The world outside your front door:

[BubbaZanetti]

when i browse these forums and read about people's lives and see their location i often wonder, "gee, what's it look like there?". that's the cool thing about this country, there is so much variation in regards to climate, terrain, density that everyone's own little place on this earth is special and interesting.

here's mine. the first view is a west. the grand bank building on the corner is a historical landmark. if you look just above and to the right of it you may be able to make out the spire of the Chrysler building. its cloudy today, so it may not be evident. the second pic is to the east, towards long island roughly. that old looking building on the corner is a club, not sure what it might have been in it's previous life. this street is very busy. that bus that is there now is one of two that drops off several times hourly, 24 hours a day. i've pretty much become used to it. there is nothing one can want that is not within a few minutes walk of my front door. it helps if you speak polish sometimes though, or at least read it! i'm relatively new to the neighborhood (been here since sept 1). it's exciting and i've found i have a fair number of old and new friends within a short walk, so there's always a lot too do. definitely a big change from my little barn in Amherst.

http://bubbazanetti.smugmug.com/photos/221488183-M.jpg

http://bubbazanetti.smugmug.com/photos/221489985-M.jpg


let's see your hood!

[tessler]

Good ole Manhattan Avenue.... located, oddly enough in the Borough of Brooklyn! :D

[kbasa]

Straight out the front door.

http://kbasa.smugmug.com/photos/63248718-M.jpg

I don't have a picture from the front, but this is the hill on the north side of our valley. There's a similarly sized one to the south. The valley's about a 1/4 mile wide at this point and gets narrower as you go west.

http://kbasa.smugmug.com/photos/141591030-M.jpg

[tessler]

Straight out the front door.

http://kbasa.smugmug.com/photos/63248718-M.jpgIsn't that the camper that CSI:Marin does their stakeouts from?

[kbasa]

Isn't that the camper that CSI:Marin does their stakeouts from?


Actually, it's an older picture. Our former across the street neighbors used to leave that thing parked there all the time.

[RandallIsland]

https://vspace.vassar.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-1231089_1
Left outside my upstairs window
https://vspace.vassar.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-1231090_1
Right outside the front door
https://vspace.vassar.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-1231091_1
The magnet school straight outside the front door
https://vspace.vassar.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-1231092_1
Off my back porch, looking at the towering maple shading my postage stamp, yet deliciously private backyard.

[KGT1200]

Looking out my front door...Getting the drill ready for spring...Can't wait!

[Visian]

... lookin' out my backdoor.

http://www.visian.nu/nchome/images/view1.jpg
morning...


http://www.visian.nu/nchome/images/view.jpg
evening...



ian

[snoone]

These guys better watch out

[PGlaves]

The Christmas mountains with the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park peeking up in the background - shot from our front porch.

[Voni]

Sunrise on Nine Point Mesa, just outside our front door yesterday morning.

Voni
sMiling

[RandallIsland]

That's just as, if not more than beautiful than Idaho, Voni! :bow

[Voni]

Thank you. :blush

That's the joy of this thread. There are so many varieties of beauty.

Voni
sMiling

[tessler]

From the sidewalk...

http://tessler.smugmug.com/photos/221723380-M.jpg

We see many unique colors during the fall...

http://tessler.smugmug.com/photos/221706366-M.jpg
http://tessler.smugmug.com/photos/221706504-M.jpg

[Mar]

From my front porch earlier this year. Our poor Japanese maple didn't do well in the late frost we had this past spring. Normally it has twice the leaves as seen in the photo. And a year ago its roots filled our sewer lateral line and it's not gotten that kind of fertilizer since last November.

[Montana]

Spring from the deck:

[Montana]

This Sept from the yard:

[rocketman]

... lookin' out my backdoor.

http://www.visian.nu/nchome/images/view1.jpg
morning...


http://www.visian.nu/nchome/images/view.jpg
evening...



ian

You're either a big fat lier....

or a very lucky man!:D

Nice views!

