Silent Sunday – Christmas Lights at Butchart Gardens

Unexpectedly beautiful day. Waiting for the Brentwood Bay ferry to take us across to the Saanich peninsula.
Nice views while passing the time.
Our tickets were for 3:45 so we explored the gift shop etc., until it got a little darker. This is me and Sarah (friend of my daughter’s – now also a friend of mine!) – under a beautiful tree. Pic of said tree in full dark coming a bit later on…
Immediately we were impressed by the sheer number of lights and the quality of the displays.
The theme was the 12 days of Christmas…and we saw the partridge in the pear tree first, natch.
Gorgeous projection on these trees.
Looking down into sunken garden.
Of course we brought along the trippy special viewing glasses from Milner Gardens. This is what the displays looked like with the Christmas Star ones.
In sunken garden. My son-in-law looking like a demon…LOL. Thanks, Sarah! 😉
Now, in his human form. With cute wife (I made her!) and the lovely Sarah. 🙂
And here is the lovely Sarah revealing revelling in her true form. Sigh…there’s always gotta be that one in every group…. 😉
5 golden rings
We were lucky not only with the weather, but that it was also the night of the full moon! Expect a lotta full moon photobombs…
Gorgeous lights AND the full moon!
Per the sign: clap or sing loudly to brighten/change the colours on this tree
That’s a lotta maids for milking only 1 animated cow!
I don’t remember “1 dragon spitting” in the song but I am sure it is in there somewhere 😉
Giant Christmas bauble topped by the moon.
The Italian garden
Last full moon photobomb, I promise!
Wire-framed trees and icicle tree, now in full dark.
Back where we started. Tree from beginning, now in full dark
We couldn’t figure out where the 12 drummers drumming were at, until we exited the gardens and saw them overhead. Pardon the blurriness. Taken by me in the back seat of my car as my daughter drove us home.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us to all of you!

Rock on,

The WB