sequel to seeing someone's headlight go out: saw the streetlights turn on, for real this time

I saw the moment someone's headlight went on a while back. I started thinking about the little streetlamps (lamps, since they're smaller) outside, and remembered the times I've been looking out the window when I swore I saw them turn on. A few days later, I was looking out during the day and saw one was just.... already on. Maybe I imagined them turning on? And my memory can be unreliable. Sometimes I swear something just appears, when it's been there a while; it catches my attention a certain way like it's phasing into existence or rendering before my eyes

So. I was sitting inside the local mexican restaurant. I look up out the window and notice it's suddenly dark. THEN I SEE THEM!!!! The streetlights come on and they don't flash on, they gradient-ed up over a second, so I couldn't mistake it.

I'm still riding that high.