2024 Life Logs, Day 360: Quiet Boxing Day and an Evening of Gardens Aglow
Date: Thursday, December 26, 2024
Weather: Partly Sunny; Temp 31, Low 13 degrees F
Location: At Home at Marti Goldstone’s, Dover Road, Boothbay, ME
Things were quiet today. We got a demonstration of the Xbox steering wheel and Heather gave it a go. Not easy. We walked down to the farmhouse to visit John and Becky, Jed’s aunt and uncle. Ollie also got to sled down to the farmhouse and then Jed went sledding with him.
Tonight, Heather, Stephanie, and I went to see the Gardens Aglow at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
Two of their popular trolls were lit up, Lilja and Roskva, and there was an “enchanting” forest with mushrooms, wild animals, and stars; and there were fields of flowers, marine and freshwater animals, birds, and more.
I heard Jed’s Uncle Johnnie say this afternoon that he has heard that there are seven miles of strings of lights, and I believe that. It was really quite spectacular. I have been to Gardens Aglow at Heritage Gardens in Sandwich and to Nights of a Thousand Candles at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina. Heritage is lovely but doesn’t even compete. Brookgreen is a sculpture garden featuring American artists and their holiday lights, all white, are also truly spectacular. But this one rivels it. They are “same, same, but different” and both equally beautiful. Tonight’s Gardens Aglow included lights of every color. I loved going with Stephanie and Heather because they both enjoyed it with abandon, swinging in swings, walking rope ladders, and playing instruments in the forest. It is definitely good for the soul to stay young at heart and we did just that tonight.
Two of their popular trolls were lit up, Lilja and Roskva, and there was an “enchanting” forest with mushrooms, wild animals, and stars; and there were fields of flowers, marine and freshwater animals, birds, and more.
