What do you see out of the window you look out of most?
Just One Question #3
Always a New View
I see water. Specifically, the Ashley River. It flows, rises and falls with the incoming and outgoing tides just as it has for hundreds of thousands of years. The shore birds and herons glide and fish with the tides and wind creating a scene that is calming and self-assuring. That rhythm reminds me that regardless of today’s pressures & seemingly endless rounds of angst & issues, that the river will continue to flow.
Patrick Hodges
Lake View
I can watch people skating on the frozen lake and ice fishing. My least favourite thing to see in the winter: the trucks who drive on the ice so close by that they can see right into my room.
Leandra
Knowing Your Place
If I am lucky, a large grey adult heron cruises in about 6 inches above the lake surface to rest on the shore. She is quiet and regal as she looks for breakfast. I have learned to sit quietly and resist the temptation to get a better look. The heron has no use for a relationship with humans and will fly away if I attempt to come closer.
B. Rhyme
Powerlines and Treetops
I see the electric lines coming to the house. Beyond that I see the tops of trees and distant hills. On most mornings I am watching the sky turn pink from the sunrise. in summer it gets too hot from that window and we put the persianas down to block it out. By the time I finish work and come back to my chair next to this window the sun has moved and the persiana is back up.
Mel
Pastoral screen saver
When I look out of my window, I see acres of green pastures and bales of hay, and farm animals living their best lives. Cows, surrounded by ducks, cooling off in a pond or grazing on grass. Horses galloping and playing chase with each other. A pair of donkeys of friendly and people-curious donkeys who serve as watchouts for the herd. One of the great gifts of working remotely is that anytime I need a hit of seratonin or get screen weary, I need only look out my window and soak in the pastoral scene.
Angie
Yard
My front yard. As a first-time homeowner in a fixer-upper, this triggers many emotions – fear and overwhelm at all of the work the yard needs, pride in the work that's already been done, gratitude for a little chunk of outside that's mine (no matter what it looks like), regret that I'm stuck inside at work.
Conner N
Choose Your Own Adventure View
Technically, road. The window I look out of the most is my windshield. My commute is about 45 minutes each way. But I try to keep that view interesting. I avoid interstates when possible, opting for back roads and forested highways. I live in a rural area, so I see a lot of deer, especially on my drive in to work at 5am. I see other wildlife too, including skunks (for some reason, whenever I see one, I shout "kunk!" to myself), possums, and feral cats. I've adopted two of those already; one I found under my porch as a six-week-ish old kitten, and one who just showed up one day and now lives on the deck and occasionally allows me to pet him. A windshield doesn't have to be a boring view. It can be whatever you want.
Dave B
Answer our question
What is something you have that you wished everyone had?
the cheap apartment next door, sad trees.
Seen from my window
Grand fir, Red Cedar, Doug fir
and my neighbors house