Outside From Inside

  

Hemerocallis 'Strawberry Candy'

We're having a thunder storm--a rare event here.  Unfortunately just a sprinkling of rain--the storm is mostly thunder.  

Best to be indoors during thunder storms.  I'm on the inside looking outside. 

Good view of the Trachelospermum flower show from this window: 

And from this one:

 There's the Acer:

And the pond:

Aloe 'Hercules' from this window.  It's nice to see plants and just a bit of a neighbor's house, instead of just a neighbor's house:

Roses to admire from this one:

The summer sun beats on this window, but not since the   'Cara Cara' Orange tree grew to shade it:

This is a favorite late summer view when the Lasgerstroemia 'Dynamite's are in bloom:

This is the window to birdbath watch:

This one where to admire the Oak, one of the 'Dynamite's, and the neighbor's slim Cypress.  Bird activity in the Oak is constant:

The highlight here is the smaller of the two Aloe 'Hercules' and the seedling of 'Yellow Bird' Leucospermum:

I went outside (before the thunder began!) and flattened myself against the window to get this scene without the window screen:

This one, too:

Upstairs, another good view of the 'Dynamite's, the neighbor's Cypress, and on the upper right, a bit of a Jacaranda in flower:

It's a privilege to be able to have garden views.   I've worked as best I could to make looking out the windows as lovely as possible.  Still working at it, but it's gotten better over time.