# The view outside your window **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283 "2008-12-08T18:45:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/1 "2008-12-08T18:45:21Z")
I’m interested in getting a sense of place for where we’re all coming from - how would you guys like to post the scene outside the window where you normally do most of your posting (or the wall you like to look at the most if you don’t have a window)? Here’s the [view outside my Doping window.](http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7089/hpim3485pf2.jpg) (Note: That picture was taken today at about 11:00 am. It’s really cloudy and overcast today, and the sun doesn’t get much higher than in this picture. It looks bright enough outside to the naked eye, but the camera isn’t loving it.) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/2 "2008-12-08T18:56:58Z")
From work - [That’s known as Peak One](http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r148/enipla/PeakOne.jpg) From Home - [Mount Lincoln.](http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r148/enipla/01060004.jpg) The home picture is actually from my deck. I don’t have a very good window from where I post. Both pictures are a little over a year old. Another cool one from home. From my deck, [looking down at the clouds in the valley.](http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r148/enipla/IMG_0014.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/3 "2008-12-08T19:01:43Z")
Crikey! My home office is a [mess](http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/?action=view¤t=smalloffice.jpg). Sorry. I don’t have a window. ETA: What’s all that white stuff? Also: this morning’s [sunrise](http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/?action=view¤t=100_0085.jpg). And our Christmas [lights](http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/?action=view¤t=100_0087.jpg) as seen across the pond. ---
**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/4 "2008-12-08T19:27:46Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > From Home - [Mount Lincoln.](http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r148/enipla/01060004.jpg) Next time, duck down just a tiny little bit so that the moon is resting directly on top of the tree top like a gigantic ornament. 😃 Edit: Oh, and my computer is in the basement, so just picture 2 cinder block walls with a hint of daylight coming through the skylights. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/5 "2008-12-08T19:30:48Z")
Wow, **enipla** , those are all such beautiful views. I’m jealous! All I can see from my window right now is [a bunch of trees](http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1361/treescu0.jpg). (We have some mountains here too (small ones), but the clouds are low today and they are hidden. [Here they are](http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7250/mountainsec8.jpg) in the terrible blizzard of '06. Still waiting for the first snow this winter!) **NinetyWt** , there is no office so windowless that the situation cannot be rectified with a sledgehammer (or the proper application of high explosives, as I seem to recall from another Doper’s signature). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/6 "2008-12-08T19:30:50Z")
> [@CutterJohn](#): > > Next time, duck down just a tiny little bit so that the moon is resting directly on top of the tree top like a gigantic ornament. 😃 Well, it’s pretty close. Anyway, it was a total accident. Nice sunrise NinetyWt. ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/7 "2008-12-08T19:33:50Z")
I live across from a gas station so I get [this](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/3092752207_1539248278.jpg?v=0) view. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/8 "2008-12-08T19:42:04Z")
Most of my posting comes from my desk at work, and my “window” leads out into a foyer for parts pickup which is rarely used because most parts pickups occur in the back. However, were I to have a window that displayed the outside, the scene would be one of a driveway, across which is a berm that leads to the driveway alongside the company next to ours. It’s snowing, so the berm and parts of the driveway have some snow on them, but not much. Just enough for a thin blanket where there is no foot or vehicular traffic. At home I overlook the courtyard of a group of buildings, facing north. Most of my view is dominated by the building across from me, but the buildings are slightly staggered so I get a kind of north-northwest view from 6 floors up which is kind of nice. I’m in Southern Ontario, Canada, incidentally. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/9 "2008-12-08T19:47:14Z")
I have two windows in my office. This is the view to the yard: [P6050015 | Karlen Sanberg | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/karlen/573728379/) …and this is the view to the road. We call it “Scary Coyote” but I guess it’s supposed to be a white tiger. [scary rabbit | Karlen Sanberg | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/karlen/573743465/) ---
**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/10 "2008-12-08T20:35:33Z")
I have a redwood tree as most of the view from my office. It’s fun in the spring when birds nest in it. Hummingbirds sometimes peer at me as well. (bad cellphone pic) [View From my Office | KalypsoNator | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalypso/3092891225/) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/11 "2008-12-08T20:42:11Z")
