Sunday, July 12, 2026

This Little Light of Mine

We have had a solar garden light out front for many summers, but when we set it up this spring, it decided that it was too tired to shine again. Because it still has some merit as a decoration, we left it up anyway. Lo and behold! More than a month later, just last week in July,we noticed it casting a minimal amount of light one evening. When, I saw a smidgen of light emanating from it for the second time on Friday night, I grabbed my phone and tripod to memorialize the event.

These photos cost me blood, for the mosquitoes were ferocious, and I was soon itching and scratching in many locations on my body.



It seemed right to get some photos of the light that is trying so hard to shine, but that is me anthropomorphizing an inanimate object. I have also tended to feel the same way about the last few vehicles that have lived fairly long lives, and I kept my Christmas poinsettia in the window until just a few days ago because it was trying so hard.

Sentimental and silly.






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15 comments:

  1. jabblog7:28 am

    No, normal and human. It's a pretty light and deserves its place in your collection.

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  2. Barbara Rogers8:28 am

    No bushel to hide behind there. Thanks for sacrificing some blood for art!

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  3. KarenW9:03 am

    Is your light getting enough sunshine to recharge properly? They are very nice lights by the way. I think our generation is the last to hold on to things that still hold a sprig of life. I too have plants that some think need to be binned, and we like old cars, haha.

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  4. Jeanie9:42 am

    This is a really beautiful outdoor light. I don't think I've ever seen any so pretty.

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  5. Sandra10:45 am

    Sentimental and silly is an admirable trait.

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  6. Blondi Blathers10:48 am

    For me, solar lights only seem to work for one summer and then never light up again. Surely it's something I'm not doing right. -Kate

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  7. Granny Sue11:40 am

    That is a very pretty light.
    I too tend to anthropomize inanimate things. Several vehicles had names, most memorable are Toot, Michael J. Truck, and Burt (for Big Ugly Red Truck).
    I also talk to plants.

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  8. tz_garden11:42 am

    I have one that never turns off, they have a mind of their own!

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  9. Boud11:49 am

    I like solar lights. I got a little lantern like the one you were given and I really like it, swinging in the tree and glowing nearly all night. I love using the sun to power it.

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  10. Beatrice P. Boyd12:24 pm

    We have a solar frog sitting in the wind sill herb garden. Patrick couldn't resist it as a recent online purchase. It joins a few other frogs with no solar lights.

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  11. Margaret1:46 pm

    I do the same thing. That light is beautiful and I love the story. I actually get mad if my car misbehaves because "I've been treating you so well and taking good care of you and THIS is how you repay me!"

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  12. Debby2:03 pm

    Lol at Margaret. But I get it.

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  13. DB Stewart2:05 pm

    Sentimental is not silly except when it is, and that's good too.

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  14. Linda's Relaxing Lair2:11 pm

    I love the light as well as the story!

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  15. Marcia2:29 pm

    Did you figure out what made it shine now when it wouldn't before?
    Thanks for the new word, pareidolia. I had to look it up but didn't look at how it's pronounced.

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