Brookside Lights
/Last week, we managed to get over to see the holiday lights at Brookside Gardens. They are worth at least one evening walkabout between Thanksgiving and the end of the year. It’s a family tradition for many people in our area of Maryland. There are things that stay the say…some things that are new...every time we go. This year there was another frog sculpture (with a butter fly and little frog) in the visitor’s center; I hadn’t noticed it before.
The caterpillar tunnel was the same near the entrance to the gardens just outside the visitor center.
The spider web and rainbow with lightning and clouds with raindrops were also repeats from previous years.
I always like the dragon (mom and baby). In previous years they spewed smoke.
Another new display: saguaro cactus light shapes.
The butterfly and lights on a water feature (lights instead of water for the winter) were oldies but goodies.
I also like the spotlight on the sphere sculpture that I like so well during the day. The irregularities in the rock are more visible with the shadows. This might be my favorite picture from the whole evening!
I created a slideshow with my other favorites. I like the nature theme for the lights - flowers and moon and trees shapes, insects, tall stalks, a snake and ants and a fox, mushrooms. Sometimes I am not sure what it’s supposed to be…but it’s always fun to guess.
It’s also fun to listen to parents interacting with their young children. I noticed a toddler almost in front of us walking across the sidewalk; his father said “Don’t sit in the mulch” and the child promptly took a few more steps, turned around, and sat down in the mulch. He was helped up…dusted off in the back (it was cold so he was well bundled up). Everyone laughed…a good time!
