By candlelight

We had a huge thunderstorm here last night.  It started just after Tavish went to bed, and as loud as the thunder was, he slept right through it all.  Which is good, because when he's awake he doesn't much care for the terrifying crrrack-KOOM!  Me, I love it.

Dex and I had just gotten out of the shower, so we decided to lounge around and watch Cars until his bedtime.  But there was this one monstrous lightning strike that was followed by the biggest thunder crack of all, and the climax to that was a total power outage.  Which was totally unfair because the house right across the street still had lights on.  With Lightning McQueen ironically deleted from our TV screen, I lit one of my wife's scented candles in a jar and the boy and I huddled around it in the middle of the living room floor, fully as entranced by that as we were by the TV.

Dex had his bear towel on after the shower, so I thought I'd take some pictures.  Amy was out with a girlfriend, so it was just us two men-folk and the dog making the best of a quiet, dark evening.

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"Is it hot, Daddy?  The fire?"

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"Yes it is hot, Son.  See?"

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"I'm getting sleepy, Daddy."

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And so I picked him up and carried him into bed...

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...and came back out to the living room and read my book by candlelight for the next hour until the power came back on.

Way better than TV.

Comments

[Émilie B]

I love those pictures. They're so quiet and soothing. Especially the sleeping Dex - way relaxing.

That's like my home computer background right now : a sleeping Xavier. It's starting to get dated (he's over a month older now) but it's sooo relaxing to see. Dex's pic, with the candlelight, emphasizes that effect.

...and where does the bear-towell come from? It's so cool.

[Moksha Gren]

It should come as no surprise to you ...consiering the long string of coincidences that you an I and Mark share...but we also lost power last nigth due to a massive rain and thunderstorm. We also had some minor basement flooding...how 'bout you?

The pitures are wonderful. The lighting is just magical.

So you read Kassad's tale by firelight Destruction and passion, true for each. I like it.

[Simon]

Émy, the bear towel came from... one of my wife's shopping trips. She came back with the bear set (it comes with a matching wash cloth) as well as a green dragon set -- Dex's favourite.

Thankfully, Moksha, our similarities ended last night at the power outage. We had our basement flooding excitement (minor) early this spring when I had to whip out the shop-vac. Kassad's tale was indeed started last night. Didn't finish it since I sort of nodded off, and I was sort of confused for the first few paragraphs when it was talking about the battle of Agincourt. But a right good read as far as I made it!

[Mark]

The battle of Agincourt? I know it had something to do with King Henry V, right? Sorry, it's too late and I just got back from two time zones west of here.

Great series of pics, Simon. I love photo stories (I'm sure you never could have guessed).

And, I agree about reading being better than TV. I have the same problem you had -- the nodding off.

Glad you didn't wake up on fire! Although, that would have made for an awfully exciting finish to this post.

[Amy]

The bear towel was from Walmart. I can almost hear Simon cringe.

[Moksha Gren]

Mark - Jet lag and can still pull out Henry V references? I'm impressed.

[Émilie B]

Yay! We have one here, and I have no big reservations about buying there - not with the amount of stuff I bought there already. They'll probably have the same stuff yours do. That's eerie, when you think about it.

[Moksha Gren]

He looks like a miniature shaman

[marian]

Lovely! The sleeping one is especially gorgeous.... I could see it enlarged as a framed, black and white print.

[The Rev]

Sugar! Sugar! Sugar!!