ideas for using exterior light fixture to power Arduino, fishing for ideas.

I've got some cheap automatic light controllers that fit between the bulb and the bulb holder and switch the bulb on and off according to ambient light levels. Perhaps you could repurpose one of these as a project enclosure. I don't know what's inside, but it may even be that they already contain a SMPS - if not, I think they're big enough to hold one, together with a small PCB for your project.