An oil lamp, minus the oil
I bought this glass lamp, with its pressed design and hurricane top (surely there's a technical term for that piece), prior to hurricane season shortly after we bought our house. The lamp and its giant economy-sized bottle of oil have been waiting, waiting, waiting, in our basement, ready to shine bravely in the darkness, for almost twenty years. We used it, I think, maybe once? Probably just to make sure that it actually worked. . .?
The oil (paraffin? kerosene? creepy stuff) finally went on a one-way trip last Hazardous Waste Day, and now. . . adieu to the lamp!
(We've got plenty of batteries, and even though we gave up our Halloween flashlights, there are more than enough flashlights remaining - without holiday motifs - for our next blackout!) (And do we have emergency candles? Oh, boy, we do, indeed! That'll be a post for another day!)
We're beginning to see the light!
xo, LD
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