Candlelight

[poliphilo]

We forget how dark it was in the past.

The lights downstairs keep shorting out- and instead of trekking down to the cellar- again- to flip the switch I lit a candle. 

As you move about with your candle you see the house in fragments. You don't see the floor; you don't see the ceiling. If there's a slug on the kitchen floor-as there so often is- too bad for both of you. The shadows of upstanding objects go wheeling past, reflective surfaces wink.   If you hold the candle in front of your eyes all you see is the flame against inky blackness. To perform a simple task- like making a cup of coffee- you need to keep repositioning your candle so it lights the relevant part of the operation.

Ailz says she's going to call the electrician and get him to fix the fault. Spoil-sport!  Nevertheless I mean to continue with the experiment.

Comments

[craftyailz.livejournal.com]

Only in case there is a serious - dangerous - problem with our electrics

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

OK. :)

[heatherp8.livejournal.com]

not to mention, it's very romantic as well *wink, wink*

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed. Candlelight is beautiful- and flattering.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

I used to think candles were romantic. But, I've always lived in OLD houses (the one I live in now is about 300 years old) and I'm not great at being extra careful.

Great picture, though, Tony!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I suppose one gets used to handling candles safely. The candlestick I'm using has a handle- and used to belong to my grandmother.

[saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com]

Nice portrait.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[craftyailz.livejournal.com]

And, yes, it's a very nice picture of you - a very nice picture indeed!!!!!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just!

So you liked it then?

[craftyailz.livejournal.com]

It'll do - I prefer the real thing - the candle shows up your jowls, your wrinkles, your big nose - and all your other good points too. xx

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Candlelight makes for lovely photos.
Like this one!

You get slugs in your kitchen?

[craftyailz.livejournal.com]

Yep - I went to get a drink one night and gathered up 17 - all one family I think - from huge great-grandpappy to the baby & put them in a bag to go outside in the morning - I fastened the bag to stop them escaping, though I did make airholes in it.

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

Great post, lovely photo.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

It makes it far more easy to understand your witchiness.

[sovay]

and instead of trekking down to the cellar- again- to flip the switch I lit a candle.

You look like Loki.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Ha!

I picture him with a beard myself- a little beard.....

[sovay]

I picture him with a beard myself- a little beard.....

I grew up on the D'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants; he's always clean-shaven to me.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I have in mind a picture by M.E.Winge(?)in Guerber's Myths of the Norsemen, which shows Loki chained to a rock and writhing like something out of Michelangelo.

[sovay]

I have in mind a picture by M.E.Winge(?)in Guerber's Myths of the Norsemen, which shows Loki chained to a rock and writhing like something out of Michelangelo.

This one?

[zoe-1418.livejournal.com]

Love your description and the photo too!

Ewwww, slugs!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

We get so many slugs round here I've had to toughen up in my attitude towards them.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

I think you are being smart not to flip the switch -- it sounds like a short circuit, very dangerous, a fire hazard.
What a wizard of a picture!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

We'll be getting the electician in. I'm hoping our insurance will cover it.