From your bedroom window

[Kiwi-family]

I just had the idea that even as we have less contact with our face to face community friends, maybe we could get to know our forum friends better.
So.....what’s the view out your bedroom window? If I look straight down from my second-storey bedroom I see this:

i don’t object to having vegetables by my front door!
Later this afternoon I can show you the view if I look straight out my window, but first thing in the morning (as it is now) I have sun streaming in which obliterates detail in a photo!

maybe next week we can look out our kitchen windows.....then living room...then our yards etc etc
If it goes on long enough we might even invite each other inside! Perhaps share a cup of tea (by posting teacup pictures).....

 

[Bad Pilgrim]

I basically have concrete and pavement…

 

[Bad Pilgrim]

Perhaps share a cup of tea (by posting teacup pictures)....

I already have my café con leche ready... as you can see in my new avatar

I thought it was time I changed it to something representative of my character !

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I just had the idea that even as we have less contact with our face to face community friends, maybe we could get to know our forum friends better.
So.....what’s the view out your bedroom window? If I look straight down from my second-storey bedroom I see this:
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i don’t object to having vegetables by my front door!
Later this afternoon I can show you the view if I look straight out my window, but first thing in the morning (as it is now) I have sun streaming in which obliterates detail in a photo!

maybe next week we can look out our kitchen windows.....then living room...then our yards etc etc
If it goes on long enough we might even invite each other inside! Perhaps share a cup of tea (by posting teacup pictures).....

Lovely!
We are just coming out of winter where I live, so nothing is lush and green yet.

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

It's 22.00 pm so it's dark, when I look out the window (11th floor) I see grass and a beautiful pond and trees and bushes.

Have this early morning photo from the sun rise .

 

[Hansel]

I already have my café con leche ready... as you can see in my new avatar

I thought it was time I changed it to something representative of my character !

I occasionally was given a cafe con leche,as the cafe owner would see a Pellegrino and assume that's what I'd want,
Even though I'd asked for an americano,I'm lactose intolerant so didn't really want any leche!
Bill

 

[Hansel]

Lovely!
We are just coming out of winter where I live, so nothing is lush and green yet.

But it's so much easier to get up in the morning!

 

[Bad Pilgrim]

I occasionally was given a cafe con leche,as the cafe owner would see a Pellegrino and assume that's what I'd want,
Even though I'd asked for an americano,I'm lactose intolerant so didn't really want any leche!
Bill

I want to state to the moderators that my avatar is in no way meant as a provocation to the Lactose intolerant Community of the Camino !

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I want to state to the moderators that my avatar is in no way meant as a provocation to the Lactose intolerant Community of the Camino !

But will they believe you...you are bad!

 

[Bad Pilgrim]

It's 22.00 pm so it's dark, when I look out the window (11th floor) I see grass and a beautiful pond and trees and bushes.

Have this early morning photo from the sun rise .
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@Kiwi-family Sorry for derailing your thread, K-family

Yep I'm in the same time zone as Peter F. Can't see my hand in front of me, it's that dark!

I will get back to you in the morning with sum photos from my luxurious suburb…

/BP

 

[Saint Mike II]

This is my bedroom view!! Just to clarify this is the Illawarra Coast of NSW (about 125 km South of Sydney) looking north at the escarpment.

 

[Kiwi-family]

@Bad Pilgrim you can make amends by posting a photo of your concrete!

 

[Icacos]

Beautiful sunshine today, but some of us are still in winter, or barely out of it. Ask us again in a few weeks.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Ok, here's looking out of my bedroom window on the first floor...my only floor. It faces east and it's 5:15pm here in Illinois. Our pine trees are always green!

 

[Bad Pilgrim]

Ok, here's looking out of my bedroom window on the first floor...my only floor. It faces east and it's 5:15pm here in Illinois. Our pine trees are always green!

Holy Concrete!

That's the Amazonian jungle, compared to my parking lot…!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Early morning last week at my sister-in-law's (26th floor) condo in Florida...a lovely visit!

