Actually it was a
very good year, I had a LOT of lights working for a month without any real problems.
After working on the prep for about 10 months straight, it took just 2 afternoons to put it all together and I was in business! The show was dependable, it started on time every night, the lights went off on time and had no "sticky" pixels. The effects from Nutcracker were incredible. Falcon, DLA, and Raspberry Pi were workhorses. My waterproofing activities paid off -- despite more rain, ice and wind than I've seen in a while.
Frankly, after 10 months months of work and a lot of late nights soldering and assembling, I was tired. I was more than happy to watch it chug along each night -- and December was almost a vacation from the lights.
My light fatigue served a purpose, I wasn't out there fiddling with stuff and creating new problems.
At the end of the month I was starting to get enthusiastic again with ideas for next year -- and that probably led to me taking it all down quickly -- before I had my video in hand.
For me, the truism applies: "
Its more about the journey than the destination."
