ABG Lights Exhibit – Bruce Munro/7th Anniversary

We celebrated our 7^th wedding anniversary this summer!  Gosh time flies, in some ways it is hard to remember back to before we were married but it also doesn’t seem possible that it has already been 7 years.  We have a tradition of eating dinner at TWO Urban Licks which was incredible again this year as always.  It continues to be one of my all-time favorite spots to eat in Atlanta. 

After dinner we headed to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens to check out the Bruce Munro lights exhibit.  At first we walked around the sculpture installations and while beautiful left us a little disappointed.  Then we went down the canopy walk and saw the newly expanded section of the garden and understood immediately what all the fuss was about.  It was like a magical forest of lights that was living, breathing, and changing colors before our very eyes.  Think about the magic and joy in watching a firefly light up in the evening sky and multiple the effect times a couple hundred thousand.  The fiber optic lights were weaved along the ground in mesmerizing, chaotic, and organic patterns.  The fibers joined together in clusters in places and it reminded me of blood vessels or flying over cities as night with the lights flowing out from the center and into these standing bulbs.  It felt like a dream or a movie.  I was completely swept away by it.  It was made even more magical but walking hand in hand next to my favorite person.  At the end of the path we sat on a bench and talked and enjoyed being surrounded by the dancing lights.  I took some photos on my phone but these that were taken by my friend Matt Haynor are light years better so hopefully this helps capture some of the magic for you to see.