Glowing in the dark

The Lumière Festival went according to schedule in New Edinburgh last Saturday; Chris and I walked back and forth through Stanley Park for about an hour after dark, seeing the Marimba band perform, with the little girls dressed as fairies dancing to its rhythm, and the Propellor Dance by people in wheel chairs (coloured lights on their wheels) as well as able-bodied dancers. A maze of paper bag lanterns had been laid out on the baseball court. It was good, simple fun. At one point we caught sight of lights rising in the sky; a flight of balloon-lanterns had been released, a lovely and novel idea. On the river bank the usual home-made paper, glass or tin lanterns decorated trees and bushes and the tennis court fence, and floating in the river itself were strange, luminous figures.

Lumière Festival light sculptures

Swan lanterns, and their reflections

We timed our walk home to coincide with the finale of the fireworks competition that made for more colour in the dark sky. The rain did more or less hold off, that evening.

More fireworks beyond the Minto Bridges