While the holiday light balls in Sunset Hills have been all the rage for several years now, the newest local innovation is a strand of lights, known as Blinkies. Roger Briles of Roger's Products, Inc., in nearby Kernersville, has been making products for sport fishing for over 35 years. Whereas the Sunset Hills display operates under the assumption that more is more, with Blinkies, less is more. Their magic is hard to capture in a photograph as each 36' strand only has 12 bulbs. And, given that they blink at different times, there are never many blinking on at once. The above photo features a strand or two in a tree on Highway 150, somewhere between Greensboro and Kernersville.
On a quiet evening, with low light pollution, there is such a calm feeling to watching the Blinkies work through a cycle on a tree. Roger says they are nicest on medium sized trees. He created them ten years ago for personal use and to give to friends. However, once downtown Kernersville started using them, they really caught on. If you get a chance this season, drive through downtown Kernersville and see the best local display of Blinkes. Also, notice many trees have a strand with one red "Rudolph" bulb. How special that the Triad boasts starting the trend of the light balls and, now, Blinkies.
(Fox 8 video clip, here).
I've not heard of that up this way. I remember some years ago the trend in lighting was towards icicles.
Posted by: William Kendall | Saturday, December 27, 2014 at 03:50 PM
They are lovely and restful projecting more of the real Christmas mood.
Posted by: Jane T. Mitchell | Sunday, December 28, 2014 at 05:20 PM