Since most of us are still constrained in one form of lockdown or another with no end in sight, I thought I might start a new photographic adventure.
Since we can’t really go anywhere nice, why not share with each other the view from where we are - I’m calling this one Windows to the world.
I thought perhaps people might like to see my view on the world from where I sit working during the day and often here on Connect of the evenings.
I would like to see your view, no matter what it is or where it is. What do you look at each day? Tell me your local story with your photo here on Connect.
My Local Story is this is the verandah where I eat my breakfast every morning. It is sheltered and usually in the sun, even in winter so its usually a nice warm place to sit of a morning just to have a quiet moment of peace before I back inside to start work.
For your privacy make sure there are no visible street signs or other landmarks that would let people find you.
Hello @PaulPavlinovich I think this is an excellent idea. Let me open my “Windows to the world”.
From my living room in the Netherlands looking out on a majestic old (approximately 180 years) Purple beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Atropunicea’ ). That is blocking just enough direct sunlight on a warm day as today.
The view from my balcony overlooking the street with an old farm (1739) to the right that used to be outside the village but is now enclosed. It now is a living place for two families and two small companies.
My balcony has sun for a couple of hours (starting in the morning) and is a perfect place to have breakfast.
Luckily the Corona virus contamination in my area is very low. We respect 1,5m social distancing just to be sure. The South and Western parts of the Netherlands (Amsterdam and Rotterdam) the virus was on a come back. To prevent a second wave in these two cities mouth masks are now mandatory.
What a delightful view @Erik_van_den_Ham I would love looking out this window all day. It is uplifting to be in the presence of such an ancient tree. You become part of its long history.
Plenty of stories in that view @Ewaade_3A interesting that there is a hidden botanical garden. Mostly they’re proudly open and available. I guess the owners of this one want to keep it preserved, quiet and serene.
Autumn is such a wonderful time of year @Erik_van_den_Ham warm afternoons, low light in the sky and magic colours in the leaves. This tree is certainly a great one and I envy your view :).
This thread is like a respectful yet delightful glimpse into the homes (or more like, the surrounding area) of Local Guides around the world. It’s so lovely! Thank you, and @Erik_van_den_Ham and @Ewaade_3A , for sharing those images of greenery and peace!
Here is my bedroom/home office view from my apartment in Bulgaria.
I love that I can witness the changing of the seasons through my window, and that the room is bright and sunny for the better part of the day thanks to the lack of tall buildings. Also, watching the grapes ripe on that grapevine creates so much anticipation for the autumn!
This is a delightful view @DeniGu while you’re clearly in a built up suburban area, you have plenty of green to ignite the passion for nature and indeed grapes. I always struggle to wait for grapes - from that moment they’re sweet I tend to get into them. This is actually timely because we’re planning out some fruit plantings for this spring. Perhaps I should put up a frame and grow some grapes. I’ve got an otherwise quite useless space that would well suit grapes as they would come up out of the shade up onto a frame into the sun in a way that other plants wouldn’t. We’ve already got lemon, orange, apple and fejoia and we’re thinking of adding another apple that matures at a different time, figs, and nectarine. Perhaps we’ll add grapes too.
I feel like grapes are always a good idea, @PaulPavlinovich ! Most houses in the countryside here either have grapes growing on frames and/or up the building’s facade, or growing in lines in the garden or field. They provide shade in summer and sweetness in autumn (and wines all year around!). The seasons would probably be different in Australia, but shade is shade.
Most of our fruit trees are only babies @DeniGu and we plan on putting in some more as soon as we can get them delivered since we can’t go out to buy them until a month into spring which is really too late.
What a delightful look @DeniGu and how great it is that you growing expectations, or should I call them grapes. What a perfect way to provide some summer shade and autumn sweetness. All summer they will make you sitting, waiting, wishing. Oh and @PaulPavlinovich you’re even more fruitful lemons, oranges and apples. The lock down perhaps make you sing:
Going from the Greenery, there is a current craze for that type of roof here in Nigeria. What do they call them now? Stonecoated Roof tiles or something…
Usually I go to the window to Watering the plants…
Our window is sooo precious for us, it because we have only one window to see some of outside activites & we get some fresh air from her & avoid suffocation…
What is the connection of window here with in connect POST?
OH yes! As my network is very poor in side the home, hence ‘All the virtual Meet UP’ I have to attend as Google Local Guide then my window come to rescue me with the challenge of network as this provide me my smooth network so that I can get connected to Whole World with my LG friends across the world yes I can see them talk to them live VDO in true sense it takes me connected to whole world, I have attended so many meet up there for knowledge and WGS, IVM, Antakshari or Even Fun Meet of Music… so many more memories are attached to it…
Window is connection between my world to outside world…
I love your window @Shrut19 it is like looking out into a jungle of greenery giving you the feeling that you’re not in a bustling city. Those green plants probably cool the air as it comes in as well as giving you some additional oxygen. Be proud of your window garden :).
We all face the issues of network connectivity - its universal!
and all the beautiful stories you have told and the unending nicknames you have doled out from that chair resonate.
