Someone mentioned at some point how much they enjoy their 'kitchen window'... and I remember thinking... "Yes! a kitchen window is a must for me too!" So much can be watched, observed, and enjoyed from one's kitchen window. I never mind washing dishes as my eyes are always entertained by the goings on outside.
One of my cousins once told me that she has her sink opened to the living area where she can watch TV while doing dishes. This while expedient in her case, would never work for me.
Our backyard is just too fascinating to choose TV over the wonders of the outside world. Watching kittens chase each other or mama raccoons and their babies splash and play in the large water dish is much more interesting. Sometimes the kittens, raccoons, possums, and turtles interact in the funniest ways. Watching a kitten follow a box turtle around the yard or watching 3 young cats circle around a tiny lizard that jumps at them is hysterical. The fat squirrel that shimmies down the chain to the bird feeder makes us laugh... and the blue jays are the bullies in the backyard bird world (until the crows show up). Nothing bothers the possums... I read that they have both poor eyesight and poor hearing, so unless something is right on top of them, they don't back off.
Anyway, on the list of *musts* when it comes to housing, it would have to be a kitchen window that opens to the yard.
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I agree with you on kitchen window entertainment. My condo has a sink that faces away from the window and I really miss seeing the outside as I do dishes. Watching the news is just not nearly as satisfying. I do think I might not be so enamored of seeing possums though.
ReplyDeleteOur possums (especially the little ones) are really cute. And I agree that watching the news is definitely not entertaining.
DeleteThe kitchen window is simply the best show on earth ( Ha ha)... Cute post.
ReplyDeleteIt really is...
DeleteI like my kitchen window too. If it weren't for the trees on the boundary it would look straight into my neighbour's lounge room. But the trees attract the birds and the kittens love to play in them. Then there are the roses that have grown up so tall and it's interesting even watching them coming into flower.
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Well, I'm glad you have trees on the boundary... as looking into your neighbor's lounge room wouldn't be as entertaining as the birds and kittens in the trees (IMO).
DeleteAnd it must be nice to watch the roses coming into flower too!
Our old farmhouse in Gaspe, QC, had two kitchen windows, one facing south, one facing east. I never thought twice about it then, took it for granted, but of course most of my life has been spent in apartments and now the townhouse unit, most of which didn't/don't have a kitchen window. It would be lovely to have one...with a yard for interesting viewing too, not just brick or concrete. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt would be lovely to have one and then you could keep an eye on the boys as they played in the backyard and interacted with the squirrels and birds. But you do have that lovely park/cemetery nearby... where you can watch nature and take beautiful pictures.
DeleteI miss living in the woods, but now I can see children playing in the street and riding by on bicycles. Equally enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteYes, Joanne. I can see that.
DeleteI would love to have your kitchen window. All I see is inside my carport. Guess the builder didn't do dishes.
ReplyDeleteHe probably didn't...
DeleteYou have a whole show of animals outside your window. I would be doing dishes all the time.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like I am doing dishes all the time... but I do check the window when passing through the kitchen.
DeleteWhat an interesting backyard you have! I occasionally see a squirrel or a bunny through my kitchen window (in my tiny back yard). But I'd rather see that view than television. I guess it is a case of each to their own.
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I agree, Eileen. Watching nature live is much more interesting than TV.
DeleteSuch wonderful pictures! I agree totally that the goings on in your yard are far more interesting than anything TV might offer. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, DJan. We enjoy watching nature and are blessed to have so much of it around... even though we don't live in the country.
DeleteI agree! What's shown on TV makes me either sick or angry. There is so much beauty to see out the kitchen window. You have such a pretty kitchen window!
ReplyDeleteI know that you have nature all around you... and enjoy it too. Your pictures are wonderful.
DeleteI told Gary I will never have a house without a window over the sink, sweet critters.
ReplyDeleteI know that you also have a lot of wildlife and nature around your place, Linda. And you have a kitchen window to the yard too. How wonderful!
DeleteKitchen window is a very great thing in my part of life. It has seen my happiness and sorrows. I used to spend most of the time standing near it and watching outside. I will get a cool breeze from it and feel relaxed:)
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