I'll never forget, on the first night of every family camping trip, the first light of those beloved colorful string lights we had helped mother to hang from tree to tree earlier that afternoon.
It was always the same feeling when their soft but jolly light fell on the ground around us... it was time to be having fun!
That's string lights for you. Soon as they come on, you just feel like smiling. And anyone that has hung these festive lights and enjoyed that atmosphere knows what I'm talking about.
But in those days, unless you were camping or holding an outdoor Hawaiian luau, the string lights mostly stayed in a box, just gathering dust in the attic.
These days people don't need special occasions to hang these little wonders but have made them permanent lighting resources as a part of their landscape decor. And people are loving string lights as never before.
And it thrills me to see them becoming so popular. As a child, I just never understood why we only used them on our camping trips. We had the small multi-colored Chinese lantern type and they made the prettiest glow on our faces as we sat beneath them telling ghost stories.
Today, there are so many styles of string lights to choose from, and all of them ready to make any corner of your garden a very fun place to be. And not just for an occasional party, but every night!
When my parents passed, I asked for those old Chinese lantern string lights my mother had strung so many times through the years. Though dusty, worn and torn, and most of the bulbs burned out as well, they hold so many fond memories of our family's camping trips, they are priceless to me.
And in a special corner of my backyard, I have hung some very similar Chinese lanterns. And it's the spot everyone's congregates to, faces aglow, conversation lively... just fun all around.
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