Clean stem + Blue Dream = pure magic right there.

And here I was using my grandmother's good china as flower weights, real genius move on my part.

That warm weather fluke theory sounds right since heat can mess with their laying cycles way more than most people realize.

Try carrying it in your front pocket and see how quick you swap back to a regular light.

I did the rope gasket thing on my fireplace insert back in 2019 and it worked great for about three months before it started crumbling. Switched to a fiberglass rope gasket from a wood stove shop for like 15 bucks and that stuff is still holding up fine after four seasons of burning. Just make sure you clean the old ash and soot off the damper edge real good before you glue it down.