Sunrise Gift-Wraps White Rock High Rise In New Day

Golden Tower, Uptown White Rock, BC, Photo by Maria Pavlik

The rising sun crept through the low lying fog enveloping a skyscraper in the upper portion of the small City of White Rock. Its golden hue was a bit grimy due to the pollution that commonly hovers over where there is a high volume of traffic.

The stores were still closed and the parking lot was empty when I stopped to take a picture. The haze clung to the building like a fuzzy thought that lingers in the mind just before waking. From afar, it looked like a giant jar of sticky honey.

Its luminosity coupled with a lack of clarity signaled the beginning of an unknowable day where, despite planned certainties, something unforeseen, even wonderful, could happen. The New Year, like a new day, will have a towering range of possibilities in it. Anticipating the best for 2020, I borrow words from an anonymous poet who wrote, "Each new day, a gift to be opened, sunrise slowly unties it's ribbon of hope."

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Comments

  1. Hello, the sunshine is always welcome. Pretty sky capture. I hope you had a very Merry Christmas and I wish you a Happy New Year. Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend! PS, thanks also for the comment and visit.

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  2. Pure gold and mystical, not what you'd expect from a skyscraper.

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  3. Lovely photo and post about the New Year gifts ~ love the quote too.

    Happy Moments to You,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  4. I love the light and kudos to you to being aware of its potential!!

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  5. Happy healthy and peaceful New Year. Hope to see more of your posts in 2020.

    Worth a Thousand Words

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  6. I love that quote. Happy and healthy New Year greetings to you.

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  7. May your new year be happy j healthy. Gorgeous photo.

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  8. Gorgeous! We also received the gift of sunshine after many many days without. Happy and sunny greetings.

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  9. You have a beautiful way with words! Wishing you a wonderful New Year!

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  10. I used to go to White Rock on overnighters when I was caring for my mother in Bellingham. White Rock and Steveston were favourites because they were far away in their feeling but close enough to get home quickly if needed. - Margy

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  11. The building almost looks like it is not real - perhaps computer-generated imagery. Wow. I also like the quote - I hope to look at each new day in this light! Happy New Year to you!

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  12. All the very best to you for the New Year, Maria. I will look forward to following your blog with its articulate, eclectic posts. From Ontario to BC with love.

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  13. Hi Happy new year to you! Wish you a great year ahead!
    Happy OWT!

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