Lights of Magnolia
The other night I visited the Chinese Lantern Festival at Magnolia Gardens called “Lights of Magnolia.” It was spectacular, a sensory experience that was both magical and surreal. I went with my sister and it was a good chance to get away for a while after all that’s happened in the past month.
Here is a description from the official Web site:
”The Lantern Festival is a centuries-old Chinese tradition, celebrated from the Han Dynasty 206 B.C. to 221 A.D., featuring spectacular illuminated scenes from history and mythology. Lantern displays are incredibly detailed and intricately constructed, with some lanterns as large as 20 meters tall and 100 meters in length.”
Indeed, this was an unforgettable experience. Once in a lifetime.
Beautiful!
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Wow! Your photos are beautiful. I know how hard it is to take pictures of lights at night. Very cool. Put “photography” on the list of things that you may want to do next. 🙂
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Very cool!
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Gorgeous pictures… the last thing I saw w/Mom before she left, was a local festival of lights at Christmas. I like to think that she is in anything shiny that I see.
@thenerve So interesting that that was the last thing you saw with your Mom before she passed. And I like the way you expressed things in that last sentence.
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Such lovely pictures. Must have been a real treat to see in person.
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It makes me happy just to know you are out and about, and such beauty to investigate you have found. That last picture of the lion makes me think of you–the path you took and fulfilled. My best.
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