[rocketman]

The world right outside my front door is just a row of townhomes...

but if I walk behind that row and down a short hill I see this

Neabsco Creek wildlife preserve on the west side of the Potomac Ribber a little south of DC

http://roadrunes.com/images3/A-matter-of-Attitude/fall9001.jpg

out the back window into my postage stamp garden

http://roadrunes.com/images3/MOA-assignments/garden-window-bw.jpg

RM

[lamble]

... lookin' out my backdoor.

http://www.visian.nu/nchome/images/view1.jpg
morning...


http://www.visian.nu/nchome/images/view.jpg
evening...



ian

I bought my GS in Marietta near Atlanta and my first nights stop was at a lodge in Amiacola Falls? When I woke up for the first proper ride of my trip back to Seattle-10018 miles (some detours and only 22 miles interstate-getting out of Marietta) the view I saw from my window was just like your morning shot.
Thanks for rekindling...

[Sue]

You're either a big fat lier....

or a very lucky man!:D

Nice views!

He is a very lucky man. :)
Ian, thanks for sharing..........

[tessler]

Ian and Montana, those are some stunning views!

So you don't think we urbanites are entirely devoid of nature, here's the view from my house up in the Mountains...

From the Deck:
http://tessler.smugmug.com/photos/152891318-M.jpg

From the yard:
http://tessler.smugmug.com/photos/111134342-M.jpg

[rocketman]

From the sidewalk...

http://tessler.smugmug.com/photos/221706504-M.jpg


He went dattaway!!

Too funny but I just noticed the line below your avitar "Urban spaceman"

back in the day when I was into CB and stuff, my bud and I were out in his van heading to a race down south and he hands me the cb hand set and sez introduce yourself when a call came in, when the the guy on the other end asked for my handle, I sortta froze and then blurted out "Urban Spaceman" and that became my CB handle! So hey there Spaceman nice ta met ya!

Ha Ha!
nice pics too, great colors!

RM

[rocketman]

He is a very lucky man. :)
Ian, thanks for sharing..........

yup! sure looks like it!

I sooo have to get out of the city...(even though I'm really not IN the city, still way to close!)

RM

[osbornk]

My cabin in the mountains where I can go fishing in the yard.

[smilingcouple]

This is one of my back doors.

[tessler]

He went dattaway!!

Too funny but I just noticed the line below your avitar "Urban spaceman"

back in the day when I was into CB and stuff, my bud and I were out in his van heading to a race down south and he hands me the cb hand set and sez introduce yourself when a call came in, when the the guy on the other end asked for my handle, I sortta froze and then blurted out "Urban Spaceman" and that became my CB handle! So hey there Spaceman nice ta met ya!

Ha Ha!
nice pics too, great colors!

RM

Hey Urban Spaceman nice to meetcha too! I just tucked that in there due to the fact that Lamble and I were discussing the Bonzo Dog Band in another thread... My "Custom User Title" tends to change with the phases of the moon.

Anyway, man that's a real nice view of the Potomac by the Neabsco Creek wildlife preserve!

[Sue]

I had posted this to a different thread, but it works here too. We have decided to sell Beemer Hill and down size, but I have to tell you that I am going to miss mornings like this.

This was taken two weeks ago at sunrise, from our front porch.

[rocketman]

I had posted this to a different thread, but it works here too. We have decided to sell Beemer Hill and down size, but I have to tell you that I am going to miss mornings like this.

This was taken two weeks ago at sunrise, from our front porch.

Then just take the memories with you. And remember, the sun goes down and rises EVERYWHERE! with all the places to choose from I'm sure you'll find equal meassure elsewhere.

I hear ya on the downsizing, Jeanne and I are planning on that ourselves in the not to distant future, the 3 story townhome is getting old, we'll be heading south to the Greenville SC. area and to just one level, and NO traffic jams! (plus no state tax on retirement)

wish you luck in your endever...

RM

[Mika]

The view out back.

http://m1ka.smugmug.com/photos/188999501-M.jpg

Out the front door.

http://m1ka.smugmug.com/photos/221786025-M.jpg

[rocketman]

The view out back.

http://m1ka.smugmug.com/photos/188999501-M.jpg

Out the front door.

http://m1ka.smugmug.com/photos/221786025-M.jpg

Nice! I love river views, and which is that?

