Thursday, December 20, 2012

Following a Trail of Lights


Almost every year since 1965
a section of Austin has come alive with
Christmas magic
in the form of
light.

In all the years I've lived here,
had never seen the Trail of Lights with my own eyes
until Monday night
and then I wondered... 
why did wait so long?


In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.  
~Aaron Rose





Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby. ~Ruth E. Renkel






Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.  
~Anthony J. D'Angelo





No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.  
~Terry Pratchett




  
I will love the light for it shows me the way.  
Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.  
~Og Mandino


See the moon hiding in the star?




Your path is illuminated by the light
Yet darkness lets the stars shine bright. 
~J.L.W. Brooks





In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.  
~Blaise Pascal 




We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.  
~Earl Nightingale




You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.  
~Arlo Guthrie





In the beginning there was nothing.  God said, "Let there be light!"  And there was light.  There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.  
~Ellen DeGeneres


The lights forming the tree below are strung from one of the original Moonlight Towers, constructed in 1894 after a Jack-the-Ripper type murderer terrorized the city. 
Actually, some think it really was Jack the Ripper who committed the crimes and then fled to London.

Ahem. 
Anyway... back to Christmas joy...






Moonlight is sculpture.  
~Nathaniel Hawthorne

(See the moon hiding in the tree now?)




Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas, full of light and love! 
I'm grateful for each and every one of you!

6 comments:

  1. These are gorgeous! If I had tried to take these photos, they'd be a bunch of squiggly lights, with no distinct forms.

    Love the dog, with the purple lights!

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  2. Oh wow.. your city sure knows how to light up its life in style. Scrumptious colours.

    Wishing you and yours the very Merriest of Christmases, Barbara.

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  3. As much as I am not a Christmas fan, I do love the lights. What an amazing show.

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  4. Barbara,
    Your light shots are just so festive and beautiful! I hardly ever stay out late enough to see the Christmas lights, so this was a treat for my eyes.
    Now I see that you live in Austin. When talking to my husband about Texas, he says the only place he would move to would be Austin.

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  5. Such a magical display of lights! Love it. HOpe you and yours had a very merry Christmas and big blessings for the new year.

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