From the long weekend to the end of August
Summer on the front step runs in three parts. Late May to the Fourth of July is stars and stripes. The two weeks after the Fourth are the in-between weeks, when the bunting looks a day late and a plain welcome fits best. August is the month nobody designs for: the bed at its fullest, harvest still weeks away.
The Stars and Bunting Fourth of July Flag is original art, a swag of red, white and blue bunting with a scatter of stars on cream, not a national flag reprinted. The Sunflower Rows Late-Summer Flag covers August, three sunflowers leaning together over a low picket line, and it still looks right in early September next to the first pumpkins. On the porch swing, the Lemon Summer Throw Pillow lays a branch of lemons across porch-blue awning stripes.
Hard sun and summer storms
Full afternoon sun on the south side of a house is hard on printed colour, and summer storms are hard on any flag. Rotate a flag out of the strongest sun when you can, bring it in when a storm is forecast and let it dry before you fold it into the bin. That is care, not a promise of how long it will last.
In Australia and New Zealand, summer runs December to February and includes Christmas, so the sunflowers and lemons are your holiday-season step. Every flag here is a flag only, with no stand or pole, printed on one side; garden size is about 12 x 18 in and house size about 28 x 40 in. Free shipping, made in 1-3 business days, then 7-14 business days in transit.