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Every house deserves a spot where the residents can sit by a window that will give them a beautiful garden view in every season. Do I live in a house that provides me with a window and comfortable chair where I can admire my garden through the seasons?
No. In fact there are only two windows that give a good garden view.
When we moved into our house five years ago, the first thing I required was a new kitchen. There were a variety of problems, but perhaps the worst was the lack of a window that would give a view of the garden. Now in my new kitchen I chop vegetables, stir the soup, roll out dough, and make breakfast pancakes and everything else in front of a double set of windows that looks out on the garden.
I spend a lot of time standing in front of those windows. I admire the big yellow twig dogwood which attracts the birds. When we added a bird bath there were even more birds taking turns in the bath – occasionally getting very excited over whose turn was next. A lot goes on in our garden. Squirrels!
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There is also a window in my so-called office. During these pandemic days the ‘office’ is even more disorganized than usual with too many books that I can no longer donate to book sales. I even have visiting books for my First Grade friends who I read to on most Friday mornings. Chaos!
When we bought the house I thought of how wonderful to have this little room for book shelves, and a cozy chair by the window. It would be a sweet retreat. Even when the pandemic is no longer with us, I know there will never be a cozy chair by that window.
What that window does do, is allow me to keep a photographic record of the creation of the garden. (See Below)
Tell me. Do you have a cozy chair by the window where you can admire your garden? I’d love to hear about it.
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The view from the kitchen window is just as lovely. Hope you enjoyed the brief tour.
Oh, lovely. And how wonderful to see the progress over time! I agree: It’s so important to have windows out into the garden, for so many reasons. My favorite windows are in our sunroom, on three sides. But the kitchen window is great, too. 🙂
Beth – How wonderful to have three sides of windows! A sunroom! I do love watching the progression of the garden, and the progression of the seasons. I may have to do a little thinning because some of the shrubs are getting so big.