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I thought I’d publish two views I have from the window of our holiday home (the ‘van’) on the Isle of Wight, and two views from outside our main home in Suffolk:
This first photo shows the view we have of the English Channel when I look out of the van’s back kitchen window.
And this is the view out the front kitchen window of a red squirrel running up our sun parasol on the van’s decking. No grey squirrels inhabit the Isle of Wight. They are on the mainland, and only red squirrels are seen on the Island.
And here’s the view I have of part of our front garden in Suffolk when I sit and type:
Here’s most of it from one of the upstairs bedrooms. The garden doesn’t look its best in January, but it’s a great deal improved from the burnt grass we had in last summer’s heatwave. In the centre is the lid of our underground gas tank for the central heating, as there’s no mains gas in the arse end of nowhere…
Tim T said:
Nice photos. I think the first one could have benefited from higher ISO to make the shadows less intense and give more detail.
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Stevie Turner said:
Ha ha, there speaks the professional photographer, but I’m afraid I’m not one of those…
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks for linking up!
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Terri Webster Schrandt said:
Love your window shots, Stevie and glad you joined Sunday Stills! Hope you continue as you get the inspiration!
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks Terri.
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Elizabeth said:
Love the channel view, nice shot!
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks.
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Hugh's Views and News said:
I’m glad to hear you type while near a window. Regardless of the view, I think looking out of a window can bring the inspiration we sometimes need to get motivated. Great to see the red squirrel, too. We have lots of grey ones who seem to enjoy digging up the spring bulbs. Sometimes, they plant them in different places and forget about them, so we get another surprise when spring flowers appear in places we hadn’t planed bulbs.
Thanks for participating in this week’s Sunday Stills.
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Stevie Turner said:
I found out it’s an offense to bring grey squirrels to the Island.
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Hugh's Views and News said:
I believe it’ so to protect the native, red squirrels from a deadly disease that the grey carries. I’ve heard that in some parts of the UK the red squirrel is making a comeback.
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tidalscribe said:
Lovely to see red squirrels – grey squirrels wreak havoc in our garden.
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Stevie Turner said:
They’re only on the Isle of Wight, as the grey squirrels killed them all on the mainland.
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robertawrites235681907 said:
Your views aren’t bad, Stevie. We have burglar bars on all of our windows.
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Stevie Turner said:
We have a burglar alarm which is linked to the security team’s office. When my son stayed there for a week, he couldn’t remember which key to use to turn it off and it took him a while. Then he went to the car to bring the cases in and the security guy turned up, but told my son he couldn’t be a burglar, as he was carrying stuff into the van and not the other way around!
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