Thursday 14 August 2008

Candlelight inside


Some nights, we just don't want electricity. For many reading this, you will already know we have been candle lovers for years. Some may recall the hanging candleabra in the Manse, others may recall the outdoor lanterns hanging from the porch in Cricket Road and others will recall the candles against the mirrors on the mantle in Rectory Road's dining room, let alone all the candles along the window sill in the Winter garden. So this is not new. But these dear little candle holders are. The hanging ones came from a Danish gift shop in Stoke Bruerne, the ones on the stove came from the Ikea in Milton Keynes. Not all are new - the upstanding one under the hanging ones is really a vase from Pete's mum, and the standards on the stove were a 40th present to Elizabeth from Bleache Place neighbours.