It had been a busy day in the office, but the staff found time to put up the Christmas Tree and to add some pretty lights to the waiting room. I was the last one out at the end of the day and as I prepared to walk out the door, I had to stop and admire the decorations.
The lights on the tree cast a soft reflection on the glass of the window.
The building was quietly empty and a soft rain was falling outside,
and the cars passing by on the highway added to the glow in the window.
And suddenly, I was feeling the holiday spirit.
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I’ve been waking up to 75 degree weather, but still, the holiday spirit is rising here in South Florida!
Yay for the holiday spirit! Are you a native to Florida or a transplant? I always wonder how it must be to adjust to a warm holiday.
Sigh…what great photos and what a marvelous view you have from your office! Isn’t this a lovely tme of year!!! enjoy, Johanna
Thank you, Johanna. The view is indeed wonderful and I’ve taken many shots from my parking lot 🙂 Congrats, by the way, on your recent win over at Boomdee’s blog! How fun!!
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Thank you for the visit and the comment! Funny … I almost used “as seen by LB” as my new watermark 🙂
The golden colours of the decorations add some delicious warmth. Perfect for people seeking care and comfort. What’s the peak we can see out the window?
You know … I am not sure of the name of the mountain peak. I’m on it though!!
The waiting room is a much more pleasant place to wait these days. Especially when coming in from the cold.
Beautifully captured! And you show how beautifully the small things convey the season – well done my friend ❤ ❤ ❤
Thank you, Pauline. You are so right … it is the small things! In fact, since I’m organizing a big charity event this weekend (our 10th year, women donating anonymously, with 100% of the monies raised going straight to local charities), and helping my parents with move prep next weekend, I may get a small, table top tree and decorate minimally this year.
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Thank you, JoAnn! I’m honored
The weather looks much the same in your neck of the woods as it is here. Nice capture of the glow of the holidays!
Thank you, Lori. It’s still looking the same this morning, too. Warm inside; rainy and cold outside. Just right for the holidays (although I’ll hope for a white Christmas)
Thanks for spreading that feeling around, Laurie 🙂
Glad to do it! We all need a little warmth and love, don’t we? Thanks Stacy!
I love how the rain refracted the lights. It looks all cozy and warm inside. Still trying to get the holiday spirit myself.
It is hard to find that spirit some years, isn’t it? The demands of life and health can put a damper on things sometimes. My wish for you is that you find quiet moments of peace! That might be all I manage to find this year!
Love the technique of catching the reflection of the lights in the window. I put up my aqua tree today too. Tis, the season to sparkle and shine. I still have so much to do…eeeeek! xoK
I’ll look forward to seeing photos of that aqua tree! I was just telling Pauline that “since I’m organizing a big charity event this weekend (our 10th year, women donating anonymously, with 100% of the monies raised going straight to local charities), and helping my parents with move prep next weekend, I may get a small, table top tree and decorate minimally this year”. Lights, candles, a little color may be just the ticket to bring Christmas joy to my home. Each year is different, right? Be sure to find those moments to breathe my sweet, generous friend
❤ xo
Two and a bit weeks to go, probably time to go shopping..
Yeah … I’ve not done a thing!! In fact, it still looks like Thanksgiving in my home! Ah well …
Very cool photos Laurie 🙂 One of the things I really like about you is that you “take time to smell the roses” along the way. Someone else would have turned the lights off and went home but by stopping to admire the decorations you saw something else, and that fact alone makes your photos a pleasure to view, the ability to “see” what other people do not.
You’ve made me smile this morning, Joe. Thank you for that lovely thought
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Nice! We put up a tree at work just before the Thanksgiving holiday and it adds so much warmth and spirit to the office.
And how lovely to have more warmth and happiness during our days … such a nice change to the same old office!
I love the Christmas tree reflection in the window…great capture! More of us need to stop and really see what is in front of us…thanks for that!
Beautiful photos! Love the reflection of the lights in the window! Now that’s some Christmas spirit!
I’m grateful for moments like these as I’ve not done one thing yet this year. BUT even if I decorate and bake on Christmas Eve, I’ll be content. I’m not letting the delay get to me!
I love the feeling these pictures evoke: that soft rain just beyond the branches of the tree, the memory of being the last one in the building. Thanks for this, Laurie. Happy holidays abound.
The last one in the building … some would say it’s not a good thing, but this day … it was very much a good thing!
Just beautiful…the soft light and the view outside the window, the quiet and peacefulness. If we weren’t feeling the holiday spirit before, we are now! 🙂
Thank you, Sheryl. After traveling for non-holiday reasons, I’m looking forward to quiet time in front of a tree filled with lights!