# What do you see when you open your bedroom window. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663 "2013-08-31T15:30:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/1 "2013-08-31T15:30:36Z")
Saw this on some site and decided to do it on here. I see a rectangular park with some trees and fox burrows. How about you? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/2 "2013-08-31T15:38:06Z")
I don’t have a bedroom window. I have double glass doors out to the balcony. I keep the vertical blinds angled at 45 degrees so that the sun shines into the room in the morning. First thing I see every morning is the huge, drooping gum tree outside. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/3 "2013-08-31T15:42:25Z")
The back yard and then a bunch of trees. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/4 "2013-08-31T15:43:37Z")
Lake Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/5 "2013-08-31T15:46:37Z")
the same thing i see with the windows closed, the outdoors. some trees and grass specifically. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/6 "2013-08-31T15:59:35Z")
The same thing I see when the window is closed: some bushes in the backyard. I don’t see much more than that as I’m in a basement. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/7 "2013-08-31T15:59:37Z")
Puget Sound. It’s glorious. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/8 "2013-08-31T16:01:21Z")
From one window I see grass and trees, the bulkhead to my basement and the dog enclosure. From the other I see grass and trees and the back of my garage. Through the trees I can see a small amount of my neighbor’s house. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/9 "2013-08-31T16:02:15Z")
Forest and trees, and Lake Superior in the distance in the winter. In the summer, the leaves of the trees block the view. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/10 "2013-08-31T16:04:16Z")
The houses on the other side of the estate but in the distance I can see the countryside and hills. Its actually quite nice. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/11 "2013-08-31T16:10:28Z")
Front of the house window, the street and our front yard, screened by a thin twiggy sort of baby lilac. It keeps getting nibbled on by geese so it will probably not thrive. It seeded itself a few years back and I don’t have the heart to have mrAru remove it. Side of the house is about 10 feet of side yard leading to a sort of 15 foot really steep bit of yard that is infested by forsythias. I detest the damned things but they keep the dirt in place. Back of the house is the back yard, surrounded by fencing and occasionally infested with our guinea fowls and geese. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/12 "2013-08-31T16:12:03Z")
Why don’t people use question marks in thread titles. Don’t you find this annoying. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/13 "2013-08-31T16:13:34Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Why don’t people use question marks in thread titles. Don’t you find this annoying. Do you. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/14 "2013-08-31T16:13:45Z")
Out the back window, I see trees, 2 sheds, part of the deck and the garden surrounding it, and possibly a vehicle passing by on the side road. Out the side window about 200’ away, I see my neighbor’s house and back yard. I usually keep that curtain drawn - if I can see out, they can see in, and nobody wants that! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/15 "2013-08-31T16:17:17Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Front of the house window, the street and our front yard, screened by a thin twiggy sort of baby lilac. It keeps getting nibbled on by geese so it will probably not thrive. It seeded itself a few years back and I don’t have the heart to have mrAru remove it. > > Side of the house is about 10 feet of side yard leading to a sort of 15 foot really steep bit of yard that is infested by forsythias. I detest the damned things but they keep the dirt in place. > > Back of the house is the back yard, surrounded by fencing and occasionally infested with our guinea fowls and geese. But what about your _bedroom_ window? 🙂 Out my bedroom window, I see a parking lot / driveway, the buildings across the drive and their sideyards. My deck is the place with the better view; second story, up in the trees, in the summer the back yard, in the winter, the houses that face the street and the street itself, with all of the small town action that goes with it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/16 "2013-08-31T16:19:56Z")
Foreground: backyard. Background: farm field (Corn this year). Distance: power lines, trees, sky. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/17 "2013-08-31T16:21:39Z")
The ash tree in my front yard, a wedge of garage roof (usually with a squirrel or two running between them), about 50-60 feet of my street, a few more yard trees, and two of the townhouse units across from mine. Pretty limited sight lines; when the giant meteor comes to wipe us all out, I’ll have no way to see it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/18 "2013-08-31T16:25:40Z")
A half acre of lawn with shade trees and birdfeeders. Then a row of trees and shrubs, beyond that a meadow. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/19 "2013-08-31T16:46:24Z")
I see my neighbor’s bathroom window, and the brick wall of the building. At least, I assume it’s their bathroom…I’ve never been inside, but our buildings are identical, and that window is for a bathroom in mine. I think if we stretched really far, we could probably grasp hands across the alley. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/20 "2013-08-31T16:46:40Z")
My big empty fenced-in backyard (chain-link fence), the tree and field and house beyond it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663.md?page=2)