Steveston and Van Duesen Gardens

No rest today the 27th Part 1...We drive  down to Steveston for lunch in the Blue Canoe  and a wander around the shops finishing up in the yarn store where I added more yarn to the ever growing stash!

My light lunch after yesterdays blowout!
A delicious crab cake with a grilled lettuce salad.

the Bakery store with reference to Storybrooke!

Mostly offices but the sign above says Storybrooke Public Library 

and Mr Golds Pawnbrokers!

and we couldn't leave without a hit on one of the two the Yarn Stores!

and afternoon tea before we go home.

 27th Part 2.Van Drusen Christmas lights. These festive lights are a draw for Vancouverites and tourists alike. The Gardens are alight with over a million twinkling coloured lights. Goodness knows how long it  took to create this extensive display. Christmas music, warming snacks and drinks stands are at intervals along the route. The walk around the lights is long and twisting with quite a few different leves and there are many people crowding around oohing and arrhing over the displays. I can't complete the full walk around my back and knee begins to play up so Nancy and I shortened our route and we found a sheltered seating area with an outdoor heating lamp to rest by.

reflections in the lake.

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this sea of flowers! were actually water bottles lit by different coloured bulbs.

so many hugh trees draped with lights.

on the edge of the  decorated area a group of enormous redwood trees are flood lit from beneath. 

Unfortunately my camera is not up to the task of night time photography so these are the best I can do. I made a small movie of the lights dancing to music. I was quite pleased with it but I can't get it to load!