Seasons of light and sound, I love the little drum [looks big because you're right on top of it]; last night I took this because at some point it will be Nieuwejaarsdag and this will slide away into memories; then I discovered that I was in one of the balls with Canon:




And despite what these city fathers here are doing and not doing, here is an up-to-date Hanukkiah Menorah [as of yesterday, methinks:]






This one is in Christopher Ambler's house on the other side of America. He used a special lens to create the star blur in the flames. Chris is a pro photographer and keeps a usually open LJ under his username 'cambler'. He's pretty well known for his nude studies and for his teaching seminars, and I thought this was neat too... The blue and white candles symbolize the national colors of Israel and the red one, the shamash, symbolizes something else. Wine, blood, a crucible fire --- maybe G-d? That's the one from which all the others are lighted :)

So I think this is a good antidote to the locked-up-one downstairs in the City Hall atrium. Hopefully that one has been lighted properly by now...