RM

[OHScot]

Could not find a shot looking out, so here is one looking in.

[Mika]

Nice! I love river views, and which is that?

RM

I am located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers

[Munchy]

You can see it through the aspen trees.

http://f-rider.smugmug.com/photos/139845831-M.jpg

This is what it looks like looking out the door, in February (this is 2006)

http://f-rider.smugmug.com/photos/118768767-M.jpg

And, half a block away, here is where I take walks and an occasional photo (City Park, Fort Collins)

http://f-rider.smugmug.com/photos/60596464-M.jpg

Fun thread ! Good idea !

--Doug

[KGT1200]

Another view of the ol front yard.

All these shots are great! Good idea Bubba!

[rinty]

Great thread idea and it's nice to see where some of you live. We'll hope for some good light here this weekend and get some shots up.

Rinty

[tessler]

Great thread idea and it's nice to see where some of you live. We'll hope for some good light here this weekend and get some shots up.

RintyI agree!

Red, that additional shot of the front yard is really nice. M1ka: Wow!

[rinty]

But you've got to get those turkeys in there, M1ka!:)

Rinty

[rocketman]

I am located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers

yeah, I kinda thought that looked like Miss. River Riverboat in the background.

RM

[2beers]

D'oh!!

Katie took it with her to college!! I will try too find another to put pictures up with!!

:banghead

[Mika]

But you've got to get those turkeys in there, M1ka!:)

Rinty

http://m1ka.smugmug.com/photos/112247581-M.jpg

[Burnszilla]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/burnszilla/2037570385/" title="Lookin out my front door by Burnszilla, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2290/2037570385_8914c0fe4d_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="Lookin out my front door" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/burnszilla/2037570295/" title="Lookin out my front door by Burnszilla, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2254/2037570295_e7f054cdf3_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="Lookin out my front door" /></a>
Sequioa Sempervirens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia)

[Kev95GS]

Out front

http://kev95gs.smugmug.com/photos/222076919-M-1.jpg

Out back

http://kev95gs.smugmug.com/photos/222077000-M-1.jpg

Local wildlife.... Thinks he's a cat! :D

http://kev95gs.smugmug.com/photos/222076807-M-1.jpg

Kevin

[rocketman]

http://m1ka.smugmug.com/photos/112247581-M.jpg

so, do you ever invite them IN for dinner?:D

RM

[The_Veg]

I live in an apartment complex out in the northern suburban outskirts of the Dallas area (in Frisco to be exact, for those of you playing along at home).
Not a whole lot to see out my door- in fact, if I look out the front door I see the wall of the breezeway, and it's painted grey.

But if I walk out the breezeway and look to my left, I see this:
http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/222175954-M.jpg
That's my GTI in front of the garage.

To the right I see this:
http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/222176207-M.jpg
At first glance it looks like an empty horizon, but note the office-building beyond the red truck...the next building to the right is a new Sheraton hotel being built, and barely visible to the right of that is the roof of JC Penney's HQ. Not visible but very close by are Frito-Lay's HQ, EDS' HQ, Countrywide's #2 office, a Westin resort, and a very expensive country-club.

This is the view from my patio:
http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/222176023-M.jpg
That nearest row of air-conditioning compressors is right outside my bedroom window. I'm the only person in the neighbourhood who doesn't wait until it gets down to the 50's to turn off the A/C and open the windows, but that's often ruined by the noise of the compressors. :bluduh

Nearby you'll find all the usual suburban crap- lots of shopping, restaurants, more office-buildings, lots of gated neighbourhoods, etc. I hate it all. I'm thinking of moving back to the grit and character of northeast Dallas. On the other hand, out here I'm really close to the few good backroads that are do-able in an afternoon.

[mrich12000]

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb140/mrich12000/Picture017.jpg

:bow :bow to you all.

[bricciphoto]

I live near the center of a classic PA small town...

Front door:
http://bricciphoto.smugmug.com/photos/222433021-M.jpg

Back door:
http://bricciphoto.smugmug.com/photos/222433033-M.jpg

[ltljohn]

Outside my front door, it is really nice when it is green.

