Window Shopping Encore
1. Windows draw me in, the warm light they radiate, the sense of being on the outside wanting to be in.
2. A few days before Christmas, Joe and I went window shopping in downtown Floyd. With our shopping already done, it was fun just to enjoy the festive displays and stop and chat with the shopkeepers.
3. Life is so much more than the obvious. Every window is a mirror, every reflection suggesting a rich inner life.
4. Many years ago I worked in a boutique in downtown Boston. One year at Christmastime, I stood in the window as a live mannequin and drew a crowd of people who waited to see if I would move.
5. But even longer ago than that, when I was five years old I went with my family into Boston to see the Jordan Marsh Christmas window displays. The moving mannequins were dressed in late 1920’s clothes and arranged in homey Christmas settings. It was a formative experience that I will never forget. The magic was very real to me then.
6. Every window Joe and I saw was like a wrapped Christmas package waiting to be opened, invoking visions of sugar plums, gifts of the magi, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
7. A big part of the pleasure of window shopping was being outside, walking arm in arm with Joe, bundled up, going from shop to shop. With so many downtowns being lost everyday, I’m thankful an outing like ours can still happen. I’m wishing you all a magical holiday full of surprises and peaceful moments.
Post notes: Window Shopping #I is HERE. Photos are of: 1. New Mountain Mercantile. 2. Bulletin Board on Locust Street. Yes, that’s Elvis. 3. Oddfellas Cantina. 4. Finders Keepers Antique Store. 5. Sue’s Flowers. 6. Cafe Del Sol. 7. Finders Keepers.
December 24th, 2007 9:07 pm
I love a silver tree with blue ornaments. 🙂
Merry Merry!
Hope your day is cheery and bright!
~S 🙂
December 24th, 2007 10:28 pm
Merry Christmas to you and Joe!
December 25th, 2007 12:18 am
Merry Christmas, Colleen!
December 25th, 2007 4:17 pm
Merry Christmas!
All the best in the New Year for you and your loved ones
December 25th, 2007 6:46 pm
Merry Christmas, Colleen
December 25th, 2007 7:07 pm
Merry Christmas, Colleen, and a happy new year!
December 25th, 2007 8:51 pm
Merry Christmas, Colleen. Great photos and very festive.
December 26th, 2007 1:01 am
And having been through your town and walked around it briefly, I can now picture you there perfectly.
Merry Christmas, Colleen!
December 26th, 2007 10:58 am
I love the dragonflies in the 1st picture.
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Colleen!
December 26th, 2007 2:01 pm
I have always loved Window Displays whether a BIG Department store or a small neighborhood “boutique” type store…I can fantasize if it’s a beautiful comfy room–myself, sitting in the room or curked up on a couch reading….They sure can be inviting! The “Art” of Window Display is truly under-rated, don’t you think? Did you know that was how Andy Warhol started out?
December 26th, 2007 7:03 pm
I didn’t know that about Andy Warhol. I actually did some window displays myself when I used to work at my friend Juniper’s bead shop, Seeds of Light.
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