Let there be Light

The afternoons here lately have been very dark and dreary. 

I'm not sure why. 

It is common to have days like this in the summer, but not everyday and not quite so dark. 

But this week, practically every day it gets really dark 

and then starts thundering and threatening to rain 

but it never seems to amount to anything.

I don't like it to be so dark :0(

This is what it looked like the other day at 2:30 in the afternoon

and this is what it looked like today

  Bad weather never use to bother me, I wonder why it does now?

I might feel differently if my husband was home (he's still out working)

and I know that at least two of my children are probably not home from work yet.

I always feel better about storms if I know that everyone is safe inside their homes.

 Then it's ok for the winds to blow and the rain to fall (no matter how hard).

I decided it might be a good idea to put some fresh batteries in my candles.

(that's sounds funny, I know)

 I have some really cool candle-looking lights that run on batteries.

The one on the left was a gift from a friend 

and the one on the right was a gift from my sweet cousin (I have a few of those, they came in a set/4).

I have them placed around the house. They have built in timers and once you've set them 

they will come on the same time each day and stay on for about 5 hours.

 I just love them! They make such a difference in a dark space...See what I mean