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So the special surprise thing that's next on the photo roll? Our trip to the Potter Park Zoo Wonderland of Lights, which for a not-unprecedented rarity we visited before Christmas (they weren't open after). Here's how it looked. Note the lack of snow.
The line out front. We still can't imagine buying tickets to this ahead of time even though we'd have been able to cut most of this line for it.
The zoo's front sign with decorations put all over the place.
And the trees in the main midway, in front of the educational building.
Though many things have changed, it's still the case that dentists sponsor a lot of trees. And hang stuff like teeth or toothbrushes on them.
This comic foreground's still there (as of last December). It preserves the old Michigan State University Federal Credit Union logo, too.
The trail leading past the otter enclosure. This year we didn't see any otters doing anything, even though it was only like 6 pm or so.
A wall of trees wrapped with lights up to about where the short ladder reaches.
Rainbow icicle lighting over one of the walkways here.
The usual stand of light-strand trees set out in front of the refreshments building. This year they didn't have any of the free-standing 'ornament' bulbs, though.
I like the wire mesh reindeer set up here.
Hey neat, Christmas went and sponsored a tree, that's great! Wonder who else got one in.
Huh! Did not know Hanukkah was into Christmas trees but I do like the glow that the humidity and whatever I haven't wiped off my camera lens creates around the branches. Very ethereal.
Trivia: Sun-Maid Raisins was created in 1912 by the California Associated Raisin Company, gathering a thousand orchards in a project to sell its product as a year-round food, promoting the idea that eating fruit regularly would get people back in touch with nature and improve their health. Source: Down To Earth: Nature's Role in American History, Ted Steinberg.
Currently Reading: His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine, S C Gwynne.
