i have a thing for lamps...sometimes.

Bought a carbon filament lamp today, like it.

A few of my favorite things~~~

Severn Valley Railway

My lamp vs the red wallpaper =)

Hanging in the ceiling of a restaurant in Madison, Alabama.

Rynek, Wrocław.

This is a lovely little courtyard in front of the Santa Cecilia in Trastevere.

Macro shot

One of my antique oil lamps with a hint of lavender from aging in the sun. Sitting on an Eastlake Bureau.

Another Marshall Studios lamp, on a Danish teak side table, next to a Nambe dish by Eva Zeisel, with a scherenschnitte papercut above.

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Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.

-Matthew 5:15

Hartford, Connecticut

An amazing congruence of angles and colours that I happened upon during a walk in Brugge.

a fancy street lamp

Lovely pair of mushroom lamps from the Laurel Lamp Company of Newark, New Jersey. Produced in the 1960's, I believe these retain their original globes. They were found in Eagan, Minnesota.

FINALLY found shades for my lovely vintage hairpin-leg lamps! I bought these lamps for $10 each a few years back, but have struggled to find shades that work. I was almost resigned to having custom fiberglass ones made from Moon Shine when I found these for $12 at Target. :)

My daughter made this in art class at school.

Thanx for the suggestions Shyam, Alan, and all others. Cropped, toned, AND I THINK IT LOOKS BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL POST !

along the beach

Oil lamp at night..... F1.4

Indian handcrafted novelty snowshoes and a replica Adirondack pack basket complete with Hudson's Bay blanket and woven scarf, form a still life winter scene of roughing it out-of-doors. At the base of a white birch tree supporting a parchment shade and moose head finial, firewood has been readied to keep the camp fire burning.

From a wonderful store giving Joy throughout the Land in Topeka - a Coleman CQ Lamp. Estimated date is 1919. As noted by me elsewhere - these are solid, simple and extraordinarily effective lamps - a testament to the vision of William Coleman and the American Crafrsmen (and women) that made them. Works as new after simple cleaning and a new generator (R55)

And for the detail junkies - Fount is good - dry as a desert with only very fine rust dust! Handle is the tall one (4.25") and is faintly marked with language along the lines of "Coleman Quick Lite, CQ, Coleman Lamp Company , Wichita Kansas". As it has the single patent date of May 13, 1919 on the tube, tall handle, and no markings on the fount - best estimate based on "The Book" is 1917-1919, and being most likely 1919 unless it has been messed with and has replaced parts. This will be a good comparison with my later lamp with short handle (1919-1924) when done!

watercolour on paper 2003

This tall table lamp was fabricated from a cast-iron baluster left at our local swap shop, a bronze maritime lighting fixture, a custom-cut granite base and a clear piece of acrylic to tie everything together. The lamp is an led bulb.