Growing up on the farm, we had acres of fields to fly kites in. I remember when Green Giant canned veggies offered a giant kite, I had a couple of those they were about 5 feet tall, made of plastic and easy to fly. Strangely it is illegal to fly kites on the national Mall in Washington DC. The law is suspended one weekend a year for an annual kite festival, but the rest of the year the park police will fine you and seize your kite.
I saw these over at the MGM resort at National Harbor in Maryland (just across the river from home) and thought Fabulous Friday. What great colors, even if these would never fly.
That’s a brilliant display! A childhood friend recently sent me a photo of us at the age of 11, flying a kite on the beach!
ReplyDeleteAre there kites on the beach near you?
DeleteRegularly.
DeleteWhen I turned 30, my sister bought me a kite to help restore my lost youth, LOL! I had a lot of fun flying it around.
ReplyDelete30 was my youth! I competed in my first sprint triathlon on my 30th birthday, at Seaworld in Orlando.
DeleteReminds me of Mary Poppins...
ReplyDeleteOh, oh, oh!
Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite!
Happy Fabulous Friday!
Fun
DeleteThey make a beautiful photograph.
ReplyDeleteIt is a wonderful bright space, with great colors, they change the decorations several times a year.
DeleteSuch a cheerful picture! Smile inducing. As a kid, I could never get a kite to fly, try as I might. I gave up, and now I'm too self-conscience to try (not to mention arthritic joints and neuropathy). No matter. I'll never be able to master driving a manual car either.
ReplyDeleteFerrari has automatics, in Red
DeleteYeah, and these days gas will cost more than the car!
Delete21 miles and 500 smiles to the gallon
DeleteWhat a fun room. You cannot help but smile.
ReplyDeleteThis morning I was thinking, oh I can do better for a posting. I started to change it and blogger was being difficult, glad I left it up.
DeleteThere is nothing like watching a kid fly a kite on a beach.
ReplyDeleteNow when was the last time I flew a kite? Decades ago. I can still see my childhood kite, which was a simple one. It was a nice memory.
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