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Candlelit breakfast

The power was temporarily down for a half day in our neighborhood a few days ago! It was early in the morning when I took these pictures. The candles lighted the house for almost 3 hours. It brought back memories during those times when there were "brown outs" back home. We would sing, tell stories or play charades and had good laughs. Somehow we never ran out of things to do just to pass the time while waiting for the power to be restored. Those precious times will always put a smile on my face.

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