A new camera, an inaugural Chinese Lantern Festival in Fountain Hills and marvelous Arizona weather, PRICELESS - and to the delight of this photographer, few people to crowd the venue.
Although an hour plus drive from home, we arrived mid-afternoon and before entering the grounds, stopped in at Sofrita, a quaint restaurant to partake of very tasty tapas.
This lantern festival sponsored by Fountain Hills, famous for the now second tallest fountain in the world, breath-taking in its' beauty, no doubt will return as an annual event with ever-increasing crowds
The silk lanterns, made in China and shipped to Fountain Hills to be assembled, are quite colorful and majestic in the setting of Fountain Park overlooking the fountain that erupts every hour.
Once darkness fell, they lanterns came alive , and when illuminated revealed their magic to all onlookers.
Although an hour plus drive from home, we arrived mid-afternoon and before entering the grounds, stopped in at Sofrita, a quaint restaurant to partake of very tasty tapas.
This lantern festival sponsored by Fountain Hills, famous for the now second tallest fountain in the world, breath-taking in its' beauty, no doubt will return as an annual event with ever-increasing crowds
The silk lanterns, made in China and shipped to Fountain Hills to be assembled, are quite colorful and majestic in the setting of Fountain Park overlooking the fountain that erupts every hour.
Once darkness fell, they lanterns came alive , and when illuminated revealed their magic to all onlookers.