[WillowTheWhisp]

I was just sitting here watching a votive candle burning in a small glass............ er glass. After a while the whole candle liquifies - hence the need for it to be in a glass or it would be all over the place.

Now when it was a solid candle this candle was a very pale opaque pastel shade of pink, now that it's totally liquid it's gone a much darker pink and transparent. I was wondering why it does that. Why is the transparent liquid version a darker colour?

You may be wondering why I'm sitting here by candlelight - no the fuses haven't gone. I'm not running the PC off steam power. I'm applying a bit of psychology. The boiler has just been fettled. (Remember the BG man who condemned it? Well Mr. Fix-it came today and put it right so I suspect Mr. BG may have sabotaged it because it worked perfectly well before he came.) However, I digress.

Due to there having been a distinct lack of boiler this house had become a bit parky despite two gas fires and a convector heater. Somehow the sight of a flickering flame helps me to feel a bit warmer - maybe it worked for Bob Cratchet too.