Friday, December 9, 2011

Garden D'lights

Christmas is truly a festival of lights in the US.


One of the best things to enjoy during the cold winter days of december is to find out and visit special christmas lighting display in the area.
Garden D'lights is one such. Located in the Bellevue botanical garden, this is truly marvelous light show.

At the very beginning is the setup of a vineyard

A closeup shot...everything made of lights.


A variety of flowers, plants with butterflies, squirrels ...

 spider web, spider and mushrooms


A gorgeous setup of a pond with a fountain, floating ducks and fishes


Arrangements around the pond with beautiful flowers and a dancing peacock

a closeup shot of peacock..displaying the intricate work of lights



 ... japanese section of the garden

a chinese Dragon.

I read from their site that thousands of volunteer hours have gone into this fantastic light show. If you are in the area, dont miss this. It is on display till Dec 31, 2011.
Anyone interested to learn the secrets of these beautiful flower creations could join their classes. For more information, visit their website - http://www.gardendlights.org/

Information courtesy - Garden D'lights

Monday, December 5, 2011

Greetings......from North Pole

With the festive spirits already in air....heres bringing you greetings all the way from Santa's house in North Pole village !
Here it is christmas all 365 days of the year :)




According to traditions, it is believed that Santa lives in the north pole, in this village which houses his magical workshop. The surprise gifts and goodies however delivered only to the "nice" kids, on the night of christmas eve.






Kids from all over the world write to their dear Santa and its believed that these letters arrive in thousands each day during this holiday season !






In todays date, there is a beautiful souvenir store housed in this north pole village.
Santa welcomes every child and it is indeed precious moment for the child to sit on his lap and have few words.



The store has huge collections of souvenirs.
The most interesting of all was the display of some letters from children around the world, written to their Santa...








...this was so touching :)