[RTRandy]

Here's out the front lawn

[RTRandy]

Here's the back yard. ( Taken during the late summer)

[JohnF]

Not much there...as it should be.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x55/k12rider/photo%20assignments/DSC01170.jpg

Taken Fri, Nov 16, 2007.

John F
Cincinnati, OH

[grossjohann]

Outside my front door (7:00AM, Upstate NY):
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/Alex.Grossjohann/TrivialPursuit111807/photo#5134524104582762018"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/Alex.Grossjohann/R0F-eCBWDiI/AAAAAAAAAgE/933NUkHGNrE/s800/DSC01547.JPG" alt="Alex Grossjohann - Outside my front door" /></a>


Outside my back door (7:00AM, Upstate NY):
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/Alex.Grossjohann/TrivialPursuit111807/photo#5134524095992827410"><img src="http://lh6.google.com/Alex.Grossjohann/R0F-diBWDhI/AAAAAAAAAf8/lP3PMdii66A/s800/DSC01538.JPG" alt="Alex Grossjohann - Outside my back door" /></a>

[Belquar]

Out front looking right
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f229/belquar/DSCN4186.jpg

left
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f229/belquar/DSCN4187.jpg

From the front corner of the yard.
I work very hard to keep my lawn a nice healthy brown.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f229/belquar/DSCN4188.jpg

And for the ADV crowd:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f229/belquar/DSCN4190.jpg

[MLS2GO]

These are out the back. Winter's coming ice on the fountain

http://mls2go.smugmug.com/photos/224594747-L.jpg

http://mls2go.smugmug.com/photos/224594754-L.jpg

Here's looking out the front door

http://mls2go.smugmug.com/photos/224594854-L.jpg

Looking left and right at the golf course

http://mls2go.smugmug.com/photos/224595331-L.jpg

http://mls2go.smugmug.com/photos/224595394-L.jpg

[sfarson]

Out the bedroom window to the NW at sunrise...

http://www.farson.com/images/rosalie.jpg

[rinty]

Out the bedroom window.....Sfarson

Steve:

I was hoping you would put up some shots of your place, including your famous driveway that's as steep as KT-22.

Rinty

[sfarson]

Well, I did have a brisk and brief ride yesterday, flurries falling. Paused along the driveway. Brrrrrr!

http://www.farson.com/r1200s/r1200sdw.jpg

[rinty]

Beauty! But don't you have a GS in the fleet?

Rinty

[PGlaves]

Rare snow in the Chihuahuan Desert - outside the front door.

[Voni]

Peeking through - out our front door.

Voni
sMiling

[Timba]

Nice view Voni! Ruby said she recently visited y'all's place and it was marvelous!

No snow here, but cold and wet!

http://timba.smugmug.com/photos/220986724-L.jpg

[sfarson]

Beauty! But don't you have a GS in the fleet?

Rinty

Ah yep. The excuse is 90% of the roads in this rural county are dirt. :) Been riding lately or planning on riding this winter in ALB?

http://www.farson.com/r1200gsadv/r1200gsadvmccurdy.jpg

[Motor31]

Our front door view changes periodicaly. In the last year it has covered just a few states, AZ., NM., TX., LA., OK., KS. and back to AZ. for part of the winter and do all the annual Dr. stuff.

We've had a variety of views out the door, hopefully next year we'll make it to the NW part of the country.

[PGlaves]

Our front door view changes periodicaly. In the last year it has covered just a few states, AZ., NM., TX., LA., OK., KS. and back to AZ. for part of the winter and do all the annual Dr. stuff.

We've had a variety of views out the door, hopefully next year we'll make it to the NW part of the country.

We want pictures!

[billpierce]

I can't live here full time because it's too far from work. But this is where my heart is even when I'm not.

160 acres closest neighbors 1/4 mile away

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc164/billpierces/IMG_0286.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc164/billpierces/IMG_0282.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc164/billpierces/IMG_0284.jpg

[rinty]

Been riding lately...? Sfarson

Not for a while, Steve. Since my latest near death experience (a near miss of a deer at 140 km/hr) I have sold the RS and I am contemplating my riding future.:)

Lawrence Grodsky's accident has been haunting me.

