small pleasures
Jan. 15th, 2026 08:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kayreI've always loved light through colored glass, including tea lights in colored votives. But I don't light candles very often-- the small effort, the smoke, the small danger of candles around cats, etc. And I don't like the little electric votives because they're generally disposable.
A few weeks ago a little (tea?) light went off in my head-- and I searched, and found rechargeable electric tea lights, and ordered a set. I'm in love! I can adjust the light level and flicker speed, so while it doesn't quite look like actual flame, it's close. I can set up a timer, so I have one in the dining room set to light for 4 hours every night. There's also a remote, so I control the one in my sitting room day by day. I'm rotating through my little collection of votives, and finding the little lights amazingly soothing.
A few weeks ago a little (tea?) light went off in my head-- and I searched, and found rechargeable electric tea lights, and ordered a set. I'm in love! I can adjust the light level and flicker speed, so while it doesn't quite look like actual flame, it's close. I can set up a timer, so I have one in the dining room set to light for 4 hours every night. There's also a remote, so I control the one in my sitting room day by day. I'm rotating through my little collection of votives, and finding the little lights amazingly soothing.
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Date: 2026-01-16 04:16 am (UTC)Ooh, rechargeable ones sound nice! At Pennsic we had some that were solar-powered somehow -- absorbed power during the day and came on at night. I don't think they flickered, though.
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Date: 2026-01-17 02:14 am (UTC)Link to what you found, please? ? They would be great in hospital rooms.
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Date: 2026-01-17 02:29 am (UTC)no subject
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