This Little Light of Mine

I have had this little Dutch girl lamp for half my lifetime. She is a sturdy cast iron (heavy!) standing stoically in her clogs and coat and scarf watching the world go by.

Days like this one is when she gets her moment to shine. Cold, rainy, as though nature has relapsed back in to winter.

This is her moment! She shines and makes her little corner of the world glow

“Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"...
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...” 
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden