Light It Up

Our power was off for a little while yesterday. There is an intersection a few miles south of us that is prime for accidents. We are on the same grid as the power lines that line the country road over there, and the poles seem to be car magnets. I think we've been without power because of an accident 3 times in the past 4 weeks. Usually the power is off for several hours when it goes off. The longest span in the recent weeks was about 9 hours. The houses immediately behind ours are on a different grid, so we can see the warm glow of their lights while we are shivering in the darkness. Yesterday it was out twice for the same accident, but thankfully it wasn't out for long either time. I usually enjoy pulling out the big candles we keep under the kitchen sink for times like these, but last night Tyler lit up the room for us with last year's Disney souvenir.

(He had intended to take the purple light sabre part off and use it as a flashlight, but I liked the purple better.)