There are some useless things in life. Things like
- A open top bus to celebrate a trophy win at my so called football club,
- Chocolate fire guards,
- That unkillable plant that died in the Yorkshire weather within days (the Yorkshire Summer…..),
- The last 250 pages of The Silmarillion (I can’t get through the first chapter after thirty years of trying),
- My baking….
Now we can add solar power in Yorkshire to that list.
Son expectantly waiting for a festive feel in the garden.
I carefully placed the new solar powered Christmas lights into a tree. Positioned the panel in a place which faces the sun all day. Absolutely no shade cover to worry about. Perfect.
Only problem is this is Yorkshire. Absolutely no sun. But don’t worry the lights come with a panel that apparently works in cloudy conditions. Just 4 hours charging required. There is cloudy and then there is Yorkshire.
Two days now. Nothing. Not a flicker from the lights. Well on the bright side we still have 18 days till Christmas. Just maybe in 18 days we might just get enough light to breathe a little life into them. Looking at the forecast. I’m not entirely convinced.
Oh no! That is cloudy and misty. We just have gray which is no problem for my plugin lights to brighten the weedy gardens a bit. Here’s hoping a bit of sunshine shines your way to give your lights a go!
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Sunshine would be great.
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Borrow the video from my last post. That will work π€£
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It so would. That was some sky.
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I hate to bring it up, but perhaps you’ve bought a lemon…
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We bit a few minutes of son this afternoon and it did flicker into life – briefly
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I’m sorry about the lights! Also, I’ve never managed to finish The Silmarillion and I even tried an audio version…
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It is just so difficult to understand
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Lol yes, like reading a history book!
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I know I read the Silmarillion, all the way through, but I dont remember it. π€·πΌββοΈπ
Maybe you need a sun lamp to charge your Christmas lightsππππππ
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Your just showing off now. Your mind is clearly much bigger than mine. I am not worthy xxx
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No, it just means that my eyes read words that my brain did not retain. I can read words in French too… doesn’t mean I know what the meaning isπππππππ
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Iβm like that with english xxx
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Did you turn them on?
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I hope so….
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Lol! Better check.
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I will when the rain stops
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I never even heard of the Silmarillion! I am thinking I am not missing anything?
My husband bought solar lights left them out all day. Nothing happened. He said he bought duds and was taking them back. I picked one up and the top came off the stake. I looked inside the light and saw that he had never pulled the little tab off that makes them light! π
I hope yours do light up!!
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You got me worried now…….
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LOL!
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God bless you both there as the darkness and light hours ebb towards the minimum light of solstice in just under two weeks… We have the opposite problem here I am waking too early… I hope you get just a glimmer of sun soon to make the lights shine.. β€
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I think we need rain power here.
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Hydroelectric Christmas lights…
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That would work here
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Yes π
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Just wait until summer, they’ll work ;D
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If they havenβt rusted by then
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LOL!
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Have you tried shining other lights onto it?
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Now thatβs an idea.
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Lol… Saw your commenter above had beaten me to it. Mind you ti does defeat the purpose somewhat I guess…..BUT it is Yorkshire. I saw some of my all year round lights flickering in bush this morning. I thought what is twinkling in that bush….? That it was some kind of magical sign…
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Need some of that rain power here.
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Heh. I have solar-powered lights on my balcony and they won’t work either. No sun is getting through the thick grey mass of clouds we have had for weeks now π
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We need the sun……
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YES, we do.
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Still waiting….
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Same.
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Still misty no sun….
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Same.
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That’s indeed a bit tricky!
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Just need the sun….
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I hear you, Gary!
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If you bring the solar panel into the house and place it under a strong light? Deceive it by placing it in front of the fire? No idea how those things work.
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Going to try that.
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I’m with JoRo. I’ve never heard of The Silmarillion either. And, what is a Chocolate Fire Guard?
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Itβs just so complicated to read. Beyond me.
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Solar powered lights oop there? For muppets?
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What was I thinking….
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Praying for sun so you get to see the lights x
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Thank you my friend xx
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Oh no…looks like my prediction came true. Sending love and light your way. π
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And still coming true . xxx
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
SURE YOU CAN’T BORROW SOMEONE’S LIVE STEAM TRAIN AND SET UP A STEAM-POWERED GENERATOR? THAT WOULD BE FUN! π
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Canβt thank you enough.
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God has something good for you coming! You mean—you found a steam-powered generator???? π
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