One of our friends in the industry (and a fellow board member of the Lawn Greetings Association) Kerry (alias the Flamingess) is featured in her local newspaper. (Sorry — The story is no longer available on the newspaper site.)

It’s a fabulous, fun article and the reporter did a great job capturing the essence of Kerry’s business, Flamingo Surprise in Oakland, CA.

Know what is a real kick? Reading Kerry’s blog. She keeps up with her blogging duties way better than I do. Shame on me. From surprise sprinklers going off mid-flamingo to drunken drivers plowing into the Flamingomobile, Kerry shares it all.

(Drunk dudes? Hitting Flamingomobiles? And you thought flocking was easy work???)

So if you need a giggle, visit Flamingoing in the Bay Area. And if you live in Kerry’s neck of the woods, be sure to call her next time one of your loved ones is having a special occasion.

Here’s a very, um, different sort of lawn greeting.

It seems that folks in Vancouer, Washington, were ticked off at a neighbor, who rented the house but neglected the yard.

The neighbors said trash was piling up in the yard and the grass kept getting longer and longer, yet the renter didn’t take care of it.

Finally, one neighbor got his mower and took action. But he didn’t mow the entire yard. No, sirree. Instead, he mowed two letters into the yard to let the renter know how the neighbors felt.

Ha! Anyone want to guess which two letters he probably mowed?

Possibly the same initials that would stand for Frilly Underwear or Florida University???

Wanna see the video on CNN’s web site? Just click: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2006/04/22/freitas.wa.offensive.message.lawn.affl

Ready to send a message on someone’s yard?

Let’s hope it’s not two letters that express anger. We specialize in lawn greetings that make people feel GOOD!

If there’s a message you’d like to place in the yard of someone you care about, please don’t do it with a lawnmower. Just visit us at AGreetingYard.com or call us at (417) 823-3915 and we’ll be delighted to turn someone’s yard into a giant greeting card.

And if you’re not in the Springfield, Missouri, area — don’t worry! We can probably find someone near you to do the same thing. Just visit the Lawn Greetings directory at http://www.flamingoed.com, click on the state where you’d like to send the lawn greeting, and you’ll find some fabulous flockers just waiting for your call.