Lightning Bug Lanterns

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_d1mQ4IJdHCiKh478vQpzZBECXHW4L4A8YLWkXBh_j-4weq5haO0W8nkVT0II5t2KFisucuc8zVmlCG36jgw3vm5yOq_Wfq5_0JbbksI575oaoWeKAFq94f6nUbpg-6zn_NlzIPZT7k/s1600/Lightning+Bug+Lanterns+Title+Page+-BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_d1mQ4IJdHCiKh478vQpzZBECXHW4L4A8YLWkXBh_j-4weq5haO0W8nkVT0II5t2KFisucuc8zVmlCG36jgw3vm5yOq_Wfq5_0JbbksI575oaoWeKAFq94f6nUbpg-6zn_NlzIPZT7k/s640/Lightning+Bug+Lanterns+Title+Page+-BLOG.png" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">The lightning bugs are coming out to play! Just before dark, they wake up from their hidden bed chambers in the grass and make the countryside sparkle! This is my favorite time of day in the summer. Sitting on my back porch swing I have a panaromic view of the all their lighting and flitting...<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do remember catching them in a jar when you were a child? The jar would flicker and glow! What simple joy!  It was a miracle in a jar! I still feel that way when the lightning bugs come out to play!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9U6q1J8QB8UFJhWkTlHiOfUnU2mQ7da5DwgZU2SIwk-P5VOvDclqaxCgDnqB85zOe0rIHeHCd2P4VU_b1p9TinwWdzhYvWw_9a-soxDZWppwf6kZhRLbyhbw0M6QNtBmCdrcI5eDBff1P/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_7599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9U6q1J8QB8UFJhWkTlHiOfUnU2mQ7da5DwgZU2SIwk-P5VOvDclqaxCgDnqB85zOe0rIHeHCd2P4VU_b1p9TinwWdzhYvWw_9a-soxDZWppwf6kZhRLbyhbw0M6QNtBmCdrcI5eDBff1P/s640/Copy+of+IMG_7599.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">These dear, simple and homespun lanterns remind me of  lightning bugs in a jar! They are easy to make and such a delightful welcome as summer's day melts into night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpzKIyt0VjeE_0tovxbqJjBykoZLP5BjlJ486JMYy_L_c6ap2UjrufMcvSazATzX0dyV6t-nMMr1Vti1vkfSnDUoP3yJXQKKkIVaeIPorHonP_ykaENpkIAoRKBo3s76dEgJwxI8SfyU/s1600/IMG_7651.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpzKIyt0VjeE_0tovxbqJjBykoZLP5BjlJ486JMYy_L_c6ap2UjrufMcvSazATzX0dyV6t-nMMr1Vti1vkfSnDUoP3yJXQKKkIVaeIPorHonP_ykaENpkIAoRKBo3s76dEgJwxI8SfyU/s640/IMG_7651.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Put bird seed ( or sand if you are near the beach) in a ball jar and drop a votive candle in a small glass votive holder. Nestle the candle down in the bird seed. That's it!<br /><br />Lightning Bug Lantern!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij34VkezPKsyB9GmdLi2nRIcGOG2z2oW6jmrPIf7aMay0sYS_XR4ysYMWBbl0m8qR0dnT2INpRf8vs5CV8OJ1JcNTvbKY14-ZL0XoYU0U-TllYHEP8Mu90zFDYcPqGDlemvXA49aHjCNii/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_7609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij34VkezPKsyB9GmdLi2nRIcGOG2z2oW6jmrPIf7aMay0sYS_XR4ysYMWBbl0m8qR0dnT2INpRf8vs5CV8OJ1JcNTvbKY14-ZL0XoYU0U-TllYHEP8Mu90zFDYcPqGDlemvXA49aHjCNii/s640/Copy+of+IMG_7609.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">To make the handle use a 16 gauge steel wire and fastened it to the rim of the jar. Use a second length of wire to make the little handle. So easy! I cut and bent the wire with wire cutters.