[My apartment has the best view in Bozeman](http://www.physics.montana.edu/students/bambeck/photos/view3.jpg). I probably have some better photos somewhere, but that one’s already online (I haven’t updated my webpage in ages). My office doesn’t have any windows, and I don’t have a recent photo, but picture a messy bookshelf with a seismically-unstable array of books and a variety of nerd toys. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/12 "2008-12-08T21:23:14Z")
There are windows in my PC lounge, but they just look out to the condos across the street, so the curtains are pretty much always closed - [like this.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycat90/1190156262/sizes/o/in/set-72157601553704324/) [This](http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycat90/1189287749/in/set-72157601553704324/) is the wall to the right of me, covered with art my kids have made for me since preschool and class pictures, etc. [Here’s a shot](http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycat90/2866222579/sizes/m/)of the wall behind my monitor (with a bonuse me!) And one of [my feet](http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycat90/2788202037/) on my desk; this is usually how I’m sitting at my desk when I’m not sitting on the huge exercise ball. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/13 "2008-12-08T21:36:25Z")
[From](http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/rmix/my%20day/?action=view¤t=DSCF2932.jpg) [work.](http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/rmix/my%20day/?albumview=grid&fullsize=DSCF2933.jpg) (No window, I’m in a cube farm.) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/14 "2008-12-08T23:31:59Z")
[Here is a somewhat fuzzy view out the window at work.](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/3093299343_418c296477_o.jpg) I was photographing a big flock of birds. [This](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/3093299247_887e83a6ec_b.jpg) is what I see if I look out my den window to the right of my desk at home. And [this](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/3093299483_2742a31f4d_o.jpg) is a pic of my two desktops (I’ve cleaned most of the icons off the computer desktop since the photo was taken.) Not included is a pic of my laptop computing locations, which are usually the bar in the kitchen, chair in the living room, or front porch. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/15 "2008-12-08T23:41:13Z")
[This](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h207/mnems/Montreal/DSCN1463.jpg) is part of the park that is directly across the street from my apartment. I usually post from the second room of our double living room, but you can see the park out of that window. Actually, [this](http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1186329&l=3f096&id=768910321) is a view from the balcony entrance way, but it’s not very pretty. I was laughing at the moron who had parked in front of the parking lot entrance. That van eventually got towed, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/16 "2008-12-08T23:59:07Z")
[Here’s](http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/maggenpye/100_0203.jpg) the view from my window - next fine day I’ll mow and trim things back, promise! [These](http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/maggenpye/100_0180.jpg) are my kid’s models that I keep my my monitor. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/17 "2008-12-09T00:28:56Z")
Didn’t we just do this a few weeks ago? ---
**Author:** ![spoike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@spoike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoike)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/18 "2008-12-09T00:29:08Z")
I post most often from the desk in my kitchen and the view outside varies a great deal, based on the seasons. Right now, it looks a lot like [this](http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp296/yycsan/Dec07.jpg)picture from December last year. That photo features some really thick hoar frost, while at the moment, the yard is covered with snow, but you get the gist. In May, things are leafing out and starting to be really pretty. [This](http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp296/yycsan/may08.jpg) photo was taken this year and features the newly green garden being covered with snow. Stupid snow. [This](http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp296/yycsan/JUNE08.jpg) last photo was taken in June, when things are at their greenest. She’s hard to see, but in the upper corner of the yard is a female mallard, relaxing in the shade. Because of the trees behind the yard, we often get animal visitors. In the five years we’ve lived here, we’ve seen moose, deer, coyotes, voles, squirrels, frogs and rabbits. We’ve also had owls, blue jays, flickers, woodpeckers, partridges, rabbits and a number of other birds. We live in the city, but it’s almost like living in the country. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/19 "2008-12-09T01:25:57Z")
[Late afternoon view from chez blondebear](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/x2Owrs3HDYIgMp6sNn2ZvA) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283/20 "2008-12-09T01:34:39Z")
I just took a couple off of my balcony a couple of minutes ago for this thread - the [first one](http://www.image4u.org/interface2x/my_balcony.jpg) used the “night” filter so it looks way more light out than it really is. The [second one](http://www.image4u.org/interface2x/my_balcony_2.jpg) has my Christmas lights in it, so it shows how dark it really is. [Here](http://www.image4u.org/interface2x/apartment/GT-13.jpg) is what it looked like about 16 months ago on a bright and sunny summer day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-view-outside-your-window/476283.md?page=2)