 

[Kiwi-family]

This is my bedroom view!! Just to clarify this is the Illawarra Coast of NSW (about 125 km South of Sydney) looking north at the escarpment.

Great idea to include details of where we are (except for those who are in sensitive areas of course)

Beautiful sunshine today, but some of us are still in winter, or barely out of it. Ask us again in a few weeks.

Please, show us now - looking down on the the plum tree we have out the front from my bedroom window, I noticed its leaves are turning red....we are people of time and place...the snow or mud or grey clouds all count. I wonder how many seasons we’ll go through before this is over.

Holy Concrete!

That's the Amazonian jungle, compared to my parking lot…!

Bad Bad Pilgrim you’ll get a warning for making up new blasphemies. But I laughed out loud. (No disrespect meant to the mods - you do a hard job)

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I already have my café con leche ready... as you can see in my new avatar

I thought it was time I changed it to something representative of my character !

I love your new avatar, BP!

 

[Bad Pilgrim]

you’ll get a warning for making up new blasphemies.

That's what I do best

 

[Bad Pilgrim]

I love your new avatar, BP!

Thanks! It's from the bar No Río in Chantada on the Camino de Invierno. Almost too beautiful to drink
… almost

 

[Deleted member 67185]

 

[Camino Chrissy]

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Breathtaking, Dave!

 

[Deleted member 67185]

Breathtaking, Dave!

We really enjoy it. Those hills are my dayhike and workout spaces, so I am pretty fortunate.

 

[Icacos]

The view from my bedroom window, in the afternoon light. The rhodos will be in bloom in a few weeks, beautiful shades of pink and mauve. And the heather on the right will be in bloom a few weeks after that.

 

[Theatregal]

My bedroom and living room both face east with a view of farm land and the currently dormant volcano Mount Baker (obscurred by cloud in this photo) My favourite thing is the Pin Oak tree that attracts a wonderful variety of bird life. The view is ever changing depending on the weather and seasons. It's of great comfort in this time of isolation!

 

[Kiwi-family]

Now the sun has moved (effectively)...
That steep little driveway takes us up to the road; good warmup for every walk!

 

[Anniesantiago]

I live out of my van, so my view constantly changes but here is my favorite . . . I took this last winter in Quartzsite, Arizona. Looking out of my van at the neighbor's rig. This photo has NOT been retouched. It really did look like this!

 

[Peregrinopaul]

We really enjoy it. Those hills are my dayhike and workout spaces, so I am pretty fortunate.

Hills?.....Hmmmm. Magnificent ones.

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

07.20 am , now you can see whats down there.

 

[domigee]

Good morning everyone

 

[VNwalking]

Good afternoon:

 

[Jane Silverman]

Early morning last week at my sister-in-law's (26th floor) condo in Florida...a lovely visit!

No spring-breakers littering your beach yet

 

[Jane Silverman]

No spring-breakers littering your beach yet

Posted that too soon. It is pitch black out my window now. Be back in the morning.

 

[jsalt]

Mpumalanga, South Africa

 

[Emia]

@ Kiwi-family
What a lovely idea, thank you so much!
Greetings from rural Germany
We have a (minor) curfew too, but we can still go out for long (though solitary) walks in the hills.

Hope you are all safe & healthy.

 

[Bad Pilgrim]

It's no Rocky Mountains... But it is something

 

[Deleted member 67185]

Hills?.....Hmmmm. Magnificent ones.

Yeah, these are foothills into the Cascade Mountains.

 

[Kiwi-family]

@Bad Pilgrim now you’ll get told off for lying! Or maybe you just need to put some glasses on and look out your window again - there are trees and grass and fascinating buildings.

 

[LesBrass]

Looking a little cloudy this morning... must mow the lawn today

This is the view from both sides of the window

 

[Bad Pilgrim]

@Bad Pilgrim now you’ll get told off for lying! Or maybe you just need to put some glasses on and look out your window again - there are trees and grass and fascinating buildings.

