday after Labor Day every year. Now this isn't particularly noteworthy (unless you're into Grandparents Day), but I thought this was a good opportunity to give an example of one of the quirks of these photos.

On certain days, the time of day when I take the picture affects what you see on this blog. I've gotten used to my neighbor's updating patterns by now (he usually changes things either around 11pm the previous night or before 9am the next morning) but he doesn't always stick with that.

This morning when I got up the yard was still set for 9-11, which is perfectly reasonable since I got up at 7am. But when it hadn't changed by 10am, I decided to take my daily picture. Then, later in the afternoon I noticed he'd changed over to Grandparents Day. Of course, I had to take another picture. I'm lucky I noticed it, because I presume if I hadn't I would have missed it entirely.

Sept. 7-11, 2010

Once Labor Day is over it's time to gear up for the anniversary of 9-11, officially known as Patriot Day. Curiously, he never mentions Patriot Day in the lawn, instead opting for the (in my opinion) lesser decorating style of writing messages on posterboard. Compared with his normal work, it just looks messy to me. It's nearly impossible to read the signs in the picture so here's the text:
Far left: The passengers of Flight 93
Middle: September 11, 2001
Right: The world loves the people of New York

On a personal note, the time of year is rapidly approaching where I will not be home during daylight hours. It'll make taking pictures difficult, and the results won't be as nice as over the summer, but I'll still be able to get a pictures every day, maybe showing off the lights at night a little more often.