Thank God for friends! Some of the thoughts and ideas I share on this blog would be nice to take credit for because they are so clever, but God did not gift me with the wisdom of Solomon; however, He did gift me with droves of friends. One such friend recently shared an idea she used which came to her through the internet. She and her family were on vacation when a storm knocked out power service to the area where they were staying. Most times when on vacation we don’t think of preparing for emergencies and this was just such a time for my friend and her family. It was dead of night and pitch black dark. I’ll let her tell you the rest of the story…
“Due to a thunderstorm, we lost power for about 5 hours one night. We were scrambling around in the darkness, looking for matches, candles, and flashlights. Then we looked outside and noticed our Solar Lights shining brightly all around the patio, stairs & dock. We walked outside and brought several of the solar lights inside. We stuck the Solar Light pipes into plastic drink bottles and they made the nicest, brightest, safest, lighting you could imagine. We put one in the bathroom, one in the kitchen and in the living room.
There are many types of Solar Lights available. We bought quite a few and put them all around our yard. They look nice and do not attract flying bugs like the outdoor lights around our doorway. The lights we have fit into 20-oz. water bottles and also fit into most larger 2 liter bottles. If you need a weight in the plastic bottle to keep them from tipping over, put in a few of the colorful flat marbles they put in aquariums and vases. You can also use sand, aquarium gravel, or whatever you have available. These would be great for camping trips too.”
What a novel idea! The little solar lights used for decorative purposes to mark driveway entrances, walkways and beautify patios and other outdoor landscaping can become emergency lighting source when the lights go out… all year round. The little lights recharge the power source during the day and turn on during the evening for a few hours. I even have a couple of solar lights that look like bamboo torches and flicker as though there were candles in the globe.
So the little solar lights can do much more than beautify landscape, bring them in for party lighting besides using them in an emergency.