Rinty

[sfarson]

Rinty, Can understand.

[Bfish]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1417/1514289467_c7727a0c54.jpg

out my front door. one of our horse pastures on a cold day (frost on the ground) a couple of years ago. live on a mini-ranch in rural melbourne, fl.

[dancogan]

...Lawrence Grodsky's accident has been haunting me.

Rinty

Rinty, it's probably of little comfort, but that's been haunting many of us.
(sorry for the hijack of a great thread.)

[Rapid_Roy]

Here is the view out my front door.
Everything, is gonna be all right.[/Bob marley]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/RapidR/PC160005.jpg

[bubbagazoo]

My wife and I slept in yesterday and got up at the crack of dawn. I looked outside and decided I needed to share what I saw.

http://www.bubbagazoo.ca/Site/Seasonal_Colours_files/Media/IMG_0520/IMG_0520.jpg

Sunrise in Edmonton at this time of year is at about 8:30 AM.

[Paul_F]

Woke up to this at my front door today, March 9, '08. It might be awhile before my riding season begins. Sure hope this snow melts before the riding contest begins.

[ConcowRider]

Out the front door during a light snow.

[ConcowRider]

The picture changes as we make progress the 40X60 steel shed. It should have siding, the roof and maybe even doors by 2008 MOA Rally time. ;)

[rinty]

We'll...get some shots up...Rinty

Never did do that, so here they are, two years later::D

http://rinty.smugmug.com/Other/house-shots/DSC0061/270081317_DZ8Uq-M.jpg

This is the view from our bedroom balcony, looking west. We're on the north rim of the Bow Valley, which runs through Calgary. You can see the Rockies on a clear day.

http://rinty.smugmug.com/Other/house-shots/house-shots-nov-09-007/710435440_77sjx-M.jpg

This is the front; should have taken this during the summer.

http://rinty.smugmug.com/Other/house-shots/DSC0079/270085937_P3zmJ-M.jpg

And the rear (there's a garage addition in there now).

[41077]

Lived here for 4 years (free) gated entrance at far right. I don't miss the 30 mile (one hour) commute. Moved "to town" last March.

[41077]

Looking south from the second story deck.

[sudani]

If I could, I'd have a log cabin here and this would be the front porch view, but only for living during the summer. Winters are too long and cold. An Idaho dream....there will be someplace else, eventually. The Warm River/Henry's Fork is just beyond that Targee Nat'l Forest tree line. The opposite view is of the Tetons in the distance.

[KGT1200]

<a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa30/redclfco/?action=view&current=BMWSilverMaple.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa30/redclfco/BMWSilverMaple.jpg" border="0" alt="Sugar Maple"></a>

[Maylett]

This is from our backyard about a week ago, just above our house. I spent a good part of today raking leaves from the big yellow-green tree — which is now a mostly leafless tree.

[tessler]

This is outside my front door at least once a year. :) Taken from my office window.

http://tessler.smugmug.com/Family/Thanksgiving-parade/Thanksgiving-44/225820881_knBfm-M.jpg

[kantuckid]

We live in a cabin in the woods and can only see trees and hills in any direction except in the back where there is a rock cliff and more woods. Seen from our living room are turkeys,squirrels,fox,deer,grouse,ground hogs,chipmunks,rabbits,various birds, and thousands of trees. Not so exciting as the NYC scene? A great place to grow old, as long as you can run a tractor and a string trimmer!

[Motor31]

Someone asked for pix from our travels. Here are a couple from when we moved the house to a diferent location. Not quite the front door on the second pic but the first was from right behind our location at that time.
http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac192/BMWMotorman/Whidbey%20Island%20pix/100_1710.jpg

http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac192/BMWMotorman/MtRanier2008009.jpg

This one is our fierce guard dog in her attack position on my recliner.

http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac192/BMWMotorman/100_2228.jpg

[INDAWIN]

That looks like me after the first time I tried Viagra.