Well it's functional…

The Cascade Mountains has got nothing on Swedish landmarks such as Bike Rack, Laundry Room and Parking Lot...!

 

[Paladina]

The view at 06.30: the mountains are not yet visible, but 'this morning gives us promise of a glorious day'. It's still possible to walk across the fields, but I'll desist during the season for spreading slurry.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

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It's no Rocky Mountains... But it is something

Hey, BP...it's much more than concrete! Nice!

 

[Former member 49149]

Last night, then this morning, same view

 

[Bad Pilgrim]

The view at 06.30: the mountains are not yet visible, but 'this morning gives us promise of a glorious day'. It's still possible to walk across the fields, but I'll desist during the season for spreading slurry.

That is my favourite view so far?! Can you please tell us where it is from?

 

[Paladina]

That is my favourite view so far?! Can you please tell us where it is from?

From my bedroom window, here in south Co Mayo, in the west of Ireland. The invisible mountains, which would doubtless be considered molehills in most countries, are the Partry mountains. When I first came here, nearly 40 yeas ago, I was entranced by the four seasons in one day and the forty shades of green and glaucous grey. Even now - especially now! - I still am.

 

[kelleymac]

Leafless black walnut trees and sugar maples too. There are some low hills in the distance to the west. We have early spring flowers on the ground. And there are steeper hills immediately to the south, but our house is in a small dale and we are too close to get a good photo. There is a 50' waterfall near the house as well, and I can hear it from the house when the windows are open. Today though, it is 10 degrees F (-9C), and all the windows are shut.

 

[ranthr]

Snow, snow, snow!

 

[Jeff Crawley]

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Facebombed by a Bird on a Wire (I miss Leonard Cohen).

 

[Martin Cole]

Sunny down the road, front door below has my Camino Shell advertising a pilgrim home.
Some of the other offerings look more enticing.
Wish mine showed a cafe on The Way with a credential, a cafe con leche and a pan a choc in front of me.

 

[Jeff Crawley]

North Kent, UK. Ancient woodlands in background, nextdoor's shed, my kayaks in the foreground. Notice the scallop shaped birdbath?

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I'm going to cheat. Recently a contractor bought the house and lot next door, leveled both the house and lot (and the garden and trees) and then built a three floor house on top of a foundation half as tall as our house. That is our bedroom view now. But the good news is our study area, used as a guest bedroom, has a river view.


If you open the window and lean out in a different season you can see this:


The window goes down to the floor as you can see from this shot outside:


These are from the living room or just outside it:


And to make things sweeter, when we bought the house this was nearly the cheapest house in town.

 

[Anik2001]

Still a few weeks worth of snow in my small town in Quebec.

 

[willydp]

Sunny today

 

[auburnfive]

Snow in Calgary, but so happy for my lovely views!

 

[Kjell family]

Can't you tell it's spring? Really, it will look wonderful in 6-8 weeks.

 

[madhurivivit]

San Francisco - before the spring clean up.

 

[KricketN]

This is out my bedroom window in Spokane Washington

 

[Viggo]

Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[gschmidl]

I'll cheat and show you what it looked like a few months ago (you might be able to guess the date). It's from the balcony outside my bedroom.

 

[Icacos]

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Aaww, let's think of the glass as being half full

 

[MaineSally]

I just had the idea that even as we have less contact with our face to face community friends, maybe we could get to know our forum friends better.
So.....what’s the view out your bedroom window? If I look straight down from my second-storey bedroom I see this:
View attachment 71513
i don’t object to having vegetables by my front door!
Later this afternoon I can show you the view if I look straight out my window, but first thing in the morning (as it is now) I have sun streaming in which obliterates detail in a photo!

maybe next week we can look out our kitchen windows.....then living room...then our yards etc etc
If it goes on long enough we might even invite each other inside! Perhaps share a cup of tea (by posting teacup pictures).....

Very pleasing Indeed!

 

[MaineSally]

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Now that’s a view! Contact and convenience if you desire it, yet the natural beauty abounds! Thanks for sharing!

