MAKING A BEAUTIFUL VIEW THROUGH A KITCHEN WINDOW

For me, the view through the windows of my home are as important as having a beautiful garden.  I believe that with a bit of trickery, almost anyone can have a lovely view even if it means simply sticking stickers on your window, affixing a bird feeder to the glass, attaching a window box, or hanging a basket of flowers that can be seen through the window.  It just needs a bit of imagination and improvisation.  However, I realise I am fortunate.  I have a small garden in which to create my view, and a lovely view of miles of West Yorkshire from the front of my little home which has needed no help from me.  This is the view of my garden now the garden Room has been installed, now that the hanging baskets are in bloom, and the border perennials in flower. 

Through the kitchen window, 2017

I think anyone would agree that the view is not as beautiful as it was in the summer of 2015, but that is simply because the hanging baskets are not as clearly in view, there is no orchid on the window bottom inside, and the window box outside has no flowers.  These are all the little things that can make a difference.  However, the garden Room will give me such pleasure as a different space, a space to read, relax, paint, whatever.  There is no electricity and although that is a down-side in some respects (like heating), in other respects it means that I am not on the computer, not watching television, not plug into a virtual life.  Yes, I could use an extension cord but there are times when, seriously, we need to stop using technology and appreciate what nature has to offer us. 




Below: view of my garden from the kitchen window in 2015. 



Through the kitchen window in summer 2015

Even the indoor plants framing the kitchen window bottom are doing their bit.  You cannot see them in the above image but, inside the kitchen, I have hanging baskets of ivy hanging over the window from a curtain rail, and on the window bottom are spider plants.  I have discovered that they grow best but below is a photo taken last year before I changed the plants. 

Hanging indoor plants from a curtain rail, 2016