Good to know that flamingos are making headlines in the world in spite of it being the season of the turkey.

Newsday magazine reports that in Kingston, New Hampshire, eight plastic flamingos were stolen from the yard of Debbie Barber two weeks ago.

Barber, who dresses up her flock for the holidays and even takes a pair on vacation with her, thought she’d never get them back.

Two flamingos were found on the side of the road, eight were dropped off at the police station, a woman drove 55 miles to bring Barber more flamingos, and two more were left on her porch.

She says it’s going to be a full-time job to make costumes for the new additions, which she plans to dress as reindeer and elves for Christmas.

The Washington Post is reporting something that we already knew to be true — Inflatables are big this year.

Here at AGreetingYard.com, not only do we rent our fabulous, fun displays for yards, we also sell these great inflatables (online only).

Snow globes are very popular this year. You’ve probably seen them set up in yards and in front of discount stores.

Before you lug one home from that big box store, compare the prices from our supplier. You might get a better deal, including shipping costs. And be sure to check back after the holidays because you might find some great clearance prices.

Right now, there are some great deals on Halloween items, perfect for stocking up and sticking in storage for a howlin’ good time next October.

Neighbors in the Hampden area of Baltimore made the news with their tradition of Christmas yard art, which they’ve dubbed their annual “Miracle on 34th Street.”

Both Newsday and The Baltimore Sun report that this neighborhood of rowhouses has gone all out for decorations for the past 20 years. There are even a few photos with the article.

Yard decorations on 34th Street this year include “armies of glowing plastic elves, rooftop Santas, pink flamingos, train sets and porches buried in teddy bears.”

“The old people enjoy it as much as the children,” said Sharon Burke, who climbed up on roofs yesterday with her husband, Donald, to hang lights. “When you come down here, it takes you out of the world’s troubles, and you go into a fantasy land.”

This neighborhood’s festive mood doesn’t end with Christmas. Oh, no!

On New Year’s Eve, Hosier and his neighbors lower a lighted plastic foam ball from the top of a telephone pole. In a spectacle they compare to the festivities in Times Square, Hosier runs out onto 34th Street wearing a giant diaper (dressed as baby New Year) and pops a bottle of champagne.

“New York don’t have nothin’ on Hampden,” Rodgers said.

How can you pass up the chance to be mentioned on Dr. Phil’s web site?

We’ve been busy over at the Lawn Greetings Association message forum, where I’m one of the founders of the community and one of three administrators.

We found out there was sort of a contest going on at the MomsTown web site, where Mary and Heather are always discovering great resources for work-at-home moms. They launched their blog on Oct. 14, 2005, and asked moms to send in votes for their favorite mom sites.

The mom sites with the most votes were being compiled to create a list on Dr. Phil’s web site. We didn’t find out about the contest until right before it was over, but we gave it a shot anyway. It was pretty disappointing not to make it onto the list on Dr. Phil’s site.

While our site isn’t totally devoted to moms, the majority of our members are moms who are running their businesses from home. So we figured we might as well take advantage of this opportunity to let more moms (and dads) know about our quickly growing industry.

Hope this doesn’t sound like sour grapes, but I know there are work-at-home mom sites out there with far more members, far more visitors, and far more legitemate, useful information than a few of the sites that did make it onto the list.

But my frown turned to a smile when I saw the results of the poll at MomsTown. We’re included in this mighty long list of web sites. It’s in alphabetical order and — there we are — lawn-greetings.com!