Monday, September 19, 2011

YOUR KITCHEN WINDOW VIEWS

At last! We peek into the views from your kitchen windows!

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And remember that in many cases, clicking the photos enlarges them.

Let’s start with Mr. Cookie. Is it just a coincidence that there are cookies on his kitchen counter?

COOKIE
Here is our kitchen window, the least interesting window in the house. Bleak, actually. Because our house is old, and brick, when we redid the kitchen we could either remove the window and hope to match the brick, or just run the counter right in front of it. Since we never open it, we went with option number 2. In fact, we keep it window behind curtains so we get light, but don't have to look at the house next door, which we hope to buy and rehab.


WALLY
This is my garden in New York City. The best thing about it is that if you are in any room of my apartment and look out any window, this is what you see, not buildings, cars, trains and people. Many different flowers, spring, summer & fall, If you are feeling peckish grab a nectarine or a fig or a bunch of grapes, savory herbs grow all around. I walk barefoot around this, my home, and my little dog Mickey has never worn a leash; he runs free.


BOXER
My house was remodeled in the mid-60's and the kitchen was bumped out to make another room. Other houses on my block are the same style as mine so I know there was once a window over the kitchen sink and I missed not having it. So, I found an old window and hung it over the sink and this is my view; into my craft area.


NURSEMYRA
My kitchen window looks out into a small indoor courtyard. It's full of plants and an aviary with three birds - this is one of them. His name is Woody, he's a Crimson Rosella with a broken wing and gender issues. When I'm home, he's allowed out of the aviary to wander around the courtyard. He can only fly down, not up, so he climbed this potted tree using his beak and claws.


MITZI
The Polish builders did an excellent job of doing my "downstairs" after it was flooded in 2007. But when it came to painting the kitchen walls, I wasn't impressed. I asked for a "Duck egg " blue, but what I got was an "Egg Yolk" yellow instead. Carmen was thrilled with the colour, so I kept it. The view from the kitchen window looks like a cemetery in a Hammer horror film.


LX
Since my Austin home doesn't have a kitchen window, I am submitting the kitchen window of my flat in Berlin.


LA DIVA CUCINA
My view from the sixth floor of our new condo we just bought, our first home! Moving in Oct. 1st. The sliding door opens up next to my stove and looks out over the park and north Biscayne Bay and high rises, down below, tennis courts and houseboys!


THOMBEAU
Here's the view from our kitchen. It's my primrose path, aka the Highway to Hell.


NORMADESMOND
what did you expect i'd see, platypuses?


PRINCESS
Here is the view from one of my windows. Sadly, I don’t have a window in my kitchenette. I live in a tin shed that has limited window opportunity. Yes it is a lemon tree outside my window and when the wind blows the lemons bang on my roof and walls making an awful clatter! (Did I mention that I live in a tin shed?) However, the Empress does have a lovely view of the patio area and garden at the side of the house from her kitchen through the French Doors. I cannot imagine what pleasure having a window in my very own kitchen might bring. Not having a window is not all that much of a bother as much of the time I am working in my garden getting up close and personal with its inhabitants, thus I become a part of the view.


CHRIS


MRS. EDWIN (MARTHA) SMITH-STANDISH
Please accept this photograph of what I look out upon from my kitchen sink window. The house is owned by Eileen and Malcolm Carruthers, a lovely couple with a 21 year old daughter who's name is Trouble, with a capital "T". Honestly, I don't think that they believed me when I said that Cecilia was gallivanting about exhibiting her body in an unseemly fashion. Fortunately, my husband, Edwin Smith Standish snapped this picture with his smart phone from my sink window. Cecelia is now away at a real college, Vanderbilt, and under medical supervision. As for their horrid landscape, I can only hope that they hire someone to come fix it because it offers us no winter color what so ever.


GEOFF
This is our magnificent garden from the perspective of the nominated washer-upper. As you can see we have a tree of some description which we planted as a baby when we moved in 14 years ago. It gives welcome shelter from the blazing Kentish sun and refuge for the odd bird or two. You may see our birdbath to the right of the tree. This affords us to give welcome drinking and bathing water for the many small garden birds which come looking for respite from the scorching Kentish sun. It also allows welcome relief for the local pigeons who like nothing more than to empty their heavy bowels into its murky shallows. That, my friends, is our garden.


COREYJO
I always have the curtains folded up. Otherwise they would be in my way…

When I open the window and set the camera on the sill, this is what you see. See the tree in the middle with the pink bow?

There, now you can see it. This is Maggie’s tree, it’s a Cleveland flowering pear. You remember her from the last project. We planted this on her birthday last year.
She would have been three. When we planted it, we spread some of her ashes in the dirt. Now we get to watch her grow. It’s planted so that you can see it from any window on the back side of the house. We plan to do the same this year. Maybe a bush this time. I don’t recommend planting trees the day before Halloween unless you absolutely have to. It’s bloody cold outside! At least in Michigan it is.


