GLEAM 2024

 

I had a quiet but productive day working from home today, then Jilly Moose came over just before Travalon got home, and the three of us went to Athens Grill for dinner. I am sure they used to have spanakopita (Hardingfele and I got some there once), but now the vegetarian option is the eggplant pita, so that's what I got. With fries - those are some calories I didn't need! However, I might have walked them off during GLEAM.

My regular readers may remember other times I have gone to GLEAM, the light art installation at Olbrich Gardens. It always seems to be very cold when I go there, like wearing my heaviest winter coat cold, so it was a pleasant change to go on such a warm night. Here are some photos. Some of these were taken by Jilly Moose, some were taken by me, and some were taken by Travalon with his good camera. These are all in random order because they come from three different sources. First, there was an obelisk rising out of the Sunken Gardens pool.

Then some random blue filaments in the waterfall.

These are like Chinese lanterns but with a vaguely organic pattern.

Travalon's favorite was the dragonfly display.

These are... pineapples on sticks? They look vaguely tiki-torchy.

This was a kaleidoscope on a display that glowed under blacklight.

Here is the whole display.

An enchanted walkway. It made me think of Christmas in real life, but not in this photo.

And an enchanted tree!

I loved how they lit up the fountain under the Rose Tower.

This is the conservatory all lit up at night.

Here are Travalon and I, in front of the pineapple torches.

There were globes that you would howl into, and it would project animal shapes onto the trees. These seem to be a moose and a bear.

This was a field of fake corn that lit up different colors, and we walked through it.

Here is Jilly Moose in front of the pineapple torches.

This owl would open its eyes and hoot.

There was a long line to stand in front of these butterfly wings.

Here is a brief video of the owl opening its eyes and hooting.

And a bonus photo: as we left for dinner, we saw this cloud that looked like a shrimp.

I hope that you enjoyed this somewhat redundant tour of GLEAM 2024. It's almost like being there, again and again.

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