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Outside Looking In

In keeping with today's theme for Saturday's Photo Scavenger Hunt--Windows:

From the inside, this window in my living room is warm and welcoming, nice to look through. But on the outside looking in, on a cold November day, it's anything but welcoming, especially from this angle. Someone standing on the outside looking up can't even see in. They can't feel the surfaces that are softer than brick. They can't smell the simmering curry or pet the cats or listen to some James Taylor. And they can't settle in on the big, comfy couch while hugging a pillow in their arms, as people are prone to do--that's why couches have pillows, afterall.
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dive said…
Don't be so hard on bricks, Robyn (said the grumpy old architect).
Go out walking on a crisp, sunny winter's afternoon. Find a lovely old red brick barn (or any nice old brick wall) and press your hands againt it.
Old bricks are crumbly and really surprisingly warm in winter sunshine. Mmmm … Like little blocks of sunshine for cold hands.
8:46 AM
Scout said…
Dive, I like brick, personally, but for some people my house looks daunting--it's kind of big and sprawling, and I have this idea that if it were covered with siding of some kind, it might look like less.

It's the modest Midwest attitude in me--in the Midwest, it's nice to be nice, and it's nice to not look like you've got more. Garrison Keilor did a beautiful sketch on that once.
9:11 AM
Scout said…
Oh, and "little blocks of sunshine" is very poetic. Cute, even.
9:12 AM
Sassy Sundry said…
I love your window! And don't discount the privacy bit. That's nice.

What's this about a scavenger hunt? I'm afraid I didn't quite get it.
9:55 AM
sasha said…
Curry! Cats! James Taylor!

That's three for three for my ideal autumn afternoon...
3:34 PM
Daisy said…
Mmmm...I love brick, and the thought of James Taylor and a cozy couch just makes me want to cocoon in my own living room/den.
Which part of the MidWest? I'm in Wisconsin.
5:24 PM
Anonymous said…
Testing my stupid internet service here.
6:00 PM
Anonymous said…
OK, my internet has gone funky, so I'm catching up here.

Sassy, I stumbled on a meme site that assigns a photo topic every Saturday. Today's topic is windows.

Sasha, welcome. Autumn is my favorite season, and I like to milk it for all it's worth.

Daisy, welcome as well. Cocoon is the perfect word for it. I'm in central Ohio.
6:02 PM
Teena in Toronto said…
Cool pic and angle!

Mine's up too :)
10:16 AM
Neponset River Bridge Dig said…
from a photgraphy standpoint: i like this shot and the "cold look" to it. It typifies November. I like it.
8:07 AM
Scout said…
Thanks, Rich. I know nothing about photography. The color version was so unpleasant I changed this to gray scale. Then I played with the contrast in Photoshop, which I think a real photographer could do with just his/her camera.
8:12 AM
-tnchick- said…
That is a very nice shot. I don't think it's daunting at all.
6:52 PM
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