The View from Where I Write

Today marks the first of February, and the beginning of my first ever participation in a blog challenge.  This particular challenge was put together by expat blogger Cristin Kelly Jovocic, who blogs about living in Sydney over at An opal hearted country.  She has created a prompt for each day of February, and the challenge is for all participants to blog every single day in the shortest month of the year using her prompts as a starting point.  (If you are an expat blogger and would like to join, head over to her blog for instructions).

I am excited about the first prompt, listed in the title of this post, because I started taking photos for just this idea back in March and June of 2013.  The photos don't quite fit the current season of summer, but they illustrate well the view from where I spend most of my time writing.

 My writing table sits right up against my favorite set of windows in our house.  They are north facing, and I have concluded that light from the north is my very favorite kind.  

I especially appreciate northern light in the winter months.  In fact all of my photos from this window have been taken in winter, although several contain lingering autumn colors.

There is just the right amount of activity outside the windows to provide an occasional distraction, but not enough to be disruptive. It might be a neighbor walking by after visiting the local shops or cars parking on the little side street.  Sometimes one will look up and we will exchange smiles and waves.

On the opposite side of the street, the owners of the cars tend to be workers at a nearby medical center.  The near side has a two hour parking restriction, so it is not used for parking very often.  When the street does fill up with cars, I know it's a busy day for medical appointments.

In summer I revel in the abundance of greenery and light.  I'm lucky enough to have both deciduous and non-deciduous trees outisde, so I feel that this particular view has the best of both hemispheres.  It is a view that I will sorely miss come June.

 

 

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Comments

[Samantha]

Completely jealous of your fall foliage view! That is one thing I really miss from home.

[Yvette]

Gorgeous view, Christie! You are quite lucky. Personally, I find the fall/winter/spring time the best in Sydney. It's not that I don't like summer... it's excessive sweating that I'm opposed to. LOL! You are in Melby, right?

[pearlmaple]

what a lovely light filled spot you have there to admire the changing of seasons, love the city of Melbourne, there is so much to see and do there

[Christie]

Thanks!---Melbourne is truly an amazing city. Samantha, I sympathize with you missing the fall colors--it's always been on my list of regrets when we have lived outside of the northeastern U.S. Fall foliage in Melbourne was such a pleasant surprise. Yvette, We have lived in Melbourne for nearly four years now. We love nearly everything about it, except for the hot, hot days in summer, so I agree with you about the seasons, except that we do get it colder than Sydney does in winter.

[Joshandjackie.wordpress.com]

The photos you posted are absolutely gorgeous. I try frequently to capture the beauty surrounding me in Sydney, and on vacations all around Australia and my photos often fall short. Your photos on the other hand are stunning. The images are of simple, every day things, and yet the photos have so much emotion shining through, especially the photo of your desk. Thanks for these images :-)

[Christie]

Thanks, Jackie, for the kind words. Trying to capture the beauty in the magnificent scenery, as well as in the everyday, has been one of my goals while living in Australia.

[Cosette]

Aw, that is a lovely view! I have my desk up to the window too. I love the natural sunlight pouring in (on normal days, not 108-degrees days).

[Christie]

Thanks Cosette! Here's hoping there aren't too many 108-degree days left this year … Surely we have had enough of them.