All the Bulbs That Shine

May 5, 2019

Thirty or forty years ago, keeping a supply of light bulbs on hand was a simple thing: a pack of 60-watt bulbs, one three way bulb, a 40-watt utility bulb for the refrigerator, a yellow light bulb for the outside light…that was about it.

Now I stand at the shelf over the dryer in the utility room and look at the wide assortment of light bulbs:

  • the LED bulbs that fit the recessed kitchen cans;
  • the extra-small LED bulbs that fit the new family room track cans;
  • the 8-pack of LED bulbs that DO NOT fit the new family room track cans and that might fit something somewhere sometime;
  • the large clear bulbs for the pendant kitchen light;
  • the two sizes of halogen bulbs for the two living floor lamps;
  • the other size halogen bulb, labeled in Bill’s handwriting “for the desk lamp;”
  • two packs of special IKEA bulbs for the pin-up lights in the guest room;
  • some mystery halogen bulbs—-I have no idea;
  • two mini-spiral 13-watt LED bulbs that fit the new overhead ceiling fixture in the hall;
  • the candle-shaped LED bulbs that are needed for the two outside pole lights;

and one 60-watt bulb, three three-way bulbs, one 40-watt utility bulb, and a yellow bulb for the outside light. (No partridge in a pear tree.)

Thomas Edison would be amazed.

And do I have those extra-special LED things that don’t even look like a bulb but more a part for a robot, and are needed for the two burned out walkway lights? No. Fortunately I am an Amazon Prime member.

2 thoughts on “All the Bulbs That Shine

  1. Willow Bodman

    And here I thought you were going to wax poetic on your tulips!! (But, I too have a huge assortment of lightbulbs: vintage, wattage, size, shape and quality-of-light —all represented😏)

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    1. admin

      Well, the tulips I planted in my deer-fenced little garden certainly have shone, and am hoping that the lilies I planted the last few days will also provide beauty. But frustrations with light bulbs rose to the top of my writer’s brain!

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