By Oil Lamp

I love sitting out on my patio and reading or stitching.  But the winters here are brutal - not just the cold, but the fact that by the time I get home from work, it is dark!!  Sadness!  And I guess I didn't really want artificial lighting (though twinkly lights around the patio would be nice - need to do that for this winter).  So, one night last winter, I decided I was going to do it the old fashioned way - buy an oil lamp.  Do you know how hard it is to find those things (or to find a young person working at a hardware store that actually knew what I was talking about - LOL)?  I finally found one (though it is a little undersized for what I need - can't do any stitching with it - but I can journal and read the Large Print books from the library).  

Give me an owl hooting on a night like this, and it is heaven! - Kat