Pretty, Yes, But What About the Electric Utility Bill?

I want the Featured Image to better, but the discards from last night’s Christmas decor photo walk are worse. This house has beckoned my camera for years. The property, on Florida near Howard here in University Heights, is brazenly lit every December. I must return and seek skills redemption.

Vitals, aperture manually set: f/1.7, ISO 1000, 1/15 sec, 28mm; 7:33 p.m. PST; Leica Q2.

Only the first of December, but I see holiday decorations popping up all around my San Diego neighborhood—and in greater numbers than any of the previous sixteen Christmases. The change is welcome. But, whoa, what about that electric utility bill?