 

[MaineSally]

Here’s a slice of Freeport, Maine. We just put out the Adirondack chairs hoping we were done with Winter (we should have known better). However, we have 5”- 8” of the snow predicted for Monday night. We are so ready to get busy with the garden and yard, and to feel warm again!

 

[MaineSally]

I live out of my van, so my view constantly changes but here is my favorite . . . I took this last winter in Quartzsite, Arizona. Looking out of my van at the neighbor's rig. This photo has NOT been retouched. It really did look like this!
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Magical! Love it Annie!

 

[MaineSally]

Can't you tell it's spring? Really, it will look wonderful in 6-8 weeks.View attachment 71681

This has to be New England?

 

[Kjell family]

Hahaha, much further west and bit more north.

 

[SusanSmyth]

The view from my bedroom. Southern California, so the oranges, limes and lemons are ready.

 

[John Crawford Howell]

This is from our bedroom, but as we live on the Salish Sea and face west, our sunsets tend to be more spectacular than our sunrises. In the photo is our vista of Rosario Strait. We live on Fidalgo Island which the Spanish "discovered" in 1790. They subsequently named many of the islands in the San Juan archipeligo. When you next go to the naval museum in Madrid (Museo Naval), you will see an enormous gold leaf mural taking up an entire wall—floor to ceiling—depicting all of Spain's major voyages of discovery. Salvador Fidalgo's voyage is traced thereon.

 

[Kiwi-family]

It’s a wonder some of you even leave home! I’m surprised at the number of rural vistas so far.

 

[Isobeljc]

We are in the outer suburbs of Melbourne.
The birches will soon change colour. This view was different this time last week. The new owners across the road cut down the big cyprus trees. I hope they replace them with something nice.
Have attached another pic half way through the destruction

 

[Lindsay53]

From my bedroom window about 0800 this morning. There is some green in the paddocks thanks to a bit of recent rain.

 

[Lizremedy]

I live right in the middle of Bangkok, so just buildings everywhere. Been quite a mental adjustment for a South African used to open space and bush. But thanks to all the corona lockdowns, we have truly blue sky today, not the usual polluted grey. Im loving watching the earth recover so fast.

 

[John Crawford Howell]

I know Bangkok. That's not such a bad view at all. Love the clear sky.

 

[Bob from L.A. !]

 

[Bob from L.A. !]

Catalina Island in the distance...

 

[OTH86]

Seattle Sunrise at 07.20 - 2 days ago

 

[John Crawford Howell]

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Seattle Sunrise at 07.20 - 2 days ago

We bookended it! Sunrise over the Cascades, sunset over the sea. Nice photo.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

It is snowing now so I will supplement my earlier spring, summer and autumn pictures with a current winter one taken with the screen up.

 

[C clearly]

In the suburbs near Vancouver, BC, Canada, our small vegetable garden has been dug up in preparation for planting. We're not expecting any more frost, but it could still happen, so cool-weather plants only for a few weeks.

 

[JabbaPapa]

An older photo -- we only very rarely get snow -- but you can see Monaco, France, and Italy -- and if you know where to look, a section of the Camino & coastal Francigena on the Provençal Way. (both the historic Aurelia route and the current waymarked GR one)

 

[John Crawford Howell]

The Alpes Maritime. Lurking is Roquebrune, and old friends. Beautiful photo. Thank you, JabbaPapa, I was looking for an excuse to comment on something you wrote. . .

 

[AlwynWellington]

Kia ora, Rachel, a lovely thread, and so interesting a set of images.

Mine was taken a few hours - my early afternoon.

I live in a retirement village, so that is a lawn bowls green, with movable stuff for Croquet also in place.
Beyond is a small hillock with self planted "bush" as it is called through most of the country. While we are well in Autumn, this vegetation will remain green throughout the year. Except for three light green trees on the right: they will loose their leaves in about two months.
The four trees directly across the bowling green are Po'hutu'kawa: just before Christmas they produce a bright red "flower" and so are called the Christmas tree - most abundant in coastal areas (the ocean is about 90 metres lower and a little over 1 km behind me).

