We have been setting up our little Christmas Village for years. It is very cheery and nice to look at during the long winter nights. I love the detail and it was fun to try to get a nice photo of one of the buildings. 

Sneaking in a late entry to share the beautiful backdrop our UofG graduations today. Reflections, windows, sparkling lights and proud students and their families/friends/teachers - Marie. 

I took this image in Jerome, Arizona, US in the early 1980's. What a lovely balcony and door frames. The ivy climbing up the sides and the missing pane make it perfect. - Todd

I saw these circles shapes reflected, and though, a window. So many rectangular windows.  It is so fun when you see a round window, or a strange shaped window. Speaks to the use of novelty in design of experience. - Todd

I took this image of a window frame floating in a half empty pool in the early 80's. I was in a photography class at the time and I remember thinking it was a good shot. There is something about a window flying through the sky that has meaning. I just don't know what it is.  - Todd

Christmas lights reflecting on the puddles and wet pavement. Hard to be motivated at this time of year. Getting up in the dark, coming home in the dark. I need to pay attention to the festivals of light and colour to get me through - Marie

So so cold yesterday but oh so lovely looking out at the blue sky. - Mary

Bright and colourful lab racks, colour coded to organise the samples and brightening our day :) - Mary

Wild weather in Aberdeen. Sitting in a cute city centre bar having a glass of wine and enjoying the warmth of the fire - Marie

The foyer windows between JMS and Boyd Orr buildings have a flood of light - Alison

Heading off to Aberdeen this morning for SERA (Scottish Educational Research Association Conference). I was a bit worried about getting there on time and safely as it snowed all night where I live, but I made it to Edinburgh and no snow there! Sometimes our intellectual aspirations can have the rug pulled out from under us by practical concerns. I think of my students who work full time in ECEC and who sometimes miss class because a parent is late for pick up or they get sick from being around children's illnesses - Marie

I came across this bookshop in London a couple of years ago when I visited the UK. Through the window of a bookshop, opportunities are on display. Opportunities to step into fantasy worlds created through the pages. It provides for opportunities to explore and learn, to discover new and exciting worlds, and to discover new adventures. - Martin

All the windows! - Alison

In the morning I usually sit by the fire and look out this window. The trees are showing us their true form. Even missing their leaves, the structure and shapes of the trees are beautiful. It is what lies underneath our exterior that is most important. - Todd

I woke up this morning to a light dusting of snow... look for the tiny, reluctant, cat footprints - Marie.

Just caught the end of the sunset over the Stirling hills. Visiting family over the weekend... suddenly very cold. Due some snow this week - Marie. 

I noticed this building when out for a bike ride, if you look closely there are windows which are not really windows! There are widows installed in front of stone, to maintain the symmetry of the building design (but they are not  functional as windows to look out of for the residents). Oddly,  some of these are sliding sash windows which appear to be working, some have slipped and are open!- Alison

Edinburgh Christmas Market has opened. The lights are beautiful, the crowds not so much. Saturday afternoon cocktails to celebrate my friend visiting from Portugal - Marie

Cheery holiday lights on trees and a glimmer of hope coming from this tower of glass. These shorter days need all the light they can get! The building also houses a great restaurant that just changed to the cold weather menu and our favorite chicken pot pie. - Todd

All of the holiday decor is up in shops now, this one in Byres Road is particularly fancy- Alison

We use these 'red hot poker' plants for our biology labs, for examining stomata, so we keep these 'living tools for learning' in the prep room. They often look like they are having a bad hair day and have their leaves held together with hair bands, constrained so that they sit nicely on the window ledge. - Mary

This is my morning view from my office in the 'beautiful' Boyd Orr Building. I call it that affectionately as it is much better being inside looking out than outside looking at the building. Maybe I will post one of the outside on a different day.  Many people comment on the lovely view from the window. Unfortunately, I sit with my back to this, though I like to stop, look sometimes. - Mary

I was at a really interesting talk at Anniesland College and this is the view to the back of Kelvin Court in all its art deco beauty. I had not noticed the football goalpost in real life, I only just saw it when I posted this. The scaffolding is up as they are doing some work there but the windows still look lovely! -Alison

We live near a small pub called, The Whiskey Shed. It seats about 15 people and has a fireplace and lovely stained glass windows. This is from the outside looking in. What is the laughter I hear coming from the shed? Who is smiling in there? Where will they be tomorrow? - Todd 

The Northern Lights from my village last night - I think there might be some reflective properties - too good a picture not to share. - Marie

