30 June 2008

garden orb

one of my earliest memories is of my grandmother's glow-in-the-dark rosary beads. i would take them into this little room, a closet perhaps, behind some sort of curtain and wave them around and marvel at their glowing greenness. and what does that have to do with my garden, you ask? i believe that early experience made me the sucker i am today for anything that glows in the dark, and this garden-thing-on a-stick is supposed to do just that. subject it to sunlight by day, says the tag, and particles inside will glow thoroughout the night. i have yet to see that happen but am chalking it up to all the afternoon storms we've had. today, however, has dawned bright and sunny - so i'm hopeful that tonight may be the night! i'll let you know...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So....now I'm curious. Did the bulb glow in the dark? N.

chris said...

alas, no. i do believe i've been had. but it's still a pretty ornament, all green and blue swirls nestled among the plants. and i am ever hopeful that some evening i may look out to find it glowing...