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November 03, 2006
Porch lights
When we were engaged, Jason mentioned that he had seen lights strung up on a porch--just lights, not Christmas or other special occassion lights, just white all-the-time lights--and that maybe we could do that with our porch as well. I was thrilled at the suggestion, not only because it's a cool idea, but because it reminded me that we were making plans to have a home together and it let me know that he was thinking about it too.
It took us a while, but finally this spring we got the lights put up. The setup may be rather ghetto, as Lou would say--we either have to thread a cord through a hole in our front screen door or run a bright orange extension cord all the way to the outlet on the back porch (the current plan). But the lights themselves are lovely--warm and welcoming. When we have them on (less often than I'd like), I just want to go out to the sidewalk to look at them or open up the blinds so I can see them from inside. They make me want to linger long on the porch with good friends. They make me think (remember?) that something special is going on, something good and full of laughter and lightness.
Posted by Renae at November 3, 2006 08:02 AM
I love those lights, too! Every time I see them on, it makes me happy.
Posted by Bethany at November 3, 2006 09:27 AM
rock on renea! there SHOULD be lights on porches. there should be porches too, for that matter, but that's a different topic. i really like the closing sentence. cheers . . ..
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