Friday, August 27, 2010

The Turkeys See the Light

The irrepressibly curious turkeys inspected the cool, retro lamp I got at  the Salvation Army thrift store yesterday for $2.50.  It seemed to meet with their approval.

I have been buying this 1970's style of  lamp whenever I come across one  inexpensively since we  moved to the farm. I have acquired many similar lamps in the typical 70's  green and orange colors, but this is the first specimen with blue glass I have found.
No, our house isn't decorated with these retro lamps. I have been disassembling them for use as fence post  finials. Rog mounted them on the fence posts along our driveway and I inserted solar-powered landscape lights. They glow like glass pumpkins and  squashes at night, guiding guests in  and casting groovy light patterns on the driveway. We also stacked a couple on either side of our patio gate for a more colorful entrance.  Silly, but I get a kick out of them.

6 comments:

Marie said...

that is so cool....

Becky said...

I think they're fantastic!! They would make me smile every time I looked at them :)

Dene said...

Brilliant! I love the idea.

katiegirl said...

How neat!! I bet they're so pretty!

DreamRiver Farm said...

oooh, those are fun finials!!! Miss you guys.

tom | tall clover farm said...

Nice touch, nothing like putting a little fancy in the farm.