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Last year, I went to the light house festival at the Nazgul's library, took pictures, showed them to Thomas
the Metropolitan, and he decided I needed to try out a proper camera, so he lent me his third best Pentax. Which has since become 'my new camera which is neither new nor mine', and almost a part of me. So of course I had to go back this year and take proper pictures with a proper camera.

Before I left, I took a picture of my Christmas decoration on the blacony -- I managed to focus on the golden boughs and reduce depth far enough for the plants to be suitably out of focus. So, content with that, I packed up ALL THE EQUIPMENT (including the tripod Thomas lent me) and went off to meet the Nazgul and see some pretty lights swimming on a pond.

There was a bit of ice on the pond, and far, far fewer people than last year.

Some put their little lanterns / 'light houses' into the pond early, before the main group arrived from the church.

Kids putting their lanterns into the water.

Many of the little houses were castles, just like last year.

Little light houses lining the pond, not drifting further out this year because of the ice. There weren't many people there, and the Nazgul claimed it was very cold. I didn't really think so; but I was incredibly focused on the camera, the tripod, and the tiny rugrats that might have bowled it over if I hadn't been careful.

They were clustering by the shore.

And here you have a Nazgul taking pictures as well. As soon as she posts them somewhere, I'll link them from here.-

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