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Office Building Bliss

January 5, 2015 by Kate Leave a Comment

Candy-colored office building

This weekend the sun came out for the first time in days, so I hit the Arboretum with my hubby for a January walk. What’s the Arboretum? It’s an open-air mall featuring some pretty amazing landscaping, several office buildings and an upscale hotel (which you may remember from this post). Did I mention the Arboretum opened in 1985? Some amazing buildings to gawk at here…

The Renaissance Hotel Winter trees with fall color Sunlight at the Renaissance Hotel

Above we see The Renaissance Hotel from the front and the back, and we also get a glimpse of the hilly view from the grounds. Many of the trees in this area stay green all year long, but those that were bare almost looked fall-like, thanks to the sunset. There’s a little path that leads you behind the hotel, offering a glimpse of office buildings through the trees in the distance:

An office building through the winter trees

The path dead ends into an office building, and near the end, we found ourselves facing an amazing covered walkway connecting the office building to a parking garage. Loved the sunlight at this hour, as well as how the parking garage was reflected in the windows of the building:

An office park tunnel Sunset at the office park An office building reflection

I thought I’d take a quick moment to say hello–Hi! I’m just glad it’s not 30-something degrees and raining! It felt like that scene in Legend when the sun finally emerged again. If Legend were set in an ’80s office park…

A New Year's walk

As we walked back down the path, I had to take one more photo of the trees. Then it was time to explore the office buildings and landscaping on the other side of the Arboretum.

Winter trees at sunset

Can you tell that I spend a lot of time looking up while on the walk?!

Office building with reflective windows

But when the buildings and the trees are this enchanting during the sunset hour, how can you not take it all in?!

Sunset and tall trees

A few more snapshots of tall oak trees, golden light, metal planters and spherical garden ornaments…

Sunlight on an office building Office park landscaping Sunset trees at the office park

Soon the sun set behind the hills and it was time to say good night. Which meant time for dinner, drinks and dancing. Which was exactly how our night ended, minus the drinks and dancing.

Sunset through the trees Good night office park

Thanks for letting me share Mirror80’s first outdoor photo shoot of 2015. I hope your new year is off to an amazing start!

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