A GIFT THAT KEPT ON GIVING...

Tami and Tim 

always give such great gifts and

 what they picked out

 for our anniversary last week 

was no exception.

 On Tuesday afternoon,

 just after I had put out my blog post,

 a box appeared,

 as if by magic,

 on our front porch.  

(You've got to love Amazon too!) 

There were six of these 

beautiful solar lacy globes inside. 

 We took them out

 to the screened porch and

 put them together, and 

as we were walking back through 

the darkened bedroom 

we saw this...

Such beautiful 

shapes and lights 

being thrown around the room. 

 We were excited 

to place them out

 to absorb more sunlight and 

could hardly wait 

until it got dark.

When night came, 

they looked so pretty 

lined up along the front walkway.  

When it was time for bed

 we debated whether to leave them 

outside all night 

as we have had other pretties stolen 

from the yard in the past. 

 We decided

 to turn them off and 

put them up 

on the porch.

At a little after 3:00 AM 

I was awakened by the smoke detectors

 that always let off a beep 

when the power goes off.

  

Sure enough,

 we were a part of the 

"Great PG&E Shut-off" 

in case of bad weather. 

 Our power was off 

for approximately sixty-two hours - 

and not a sign of bad weather 

anywhere around us.  

Most businesses were out and 

are up in arms 

because of the money they lost 

for no apparent reason.

I'm just guessing

 a better plan will be made

 for the next time, and 

we are told,

 there will be

 a next time.

Anyway, 

in came the pretty lanterns and,

 at least, 

we had some illumination until bedtime.

  A beautiful and thoughtful gift

 that came at a time 

when it was most needed.

Thank you, Tami and Tim, 

they are so pretty 

and much appreciated.

Once the power came back on,

 I was in the mood for 

some light decorating and 

put together a small table setting 

of thanks and gratefulness.

I did get one more Santa done. 

 I think he is quite

 the pretty fellow.

"My kingdom 

for a spot of sun"

No matter how uncomfortable!

Now, 

I need to catch up on 

the news of the days, 

my favorite TV shows and 

all of you.

 Whoever said 

that you never miss things 

until you don't have them, 

knew what they 

were talking about.

You have been 

looking at some of the 

simple beauty that is fall

 around our garden.

May there be light and 

an abundance of 

greatfulness for everyone.

...Judy...

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