Son et Lumière

       

            Festival of Lights, celebrated all over the world in one form or another—Diwali, Hanukah, Christmas, Saturnalia—celebrates the triumph of light of darkness, good over evil.  When I was young, we would go on special outings to drive around various neighborhoods to look at the lights.  Little has changed over the years. 

 The lights are still beautiful.

  The addition of synchronized sound adds a dimension of drama not possible back then.  LED lights reduce energy consumption.  Several years ago, I installed a one hundred Amp service entrance at a home.  It was a dedicated panel that exclusively fed power to the Xmas light display.  People came from miles around to see it.  Wow!

            So now it is 2013 and lights are everywhere, even on the water.  The annual boat parade on Taylor Creek in Ft Pierce is an event best seen from the dock. 

 Even Mother Nature has joined in the festivities with a full moon and sunsets that reach all the way around to the East.

Oh, I almost forgot!  Port Oliver Yacht Club's Hula Girls have been reincarnated as Island Girls and contribute to the Festival of Lights on the bow of Now or Never!