January 31, 2009
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Weekly Photo Challenge – view from my window
Winter views from my windows are extremely limited. Every autumn as the days grow shorter and nights colder, we stretch poly sheeting, “Visqueen,” over all the windows to conserve heat. Light comes through, but shapes outside become indistinct.
The only window that doesn’t get covered is a small double-glazed one in the front door.
In summer when the winter covers come off the windows, the scenery is much different. Last year, Doug and I hacked and snipped a line-of-sight trail through the woods toward the garden area, so I can sit in bed and keep an eye on the rhubarb that was devastated by stupid clumsy thieves in 2007… if it ever recovers from being so severely cut back.
Everyone is welcome to join in. All you have to do is post one or more photos regarding this subject on your site and comment at weekly_Photo_Challenge that you have posted, so we can all come by and have a look.
Comments (14)
I like the blue with silhouettes on the first one. It’s calming to look at. Peaceful and quiet. Are the other two from the same vantage point?
@Jaynebug - No. I was inside the door for the one I took this morning. For the summer shot, I was outside the window, shooting the same angle I’d get from my bed inside and on the far side of the room. It is technically the same point of view, without the dirty glass in the way.
That first one is striking. I am always a little in awe when I am reminded of how ‘out of the way’ your place is. Rhubarb thieves???!!! Were they four footed or do you have someone in the area who has a soft spot for sharp flavours?
@rojobe - They were definitely two-legged rhubarb thieves. The stalks were cut off back to ground level, with a knife. If I can keep it from happening again for about five or six years, maybe the plants will be back to the size they were before.
you are blessed to be surrounded by nature.
our rhubarb dies back each year here. Is there different kinds that doesn’t die all the way back? That is a wonderful shot of greenery looking towards the garden area…
All three photos are amazing!
@slave_slutangel - I don’t think there’s evergreen rhubarb. As far as I know, the leaves and stems, if left on the plant, transfer their sugar to the roots, turn red, then “die.” The stored sugar in the big bulbous root brings it back next year, unless it has been too depleted, either from flowering or having all the stems cut back.
Very spacey first shot and great view from the door window,
The first one is great and mystery like, I love the door one not only because of the snow (I love how snow looks in pictures) but because of how it framed and I always just love nature shots, though I don’t take many myself go figure.
I like the first photo too!
Your Winter views, even those shaded with plastic, are always interesting. You may be in one of the coldest spots for any xangan but it sure is pristine and white for photos when you feel up to getting out. Even the image through the door is a small story of a different world than most of us see. Beautiful.
these are all nice. I can’t believe you had someone steal your rhubarb!
great post ^^
Have a nice weeekend