Getting near, now, the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas. We got to something that was always right down the street and yet that we hadn't been to this season.
The State Tree, with the capitol behind it, as seen in the snow of early 2021. They didn't bring back the color-shifting LEDs (or didn't set them to shift) although the set of colors was so good I can't blame them.
And a look just at the tree, which came from the Lansing area for the first time.
Looking down Michigan Avenue. If you could see far enough, you'd see East Lansing there!
They painted a 'Black Lives Matter' logo at the intersection in front of the capitol, but they still tear-gassed the people protesting how cops won't stop murdering Black people.
Something new under the base of the tree: a sign thanking the people who donated the tree and who arranged its moving and setup.
Looking up through the tree and showing how they strung lights through the whole thing, not just the outside.
Looking out over the street in front of the capitol and the tree, with Lansing City Hall in the background. In a normal year this is where the Silver Bells Electric Light Parade would have gone, while ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunnyhugger would have photographed things from ... right where she is now.
Looking at the tree and the lawn in front of the capitol.
And now I try getting arty, photographing the capitol from inside tree branches.
The snow-covered tree set against the sky, cloudy but illuminated by the city itself.
Trivia: For several days before surrendering to the Allies, German General Alfred Jodl insisted he did not have the authority to offer a tripartite surrender (to the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union). It was a lie, meant to give Germans time to flee to, and surrender to, Western armies. Source: 1945: The War That Never Ended, Gregor Dallas.
Currently Reading: This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury, Loyd S Swenson Jr, James M Grimwood, Charles C Alexander. NASA SP-4201.