DEEP BLUE (JON)
First, a wide view of the patio door in the kitchen…

And then the view when standing in the door…

I live in a low-middle class part of the town where all you see are duplex. Duplex, duplex and more duplex. They all look the same. Big boring cubes. Through the years, some owners have tried to make them look a little more attractive.

My neighbour's backyard…


I know it's not part of the assignment but since I missed out on the previous one, I tought you'd still like to see "mon petit jardin de balcon":


Geraniums, gazanias, and... and... how do you say "capucines" in english!!!

Masturbium???

On the balcony in the front we've got some mighty Cosmos!


OK. there are also 4-plexes!

And if I make a 180 degree turn, I get this:

OK! I admit I did zoom in a bit!


STACIA...
Here is the photo out my kitchen window -- really the sliding glass door, but close enough. As you can see from the tiny little jogger, our town's walking lane runs directly through our back yard. This goes a long way toward explaining why we've let the back yard grow up so much, to get a bit of privacy, but I admit laziness has a lot to do with it, too.



MAGO...
Here come three bad pictures from my kitchen, one actually looks out the unlicked window.




MISS JANEY...
Miss Janey wrote a post about her kitchen window view which you can read here.

Mistress MJ has condensed Miss Janey’s post as follows…

Here is the view from Miss J's kitchen window. Note that all the Janey's vases have ended up here because the Janeys are to lazy to get out a step stool and return them to their proper place above the kitchen cabinets. The vintage head-vases were from Mama Janey. Outside, camellia bushes. Beyond that, the peach-colored building is her next door neighbor's house. Miss J is pretty sure her neighbors have seen her naked more than once. Their second story allows them a view of Miss J's kitchen and yes sometimes she strips there because its where the washer & dryer are. Sometimes she even makes breakfast nekkid.



Lookin; out my back door... again, of the kitchen. Same old neighbor's oleander plant...


If you're still awake, the view out one of the bedroom windows. No happy creatures dancing on the lawn- or the laundry. Oh- Miss J rolls old school when it comes to laundry! She's all green and stuff, hanging it to dry with the Sun's magical powers. And that black thing hanging by the garage, that's part of Miss J's Figgy Project, The Hanging Pantrie, their spelling not Miss J's. Five layers of figs, protected by mesh and like the laundry, drying by the Sun's magical powers.



INEXPLICABLE DeVICE...
Mr. DeVice’s kitchen window post can be found here.
Note rainbow in top photo…



MR. PEENEE...
My back window; specifically the office I just repainted in order to hang these red curtains.
Note from Mistress MJ: Click pic to see what sort of filth Peenee has on his computer screen!

MISS SCARLET...
I do have a couple of pictures of the view from my kitchen window, but at the moment my porch is far more exciting. Apologies for the blurring, but the subjects refused to stay still even after I asked them to.



Thanks, everyone, for flinging open your windows upon your worlds!

34 comments:

  1. Apologies, Miss Scarlet!

    I've added your pics at the bottom of the post.

    There's always SOMEONE I forget. Last time it was poor Mitzi with her garden photos.

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  2. Thank you!!
    I will now peruse the windows at my leisure!
    Sx

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  3. Thank you Mistress for hosting. This is almost as much fun as peeping in the windows!

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  4. Let's hope I didn't leave anyone else behind the window blinds.

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  5. i'd been hoping to spy a drive-thru window.

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  6. I feel like James Stewart in his wheelchair.

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  7. Mistress MJ,

    Miss Janey LOVES this entire post. SO interesting to see what the Mistress's readers view on the daily.

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  8. NORMADESMOND: i'd been hoping to spy a drive-thru window.

    Rumour has it that Mr. Cookie offers certain “drive-thru” services.

    GEOFF: I feel like James Stewart in his wheelchair.

    Break a leg!

    MISS JANEY: Mistress MJ,
    Miss Janey LOVES this entire post. SO interesting to see what the Mistress's readers view on the daily.


    Mistress MJ loves that Miss J makes breakfast nekkid.

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  9. No fair! Norma introduced the puppies into the window view! They're so adorable!

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  10. COOKIE: No fair! Norma introduced the puppies into the window view! They're so adorable!

    Yet you tried to lure us with BAKED GOODS!

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  11. So nice to know that all these people actually live somewhere!

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  12. I love this!
    I get to see what all the other bitches see when they make their coffee, tea or bloodys....

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  13. Great job Mistress. All of us bitches should be kneeling before you and drink champagne out of your stilettos.
    Hugs
    Jon

    Oh, hai everyone!

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  14. Thanks MJ for going to all the trouble of collating our offerings.
    I find posts like these fascinating.
    Call me a curious Bitch, Like Thom said... It is "nice to know that these people actually live somewhere"

    Kudos Bitches!

    Did someone mention Champagne?

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  15. Even the folks with bad views have better views than me; and the folks with good views have great ones! Or however that goes.

    This was a cool post, MJ.

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  16. This post is definitely a window on the World.
    Love that blue glass and pleased to see Mr Von Lax has settled into his Berlin flat.
    Sx

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  17. THOMBEAU: So nice to know that all these people actually live somewhere!

