Meeting up with an old pal at the Missouri Botanical Garden, this is what I was greeted with. He's not quite finished yet, and there are a couple of his siblings not quite so far along, but it's clear that the Lantern Festival is going to be something very exciting.
Farther along inside the Garden, we saw this pagoda, which is seemingly finished, and you can also watch from a distance as the Chinese artists do their thing in the west parking lot.
Read more about the festival here.