I took a few hours off work this afternoon to meet family visiting from overseas - this is the view from a wee bar on Princes Street. The Christmas markets are opening up, the nip of frost is in the air, the lights are twinkling! - Marie

The African Sun shines on new collaborations and new partnerships. As I embrace the beauty of nature unveiled every morning the curtains are drawn. If you don’t look closely, you might even miss it, with a swallow gliding past, so effortlessly and graciously. Drinking from the opportunities to create, co-create, and share opportunities for enhanced learning. - Martin

This is the view from the 11th floor of the University library, it is hard to photograph but you can see the whole city while writing - Alison

I pulled over to try to capture the sunset out of my car window on my way home this evening. It was very pink - the camera didn't pick that up but it was a beautiful sunset over the Pentland hills. Many people think I am mad living so far from work but I love the commute as a time and space to reflect and decompress after leaving the city ( and to catch up with podcasts and audio books!). - Marie

Lovely colours in the sky, early evening tower sunset. - Alison

It has been unseasonably warm in Scotland this week. The leaves have still not fallen from the trees... beautiful but worrying. - Marie

The sun streaming through the curtains in this morning's photo- Alison

We love taking the ferries here in Washington. Passengers often leave jigsaw puzzles to work on during the short rides across the Puget Sound. What a beautiful view to have while sipping coffee, talking with family, and working on a puzzle. The Edmonds to Kingston ferry is one closest to us and we love to ride over to Kingston and have lunch and ice cream. - Todd

Saturday morning studying. My office is too cold as it is on the north side of the house, so I am working in the living room. I am feeling energised by the daylight and dappled sunshine filtering through the window. - Marie

This image was taken from a couch by a fireplace in one of our favorite restaurants. The stained glass windows line the whole of the room and are as colorful and playful as the lighting in the space. Not a single chandelier or lighting fixture is the same. The different colors and different lights all add to the beauty of the place, just like all of our differences make us beautiful! - Todd

Somedays are bluer than others and looking into the mirror of a dark window can make that visible. But it is just a reflection, and not actually our physical being. We can change the colors. - Todd

My view today, and the poor wee resilient plant which my colleagues and I are trying to keep alive! - Alison

A lovely West of Scotland day for a site visit ;) I did a recce for the site which I am using with students for my course next semester and took this through a window- Alison

A favorite vision I have of school is that of a kid looking out of a classroom window. I imagine them wishing they were out there in the real world. I try to be the educator that gets them out there. Our cat, Lord Grantham (LG for short) has dreams of the outside too. - Todd

This is the view from my office... clocks have changed and I find this time of year hard. So dark, such short days. 

When we are outside our natural environment it can be hard to see yourself clearly. That does not mean you cannot thrive and grow into something amazing. My mom always loved the phrase, "Bloom where you are planted."  Yes mom, I will. - Todd

Heading in this morning I gazed through the Subway window and absentmindedly read the adverts. How exactly is it the 30 years anniversary of a band I remember like yesterday? They were not my favourite band, I was more of a Blur girl, but I still find myself humming along to Oasis songs when I hear them.  30 years ago I was doing very different things from today, and it makes me think about the references I use, what might the 30 years from now references be? What stands the test of time as a cultural reference point? Which of my students might be a lecturer in 30 years time? I recognise how fortunate I am to be where I am, the charity advert makes me think about this a lot-Alison

I am working VERY late - just for a few minutes. This is reflective of the hidden work in higher ed. I know I didn't have to reply to a student query at this time of night but don't quite know when else in the week I will have space to respond to someone who needs a kind response. This is the view from my sofa - while I am watching tv with the cat on my lap. I tried to take a picture of the moon out of the window, but the reflection of my living room is so strong, I can't see outside (apart from a wobbly tripod for my now dead sweetpeas). - Marie

I thought I would begin by focusing on 'seeing' the sensory, ordinary, physical aspects of what I see through windows.

It is a murky day - this is the view from my home office, although the trees look really green still, the light is grey and flat at the start of the day. It is a view I see so often, I don't usually really notice much about it. It feels like a Monday. - Marie

Sometimes, we close ourselves off and the light has a hard time getting in. As the autumn days get shorter, I am hoping to keep the blinds open and let what sunlight there is into the home, and into my heart.  - Todd

Fall colors outside our windows. In the afternoon sun they light up in orange and yellow glowing patches. Now, as the days get shorter and the clouds thicken, it is nice to keep some bright colors close. Soon, the winds and rain will wash them away in swilrling storms of color. - Todd