Some Cheer Light Style

 

So this week one day about 5pm this showed up on my street - a highly decorated dump truck and trailer holding a tree.  This was part of a "truck light parade" that our towns have had for many years which of course was canceled due to covid.  As the parade was a huge way our local food bank raised money by collecting cash and donations there this year one truck and trailer are traveling around different neighborhoods and honking, spreading cheer so people can come out and see it.  They were suggesting money be sent directly to the food bank and they were collecting cash with a bucket at the end of a long hockey stick (Canadian Covid appliance lol) but were unable to collect actual food donations due to handling/storage issues.  They recommended those be driven straight to the food bank.  By Thursday they had raised $7000 after just a few nights!  We've already made our annual contribution to the food bank but it was so nice to see such spirit in our neighborhoods.  

Saturday night we went over to Mom's and helped her put up her tree.  Then we drove around looking at Christmas lights.  Since we weren't walking it was hard to take good moving pictures of the lights but you will get the idea.  Lots of people have gone way over the top with lights this year.  I am sure in the next two weeks we will go out again closer to our own neighborhood.  They were very pretty.

For the first year ever, and apparently planned over a year ago, 19 wing Comox which is our airforce base has a light display on some of their old decommissioned aircraft that is part of their closed military museum (temporarily due to Covid).  There is a fence and these are next to the road so you can drive by.  A few people were out of their vehicles (with and without masks) but we stayed in.  What a great idea and what a great year to decorate them.  

The one below is a rescue helicopter.  Comox has the rescue operations for the Pacific Coast including Vancouver so we see these rescue helicopters flying overhead all the time.  Sometimes they are rescuing hikers, sometimes rescuing sailers.

And finally my psychedelic light picture.  I didn't take my good camera so all these were taken with my phone (I forgot but intended to take better pictures).  It is a tree with lights but looks like something out of star wars.

I managed to win an auction last light for one more piece for my vintage Christmas collection which hasn't been added to since last year.  I overpaid a little (not according to ebay but according to my standards) but you buy things when you see them.  Here is the auction picture:

It is a little made in Japan 1960s music box that plays silent night.  And it still works.  I love it and bid in the last 10 seconds in order to win it for $14.  We've got to go pick it up tomorrow but I've bought from this person before so have no worries.  It is all contactless (bins and jars for money) and safe and she is reputable.

That's all I've got.  Today will be a quiet Sunday.  I hope everyone else is able to get out and look at some lights depending on the lockdown status in your area.  It really is good for the soul.