Okay, so the snow came…otherwise know as Snowmageddon, Death Strom and simply, Blizzard 2011. We are Michiganders and will drive through a lot of crazy s***, but even this caused my office to call a full snow day (shocking).
I won’t lie. All the shoveling had me mumbling under my breath. I stamped my way back inside with rosy cheeks, sore muscles and a dripping nose. As I warmed my frozen hands around a cup of tea, and my boyfriend and I peered out the kitchen windows at our pup measuring the depth of the snow (it was to her chest and higher…I think she wants to relocate south), I stared at the PILES of snow and longed. What did I long for? Weeds. That’s right..weeds. I found myself thinking I far prefer scooting along pulling weeds with the sun warming my head then feeling my muscles strain to lever another shovel full of snow high enough to pile on top of waist high pile.
All of this weed pulling dreaming got me thinking again about gardening and being out in the backyard. The backyard is a big deal at our house. I come home for lunch every day and will often do a quick change into a bikini and head to soak up some warmth before going back to absorb more florescent lighting. We frequently invite friend(s) to come spend a quiet weeknight or noise weekend making use of our deck. Our TV also stays noticeably more quiet during the summer months as we lounge around watching the dusk.
I recently checked out 2 books from the Grand Rapids Public Library that were both about the best types of flowers/plants for a Michigan garden. I mean we get blizzards and have temps that can hit near 100 so plants can be tricky. This has gotten me dreaming about blooming flowers, juicy tomatoes and climbing vines.
Of course, all of that led me to think more about the atmosphere in the garden. I’ve already thought a great deal about garden lights. I’ve done some research on outdoor garden lights…wait are there indoor garden lighs?! Hmmm, either those are too expensive for me or are otherwise known as greenhouse lights haha Annnyyways. Back to garden lights. I’ve thought long and hard about solar garden lights. The ease of no wiring was highly appealing. However, I think I’ve also mentioned before that Michigan has a rep. A rep for being somewhat (okay, sometimes a LOT) cloudy. How do I make sure my garden lights will last? Then I ran across some LED Christmas lights that I still needed to take to storage in the basement. Hey, don’t judge. I bought them AFTER Christmas and it was only a small pack for a wreath. Them being LED got me thinking though…I wonder if they make LED garden lights that are…wait for it (name that show!) solar powered garden lights + led garden lights = my perfect garden lights. I did a quick search on amazon (like 30 seconds) and um, yeah. Fouund some amazing stuff. How amazing would these be?
Except for the fact that they don’t hang on the wall they fit all my other criteria…modern, stainless steel, solar and led!
I also found mason style jars
How awesome in a rustic kids rooms or at a cottage (or cabin depending on where you live)!?
Oh and for the person who has everything? How about a Solar Powered Lantern and Water Bottle?! I know…I just blew your mind. I had no idea this existed, but I want it and I want to go camping just to use it.
Okay, just one more garden light I swear. This one is for my Grandma…it’s a hummingbird garden stake that changes colors.
My grandma’s favorite bird is the hummingbird…I mean how could she not love looking out her window and see a glowing solar powered garden light…that changed colors. Of course, this would mean she’d have to stay up past Jeopardy, but maybe since they’re led garden lights too they’ll last until “morning” (aka before the dawn) and she can see them then. 