The "feature" on the window sill (an executive toy) was made by my youngest child (and son) more than 25 years ago.

I look forward to seeing the results of the other "topics" you have in mind.

Kia kaha (especially at this time - my thoughts are with you and yours)

 

[Tollymore]

Good thread, thanks!
Feeling grateful for our space as we start lockdown.

 

[David S. Coleman]

This is where I am forced to take my self isolation.
It's just me and my dog Penny.
Actually I self isolate quite frequently.
That mountain in the far distance was burning for weeks during all the fires earlier this year in Oz.
This is the very far north of New South Wales.

 

[Paladina]

Sorry, I'll have to give up on this thread. My rural broadband connection can't cope with this deluge of photos. That's the downside of living in the middle of nowhere!

 

[MaryLynn]

This was my view yesterday morning...Spring takes one step forward, then three steps back. It will come, eventually.

 

[JabbaPapa]

Good thread, thanks!
Feeling grateful for our space as we start lockdown.

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Wow !! That's a keeper !!

 

[Former member 49149]

A lifetime ago I spent 30 days in a retreat just outside Manila, and every day I ‘retreated’ to the cemetery. Not because I am morbid. There was shade there that I couldn’t find anywhere else! Also, I had never seen that kind of cemetery before, very different to my own cultural experience of graveyards. I still recall the feeling when I wrote in my notebook: nothing has changed, yet nothing will ever be the same again. I had another such moment, looking out now from my bedroom window at the containers rolling along on the tracks for the goods trains. Whatever we have in our mind’s eye - no matter how wide or narrow the vista in fact - colours our possibilities for seeing what is actually there in front of us. Maybe I should use the ‘I’ word instead of us... I guess I am just conscious of the vast range of points of view evident both in the views from bedroom windows, and from the life experiences of each one. Thanks again, @Kiwi-family for the idea of this thread.

 

[John Crawford Howell]

That's a wonderful reminiscence, Kirkie. I lived in the metro Manila area (Parañaque) for four years when I was with Westin Hotels (Westin Philippine Plaza). I met my wife there in 1976—in a negotiation! Fast forward, we've been married 43 years. The Philippines is a wonderful country with wonderful people. I think you add to its richness.

 

[Dani7]

From my 2nd floor bedroom window this morning.

 

[Iriebabel]

Out my Side windows


From my bedroom windows in the the back garden





Today needed to get out for some inspiration not far away- down by the beach (nature area) beach closed but people fishing social distances very far apart .

 

[steve 217]

Some lovely views
Heres mine not so lovely but the Magnolia lasts but a few days a year .

 

[John Crawford Howell]

Some lovely views
Heres mine not so lovely but the Magnolia lasts but a few days a year .

Magnolias are beautiful. Nice photo from a country with blue skies. . .

 

[Arctic_Alex]

Spring has arrived at the Arctic Circle ... with temperatures occasionally well above freezing point! But the big rivers are still frozen.

I actually cheated as the image is taken not from the bedroom but I am standing outside the house ;-)

 

[ISABEL linares]

Lovely!
We are just coming out of winter where I live, so nothing is lush and green yet.

So nice,here in Dublin the flowers are out,and the trees are blooming.Buen dia

 

[Theatregal]

@Iriebabel Your heron photo is amazing! Especially love the perfect muddy foot prints on the rail

 

[josephine upton]

Social isolation Penzance style

 

[Iriebabel]

@Iriebabel Your heron photo is amazing! Especially love the perfect muddy foot prints on the rail

Thank you. I will try to attach the 2 videos for you.
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The heron didn't seem afraid he was right next to my car social distancing though hahah. He had just come out of the water. Maybe he thought I had food. I think I will drive down there again It was such a lovely day






































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[ISABEL linares]

Iriebabel,you very afortunate to see that beautiful heron.

 

[Former member 2537]

Denver, Colorado west-facing 16th floor on a crisp Saturday morning. Pikes Peak to Mount Evans to Longs Peak: