| Anyone who knows me well knows that there is | | | | lighting options we had. We choose a few |
| no place I would rather be at the end of a | | | | strings of tiny Chinese laterns that we in |
| long day than out in my garden enjoying a cup | | | | bright teal and olive colors. We both loved |
| of tea. In the cool fall and spring months, I | | | | them and knew that they would be the perfect |
| prefer a cup of hot peppermint tea in my | | | | garden lighting for our needs. |
| garden, and in the heat of summer I apt for a | | | | |
| cup of iced lemon tea. There is something | | | | We rushed home and decided not to wait until |
| magical about being in my backyard garden | | | | morning to put the garden lighting up. |
| that I just cannot get enough of. I have read | | | | Instead, we went immediately to our backyard |
| more books, journaled more pages, and shared | | | | garden and began stringing the lights from |
| more great conversations with my family in | | | | tree to tree to tree. After checking to see |
| our garden than almost anywhere else. The | | | | that all of the bulbs worked, we decided not |
| atmosphere of my garden was recently made | | | | to let ourselves turn the garden lighting on |
| even more magical when we strung garden | | | | until we had it all up and hanging in place. |
| lighting throughout the entire thing. | | | | I'm so glad we waited because when we finally |
| | | | turned on our new garden lighting it was |
| I have no idea why I hadn't thought of using | | | | amazing. The small and colorful Chinese |
| great garden lighting before, but I was | | | | laterns did a lot for the look and feel of |
| definitely open to the idea when my | | | | our garden. The garden lighting only made it |
| artistically driven teenage daughter | | | | more inviting than it was before. |
| suggested it as we sat on our back porch one | | | | |
| night with tea cups. She thought that garden | | | | We gathered the rest of our family and |
| lighting might do something special for the | | | | brought them outside to see our work. They |
| mood of the garden and that it might make us | | | | enjoyed the garden lighting as much as we did |
| want to spend even more time there. | | | | and within minutes we were making popcorn and |
| | | | had plans to enjoy the backyard garden |
| Before I knew it we had sat our tea cups down | | | | together that evening. I love the way my |
| and were headed to a local gardening store to | | | | garden lighting looks, but even more than |
| see what kinds of garden lighting we could | | | | that I love the way our garden has become a |
| find. We were amazed when we took time to | | | | gathering place for the people I love most. |
| look through the store at how many garden | | | | |