# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/61 "2013-09-01T14:49:04Z")
I see the house to the west of me that is being let go to rack and ruin. Falling apart, dog running loose, non-running car in the drive, junk on the front porch, people going in and out. They only understand English when it suits them. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/62 "2013-09-01T14:52:57Z")
Out the north bay window I see the sidewalk up to the house. Each side has a triangular flower garden with phlox, salvia, gerbera daisies and _stella d’oro_ lilies. On the boulevard is a silver maple with a stone border and hostas around it. Out the east window is an ornamental chokecherry tree, Russian sage and two Japanese lantern rhododendrons. Farther to the south I can just barely see my husband’s tomato garden. Behind these is my husband’s spite fence with _jackmanii_ clematis vine on a trellis. I’ve hung a few Mayan-style suns on it to smooth out the spite on this side, at least. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/63 "2013-09-01T16:02:58Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Lake Michigan. That’s a BIG window. This… [http://static.dyp.im/mGyk8Tf0lF/1a24770ba8975e0fb15fa990806c1937.jpg](http://static.dyp.im/mGyk8Tf0lF/1a24770ba8975e0fb15fa990806c1937.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/64 "2013-09-01T16:05:25Z")
My butterfly bush with butterflies and hummingbird moths, and some of the pampas grass next to the bush. If I choose to look out further I can see the front yard, my truck. the neighbors cars, and a mylar balloon hanging from the power lines. I seldom choose to look past the butterfly bush. ---
**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/65 "2013-09-01T23:31:07Z")
Since last Sunday when I arrived in Singapore, I see the East Coast Parkway (busy busy road, but I like the hum of the traffic from 6 floors above it), followed by the East Coast Park, then a really gaudy restaurant/leisure park, then the sea, chock full of container ships. So far, I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/66 "2013-09-01T23:38:43Z")
The fence between our house and the neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/67 "2013-09-01T23:48:25Z")
Back yard, planters, cats, trees, grass, dirt, rocks, wall. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/68 "2013-09-02T01:32:25Z")
Looking out my bedroom window, I see the entrance to Camp Samac, at whose dining hall I threw up when I was in grade six (it was not a good camp visit). If I look to the left, I see a streetlight at my eye level. If I look down, I see the five lanes of Simcoe Street. Yes, it’s a student residence near the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. > [@Yorikke](#): > > [My view right now](http://i.imgur.com/fZTxm0x.jpg). Glorious, no? San Francisco? > [@lieu](#): > > This… > [http://static.dyp.im/mGyk8Tf0lF/1a24770ba8975e0fb15fa990806c1937.jpg](http://static.dyp.im/mGyk8Tf0lF/1a24770ba8975e0fb15fa990806c1937.jpg) Reminds me of some of my mom’s paintings. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/69 "2013-09-02T01:47:01Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > The fence between our house and the neighbor. Good fence? Good neighbor? ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/70 "2013-09-02T01:58:24Z")
My Bedroom window doesn’t really open, but when I open the blinds and look out I see: Bird of Paradise plant right in front of the window Rest of front yard end of the court in front of my house and the view into the park next door Trees, Grass. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/71 "2013-09-03T03:07:20Z")
South window: directly into my neighbor’s bedroom window. East window: the tops of other apartment buildings, the back alley, some trees. Bonus: front living room window: the planes landing at LAX. ---
**Author:** ![yourstrulykatie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/dc4da7/32.png) [@yourstrulykatie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yourstrulykatie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/72 "2013-09-03T03:58:21Z")
I see trees & someone’s driveway & backyard. ---
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/73 "2013-09-04T15:15:42Z")
My bedroom window is on the side of the house, so I can see into everyone else’s back yards and also the front street. Great for being nosy! But I’m quite jealous of those of you who live in isolated places, and get to see some nice scenery out of your window… ---
**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:** [September 4, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/74 "2013-09-04T15:58:26Z")
Front window, flat grass front yard with a few mature trees (pine, maple, cedar, gum), a rural road with no painted lines about 100 feet away, and across the road forest. Side windows, a field for about 150 feet with spruce, holly, and magnolia trees, and then woods. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/75 "2013-09-04T18:24:22Z")
We have French doors in our bedroom that open onto the backyard. (some owner prior to us replaced the window with a doorway) So looking out, we see the deck, our trees to the right, our son’s slide and little plastic jungle-gym thing to the left, and further out, our garden and then the back fence. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/76 "2013-09-04T18:45:22Z")
Mostly the branches of the pine tree that’s right in front of it. ---
**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/77 "2013-09-04T18:57:54Z")
The landlord’s cluttered backyard, then a fence, then the house behind ours. I like having the room at the back of the house (it’s quieter), but the view isn’t anything special. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/78 "2013-09-05T02:37:24Z")
I can see our fenced in section of the backyard, patio, raised bed gardens, flowerbed, lots of potted flowers and hanging baskets, several bird feeders, the garden shed, with lots of trees and a couple of bushes in the unfenced part of the far end of the yard. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/79 "2013-09-05T19:34:35Z")
From one window, I see the roof of the garage (currently covered in acorns) and the top of my neighbor’s garage. From the other window, I see an oak tree, a cedar tree, a pine tree, a street and then a whole bunch of trees and underbrush. Oh, there’s a set of power/phone lines in there as well. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663/80 "2013-09-05T21:23:00Z")
The eastern side of the Sierra mountains, and a fairly nice view it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-see-when-you-open-your-bedroom-window/667663.md?page=5)