When I look out of my window today, the view I see is white and grey: the buildings are surrounded by snow and ice. The summertime view, however, shows more of a contrast: the natural green is shown up against the grey and brown of concrete and brick.
I do prefer views that are more natural but, as I look at this one, I know I prefer it to the views seen in the city centre – views in which all is concrete, tar, brick and glass.
What views do you see from your windows?
(This post was inspired by the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge)
© Colline Kook-Chun, 2014
Love the contrast in natural green and man-made grey!
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Thank you Terri. The colours really show up against one another I think.
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Trees, grass, birds of all description, including birds of prey, umpteen squirrels, at least three foxes and one badger – do I live in the countryside? No, I live in south-west Greater Manchester, UK., with the City Centre only 8 miles away and a main road 100 yards away! LOVELY! 😀
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Sounds like the perfect place to live Chris with nature near your doorstep and the convenience of city life nearby.
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Yep, so far so good and there are excellent bus and tram systems nearby as well 🙂
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Makes it even more perfect 🙂
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Great to see some green space amidst all that concrete. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to see more and more of it. Skyscrapers draped in walls of greenery would be a sight to see – and so good for our health and the health of the planet too. 🙂
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I agree Suzanne. We chose this apartment out of the many we looked at because it had green spaces and a children’s park on the doorstep. Helps to keep my soul sane 🙂
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Beautiful photograph dear Colline, Thank you, love, nia
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Thank you so much Nia.
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I see a lake.
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So beautiful and calming.
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That is a nice window view, Colline! The building are well captured.
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Thank you Amy. It has been my view for ten years now 🙂
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We live in a forested area, so see lots of trees. No vistas however as the landscape is flat in thus part of Belgium.
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Must be a beautiful place to go and walk in.
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I agree, I’d much rather see the city from the outside. I’m glad a few trees are still standing.
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We are lucky. Though they are beginning to build more and more condos in our area 😦
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Indeed, well done. You did an amazing job with the challenge.
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Thank you so much.
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Mostly what I am seeing from my window right now is snow, and more snow! Waiting for Jeff to come and plow the driveway, at which point, the County Plow will come by and fill it in again!
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Sigh! I am sure the snow is a beautiful sight though – even though a little inconvenient at times.
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Great city view! When I look out my window I see a snow covered park today.
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I can imagine it as that is what I am currently seeing – now-laden trees and snow-covered spaces 🙂
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nice choice Colline, but how about sharing a snowy scene too? Just us snow-deprived Aussies?
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Not sure if you saw the post showing our icy days before Christmas (https://collinesblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/a-winter-reality/) – and of course the view I often see out of my window in the cold winter months (https://collinesblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/looking-out-at-winter/). If the snow has not melted (I wish!) or turned icy by the weekend, I promise to go out and take some more. 🙂
PS: Hope it cools down soon in your part of the world. I believe your temperatures have sky-rocketed.
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I can see my front neighbor’s wooden fence, roof top of the garage’then some power lines and the best of it all TREES , high green trees going up the hill and then the sky!
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The sight of all those trees would do my soul good 🙂
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I am so thankful for seeing this every day when I wake up 🙂
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I see a lot of greenery from where I sit. It helps strike the creative juices!
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I can imagine it doing that 🙂
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I see water and birds, the most notable of which was the flashing Great Blue Heron, yesterday. 🙂 Today I saw a wonderful Pelican doing a neat bit of low flying over the lake. 🙂
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I love the sound of your view!Certainly more interesting than mine 🙂
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I always got great views from my windows here in Okinawa – clouds are always covering the sky, birds, Japanese workers exercising every morning 😀 , green grass, trees, etc. These views I will miss when I go back to Cali where I’m not likely to see those things every day.
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Sounds like a beautiful and calming view Rommel 🙂
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Definitely a different view than I see Colline, hot humid sky with reddish smoke from bushfires down south, wafting over the city, making the nights extremely hard to sleep, dust from the winds, finding every crevice for entry, hopefully the weather will change soon, as for snow, that would be unheard of here.
Regards
Ian
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I can imagine that smokey scene being very uncomfortable Ian. I hope the heat breaks soon and you have some cooling weather.
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Excellent entry for “Juxtaposition”. As for my windows – I can choose between a 4 star hotel and a thermal plant chimney – nothing really exciting, but on good days the western sky sends me some warm golden light to bask in. I am sure living in an apartment building has its good sides though at the moment I can’t think of any 😀 Thank you for another pic of your neighbourhood Colline. You know that I can relate 🙂
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One positive thing about living in an apartment here is that during winter I do not need to shovel snow 🙂
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