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiX615_d3q6OThXQin1IQlez02fJuNEiWpvvRykoAtcjCzZzHXyLd5cA4ytoouO0ZU2eTfH9Lsfj9uFeH8t6QuQZD6ycNJ1UjEQyQKDgMeU7Ci7q2NBcs_WHKtLTMonUr19AP9jSBbXKTV/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_7632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiX615_d3q6OThXQin1IQlez02fJuNEiWpvvRykoAtcjCzZzHXyLd5cA4ytoouO0ZU2eTfH9Lsfj9uFeH8t6QuQZD6ycNJ1UjEQyQKDgMeU7Ci7q2NBcs_WHKtLTMonUr19AP9jSBbXKTV/s640/Copy+of+IMG_7632.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1mJzxY4w5cDzwAkMDTji1wYgvoppnCvADV_KN2RN_Gd53Jb6mIEXvdi8yeBt1b0rLAExXLszMuXMAH5qWH_1ik7ZGF1-YxIWAY0cHmvHzF9z5IOAm_-qcg_9XuN_CIIlp8hgIjfihseH/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_7658.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1mJzxY4w5cDzwAkMDTji1wYgvoppnCvADV_KN2RN_Gd53Jb6mIEXvdi8yeBt1b0rLAExXLszMuXMAH5qWH_1ik7ZGF1-YxIWAY0cHmvHzF9z5IOAm_-qcg_9XuN_CIIlp8hgIjfihseH/s640/Copy+of+IMG_7658.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hang lightning bug lanterns on a crook in the garden. Line the walk with them or light up the front porch to welcome guest. Put them in unexpected places!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOnxAtMDON-XRs7sgtczQN22G-gPUzLt5IGJyUW_WQRTYIj1tKJoawNj6IGYNUKSI1xm1uYx0cHFEgSgWj480c6A-QUGHX0QnIyV05zMyF0EP5lPZvPnaIm4YSEuDRL4Toh2f815F2rEg/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_7621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOnxAtMDON-XRs7sgtczQN22G-gPUzLt5IGJyUW_WQRTYIj1tKJoawNj6IGYNUKSI1xm1uYx0cHFEgSgWj480c6A-QUGHX0QnIyV05zMyF0EP5lPZvPnaIm4YSEuDRL4Toh2f815F2rEg/s640/Copy+of+IMG_7621.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsp3SBmxYhDUlDT-Qs9twdOwc8YHu1TBQvLZiLX_TzM2tgrLW4xoeDbja1bHwJHyHCZUuVswuSlncWkp1gb4y287hjuy5b9in3WevynrtSByRxwrWIjUgfrUwvBZ9ne3yBMTq_l6qw9Z4T/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_7634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsp3SBmxYhDUlDT-Qs9twdOwc8YHu1TBQvLZiLX_TzM2tgrLW4xoeDbja1bHwJHyHCZUuVswuSlncWkp1gb4y287hjuy5b9in3WevynrtSByRxwrWIjUgfrUwvBZ9ne3yBMTq_l6qw9Z4T/s640/Copy+of+IMG_7634.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These little lanterns bring a warm glow to a summer evening... and a little charm too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTvk1qPzABFxLwS0LQWh5opW3CiGDTYCVNK7X2SICnuCYDmTri_LK6yp6p_Xshyphenhyphenvaqoah5bJsXKstZ7lQTxUxU4KPwo79VOZkqpLMuy8iVlsFiGTKm4pbnkmeg_bGcMs49rXn8CzqPq2T/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_7633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTvk1qPzABFxLwS0LQWh5opW3CiGDTYCVNK7X2SICnuCYDmTri_LK6yp6p_Xshyphenhyphenvaqoah5bJsXKstZ7lQTxUxU4KPwo79VOZkqpLMuy8iVlsFiGTKm4pbnkmeg_bGcMs49rXn8CzqPq2T/s640/Copy+of+IMG_7633.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>                                                        <br /><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a></div></div></div>

Lightning Bug Lanterns

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