Sunday, July 24, 2005

We had a bit of a lantern festival in the park last night, here are some of the sights to be had:

I'm the urban space woman... there were dozens of characters dressed up in extraordinary costumes, such as this lady who got a lot of attention and stood for numerous photo calls.


One of the most imaginative sights last night was a washing line with lanterns depicting clothes on the line. Everyone laughed as they walked by this one.


This is the same shot without the flash, the silhouette of the clothes against the dark sky was stunning and very amusing. Oh well, it was very impressive at the time!


These familiar characters were a favourite. There was so much creativity at the event, I bet people spend many weeks designing and creating the pieces.


Then there was a maze made up of several hundred lanterns which looked fantastic. Each lantern consisted of tea-light on a bed of small stones in a brown paper bag. The design of the maze was clever : we walked into it, followed the path around and then exited the maze without actually reaching the centre, though we saw some others had got there. So a lot of people ended up walking around for a long time trying to figure it out. Lots of fun....

Saturday, July 23, 2005


Bicycle wheels on the blogtrain. Good news is that the window for allowing bikes on trains is being expanded to encourage ridership by cylists. I'm for it.

A little flower pot I spotted downtown. Some places go absolutely crazy putting flowers in boxes, pots, hanging baskets. The more the merrier. It really brightens the place up. Now if I could apply the same colour to my little garden, I'd be away to the races....


I took a picture of this location earlier in the spring, when blossom was everywhere. On hot days, it now provides a pleasant place to sit and read, have a sandwich for lunch.

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Gimme your sandwich or else...


I was sitting on a ledge having a quite spot of lunch today when this winged character came and assailed me. He was not to put discouraged easily and scuttled back and forth to see if I had changed my mind about sharing my lunch. Which I didn't but when asked, he posed for a photo quite imperiously to show me what an honour it was for me to be in his presence.