Ashland Danceworks @ Festival of Light Parade 2013 in front of the Ashland Elks Lodge

I managed to squeeze in three of the four activities mentioned in yesterday’s post.

Notice Teddy the Elk in the window on the left.

Posted on November 30th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: blue hour, christmas, danceworks, festival of light, Nikon D600, Nikon Nikkor Wide-angle lens 24 mm F/2.8 D AF. Comments Off on Ashland Festival of Light 2013

Coming this Friday…

Posted on November 25th, 2013 under only in ashland. Tags: christmas, festival of light, video. Comments Off on Ashland’s Festival of Light 2013

Santa counts down with the town before flipping the switch to light one million lights from the balcony at Alex’s Restaurant.

Posted on November 24th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: christmas, festival of light, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Countdown to the Grand Illumination

I’m going to miss the Festival of Light tonight in Ashland as we are in San Francisco this weekend. Entertainment in downtown Ashland begins at 1 p.m. today. Santa’s Parade begins at the library at 5 p.m. Santa is going to turn on the lights from the balcony at Alex’s between 5:45 and 6 p.m. I’ll show you a photo from last year of that part of the festivities tomorrow.

Today’s photo is also from last year’s Festival of Light Parade.

Posted on November 23rd, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: festival of light, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, parade. Comments: 1

The Ashland Springs Hotel before the beginning of the Festival of Light

Part of the “Festival of Light” is the lighting up of downtown Ashland. Before the parade there are some lights, but many do not come on until Santa says so from the balcony of Alex’s. The Ashland Springs Hotel saves most of their lights for that occasion. I guess I need to go back and take a photo now that the lights on the hotel are completely on every night (until early January).

Posted on November 29th, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland springs hotel, buildings, christmas, festival of light, night photography. Comments Off on Ashland Springs Hotel just prior to the “Festival of Light”

Santa Claus heads down Main Street during the annual Ashland Festival of Light Parade

Last night was Ashland’s 2011 Festival of Light Parade. More photos from the evening will be showing up here soon.

Posted on November 26th, 2011 under only in ashland, people. Tags: christmas, festival of light. Comments Off on Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus…

Photo from the Ashland Daily Tidings. I’m out of town!

Posted on December 25th, 2008 under only in ashland, people. Tags: festival of light, people, winter. Comments: 2

Santa has finished turning on the lights after the Festival of Light parade. Now the carolers crank out the tunes.

Posted on December 20th, 2008 under only in ashland. Tags: festival of light, winter. Comments Off on Ashland Christmas Party

I took this picture of Starbucks before the Festival of Light parade on the last Friday in November. Above Starbucks you can see two bright lights. Those celestial bodies are Venus and Jupiter. A week later they made a very unique smiley face in the sky with the moon helping out.

Posted on December 9th, 2008 under only in ashland. Tags: buildings, festival of light, night photography, signs, winter. Comments: 4