Lanterns at the Gardens

[telophase]

Yesterday I found out about the Lanterns at the Gardens, an exhibition of Chinese-style lantern/sculpture things. So Toby and I braved the cold (it's Texas' fourth winter this year, it seems--cool but with a cold wind) this evening to go look at them.

It was pretty spectacular. There were a lot of lanterns/sculptures/waht-have-you, but here are some of my favorites (well, some of the ones that came out best in the photos).





















And the finale, the phoenix:

Comments

[yhlee]

OMG these are spectacular! Thank you so much for sharing.

[telophase]

You're welcome! :)

[caramarie]

They're super pretty!

[telophase]

They were even better in person, as you can imagine!

[rachelmanija]

Wow! The horses are so great. And the frog! And the - are those rats or possums?

[telophase]

Babies on back = possums! :D

edit: Meant to add that in a few spots, like the giant purple flowers in #5, I was definitely starting to get some Mushishi vibes, to be immediately dispelled by the drunk woman behind us who kept accidentally barging into my shots and saying things like "It's Nemo!!" at the display with a clownfish later on.

[viridian5]

So pretty! We had something like this locally, but there were too many fares and ticket prices involved for me to go myself.

[telophase]

I can definitely see that, in a metro area as large as yours.

[estara]

Beautiful, really, thank you for sharing them with us from me as well ^^

[telophase]

You're welcome! :)

[sartorias]

Those are gorgeous!

[telophase]

And even better in person!

[larryhammer]

We had a Very Similar Thing at our local zoo, tied to the Chinese Lunar New Year. It was great fun.

[telophase]

Nice!

[elistaire]

Those are beautiful! I'm sure they are prohibitively expensive, otherwise I'd dream of a lantern horse on my lawn. (Possibly I'd name her Wildfire *grin*)

[telophase]

XD