    I’m as shocked as you, Thom!

    MAGO: ... thank You ...

    Danke sehr, Herr Mago, for this cover version of my fave Jimi tune.

    WALLY: I love this!
    I get to see what all the other bitches see when they make their coffee, tea or bloodys....


    Bellinis, Mimosas, Kir Royales … the BREAKFAST cocktails.

    DEEP BLUE: Great job Mistress. All of us bitches should be kneeling before you and drink champagne out of your stilettos.
    Hugs
    Jon
    Oh, hai everyone!


    C’est le rituel.

    PRINCESS: Thanks MJ for going to all the trouble of collating our offerings.
    I find posts like these fascinating.
    Call me a curious Bitch, Like Thom said... It is "nice to know that these people actually live somewhere"
    Kudos Bitches!
    Did someone mention Champagne?


    Wally’s friends helped me with the collating as you can see here.

    NATIONS: Even the folks with bad views have better views than me; and the folks with good views have great ones! Or however that goes.
    This was a cool post, MJ.


    We have our favourite rat, Mr. Frobisher to thank for coming up with this idea and Mr. DeVice for reviving it.

    Now go charge your batteries as Mistress MJ has more plans for you.

    SCARLET: This post is definitely a window on the World.
    Love that blue glass and pleased to see Mr Von Lax has settled into his Berlin flat.


    I think those blue glass items are Wally’s pill bottles.

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  18. Oh I love those baby birds Scarlet!

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  19. Hooray! I love Wally and I love the puppies!

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  20. Mr. Peenee is it? I adore the red red red drapes that you have. Please it is so very nice to see a home in San Francisco that isn't decorated in a handcuff motif.

    Yours,

    Mrs. Edwin Smith-Standish
    Shaker Heights, Ohio

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  21. even with a drive-thru-window
    cookie couldn't give away any of her
    baked goods.

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  22. NURSEMYRA: Oh I love those baby birds Scarlet!

    Mistress MJ is smitten with the swallows too.

    STACIA: Hooray! I love Wally and I love the puppies!

    Both are huggable, aren’t they?

    MARTHA: Mr. Peenee is it? I adore the red red red drapes that you have. Please it is so very nice to see a home in San Francisco that isn't decorated in a handcuff motif.
    Yours,
    Mrs. Edwin Smith-Standish
    Shaker Heights, Ohio


    Why don’t you introduce your son Bruce to our Mr. Peenee?

    NORMADESMOND: even with a drive-thru-window
    cookie couldn't give away any of her
    baked goods.


    A tart like you shouldn’t talk or you’ll get a pie in your face.

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  23. Wonderful array of windows :)

    Thanks for sharing everyone.

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  24. "Mistress MJ is smitten with the swallows"

    Now we finally know where The Mistress stands on spit vs swallow!

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  25. It's Wednesday....WENIS WENIS WENIS!! Can you hear us Ms MJ? We want our WENIS!

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  26. DAMIEN: Wonderful array of windows :)
    Thanks for sharing everyone.


    Thanks for dropping by to admire the view!

    LX: "Mistress MJ is smitten with the swallows"
    Now we finally know where The Mistress stands on spit vs swallow!


    Only an Infomaniac Bitch could take an innocent comment such as mine out of context.

    KELLY RED: It's Wednesday....WENIS WENIS WENIS!! Can you hear us Ms MJ? We want our WENIS!

    Today is WINDOW Wednesday, not Wenis Wednesday.

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  27. Oh wow. It's so great to see everyone's view.

    What a cool post.

    You do rather rock Mistress.

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  28. It's nice to peek out everyone's windows. It's probably a good thing that my camera is kaput as I would have been tempted to put my ass in the picture.

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  29. ROSES: Oh wow. It's so great to see everyone's view.
    What a cool post.
    You do rather rock Mistress.


    YOU Bitches rock!

    AYEM8Y: It's nice to peek out everyone's windows. It's probably a good thing that my camera is kaput as I would have been tempted to put my ass in the picture.

    It is your duty as Mr. Nude Infomaniac to provide us with a photo of your ass in your kitchen window.

    Borrow a camera a.s.a.p.

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  30. The swallows are nearly ready to leave now. I will miss them.
    Sx

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  31. LOVELY! Thanks, MJ, for the great idea and taking time to post. I'm so curious about people, I love imagining what everyone looks like and how they live! I'm so happy to be going from a windowless, depressing kitchen to one with an actual sliding glass door! Fresh air! Thanks for letting me peek, y'all! x

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  32. SCARLET: The swallows are nearly ready to leave now. I will miss them.

    Migration has begun in earnest here too.

    And I’m just talking about Canadians to Florida.

    LA DIVA CUCINA: LOVELY! Thanks, MJ, for the great idea and taking time to post. I'm so curious about people, I love imagining what everyone looks like and how they live! I'm so happy to be going from a windowless, depressing kitchen to one with an actual sliding glass door! Fresh air! Thanks for letting me peek, y'all! x

    Mistress MJ has seen your latest post and is lovin’ your new colour scheme!

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