We looked for some southwestern outdoor lighting on our last trip to Arizona. Unfortunately, we didn’t find anything close to what I thought was a good design. We bought some inexpensive outdoor fixtures to fill in the holes pending finding the style we like. However, when the electrician opened up the boxes, two out of the three fixtures we bought were broken. We boxed them up and returned them to the home improvement warehouse.
So now what to do? We put the fixture installation on hold while we came back to California for some business here. Bob went on line and found an outfit called TheSouthWestStore.com that custom makes sconces in the style we like.
The photo shows two styles – a bear and a road runner – I chose the bear, but the finish will look like the one shown on the road runner – it’s a blue-green patina with copper highlights. The translucent liner shown will be replaced with an amber mica liner that should look really nice at night time (the link to the night time picture shows light coming out of the top of the sconce – in reality, there will be a metal piece blocking upward light for dark sky purposes). Click on the image to enlarge.
It is notable that Veterans Day shares the same anniversary date as the signing of the Mayflower Compact in 1620. That simple document, after all, is the taproot of a great nation, now a shining beacon of Liberty, which owes its very existence to the toils and trials of generations of American Veterans.
