Candlelight

Today is a family member's birthday and Candlemass which sounds nice as it's still so wintery and it seems like an excuse to light some cheery candles. However as I'm not really au fait with religious festivals I googled Candlemass and got 'influential Swedish doom metal band'!  Mmm I'll leave that research to another day. I take tealights out of their aluminium containers because they block out light, put them in special glass pots and then in my teacups. The wax illuminates and the light comes through the tea strainers that the cups sit on - it's such a pretty, warm light.  It's another use of my chandeliers to switch off the power and just use the candles - if you hang them lower over a table you can reach easily.