At some ridiculous hour of the morning, I woke up to go to the bathroom, and Tora was squeaking away in the kitten like the crazed little thing she is. Naturally, I went to investigate. There she sat on the stool by the kitchen window, staring through the glass, and being as agitated as a small cat can be. Getting down on eye level with her, I peer out into the darkness to see what she’s on about, and there in the yard I see a light. One little spot of brightness in the general pitch blackness of my back yard.

“That’s odd,” I thought. I grabbed my phone, put on my garden clogs, and went to investigate.

Well … duh. Lin had bought a silly little $2.50 solar yard light at Walmart, in order to see if it totally sucked or not, and we stuck it out there that day when he got home from work, and then promptly forgot about it. I think that was two days or so ago. I meant to see what it was like that very night, but we ate dinner, sat on the couch, watched some TV, and fell asleep in the living room … and then just completely forgot the thing was out there. Impending senility, I am certain.

I have to say, considering it’s a very cheaply made piece of plastic from China that can be had for $2.50 at Walmart, and the fact we haven’t seen much sunlight since we stuck the thing out there, I’m pretty impressed with the amount of light it puts out. A few more of these out there would certainly light the way for late-night garden harvesting (it happens). It even put out enough light for me to take a photo with my cell phone, which is saying something, because my cell phone camera sucks in low light.

I think a few more of these need to be bought and stuck out in the garden, and a couple more need to be bought so I can take them apart to use the bits for other things. Can’t believe something so cheap works reasonably well. Guess I’ll have to overlook my Walmart boycott and grab some more soon.