Beki's View In Seattle, Washington, USA

Standing at my desk and looking left, this is the Puget Sound and Elliot Bay.

The round building is the Westin Hotel. This and Southerly is pretty much the heart of downtown Seattle.

Steve and Yumiko's View In Plain Township, Ohio, USA

Our kitchen window faces the southwest, making the task of washing dishes more pleasant.

Our back yard has many trees but there is an open area in the middle of the yard that allows us to enjoy lingering sunsets. In the summer the lightning bugs provide even further entertainment.

Although we live in a developed area occasionally a deer will spend time feeding in the yard. In our neighborhood there are no fences separating properties making us feel like our yard is part of a park system.

Tyler's View In Dallas, Texas, USA

This image was taken the first day at a new job in December, 2007 from the 12th floor of the Lincoln Centre in North Dallas. Since that day I've never seen a more clear, blue sky from this view.

A neat tidbit: I've realized that the building directly across the highway reflects the ground and sky in a way that you can see the weather or sunlight changes right before they happen. Though, I've never been able to take a sunset picture that really does this justice.

Even though there is so much in this view, all I can recall about taking this picture that day was being amazed at how clear and true blue the sky was and how far I could see looking NW (towards DFW airport and Los Colinas).

The 'open' spaces between buildings are views of a lot of areas between Far North Dallas and DFW airport looking Northwest (including Addison, foreground, Carrolton, Plano, Richardson, possibly Coppell and Los Colinas). I'd almost say I would keep this job just to keep this office view!

We Have A Winner In The June, 2009 View Of The Month Poll

It's my pleasure to announce that the June, 2009 View Of The Month, as selected by WISOMW readers, is...

Kilroy_60's View in Cartago, Costa Rica

The Cartago, Costa Rica view garnered 14 of the 38 votes cast to win with 36%.

You can Vote Now for the July, 2009 View Of The Month. Voting will end on July 19th.

As a monthly winner, Kilroy_60's View in Cartago, Costa Rica is entered in the 2009 View Of The Year Poll along with...

• Cass' (Temporary) View In Isla Colon, Bocas Del Toro Island Chain, Panama
• Tony's View In Pontypool, Wales, UK
• Fiona's View In Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
• Barrie's View In Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
• Denise’s View In North Topsail Beach, North Carolina

Deb's View In Port Orange, Florida, USA

Here's a pic from my bedroom window. Our backyard bottoms out at the channel. This was a day or two after a heavy rain rain.

I love living here, it's so awesome to see all the wildlife.

There's a pair of hawks building a nest in a tree across the channel and a woodpecker who comes to a dead tree that we haven't removed yet. I hesitate now to take it away 'til she's done with it.

We also have a turtle who comes right before the tide starts to come in, a couple of Blue Herons, blue crabs and lizards galore

Hartley's View In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

We have a small backyard and every time our two Papillon dogs, Maxxie and Sophie, want to go outside, our cat Zeussie (who is an indoor cat) tries to stay as close as the door as possible so he can make his move as soon as the door opens to let our dogs in!

He really doesn't want to escape, but loves the challenge. If he does get outside, he will immediately just fall down and roll around on the cement patio and just stay there until we come and pick him to let him back in. He looks like a fat cat, but he is fast .. and can jump up to the top edge of the fence! But, the last time he tried it there was snow on the other side of the fence, and he didn't like it. He hasn't jumped over the fence since!

Rod and June's View In North Canton, Ohio, USA

We've enjoyed daily visits from a family of four whiteails for two years, in spite of their dining on our impatiens and hostas in our backyard.

I was able to get this shot of the deer in our backyard early one evening toward the end of last month.

Beki's View In Seattle, Washington, USA

Sitting at my desk and turning a bit to the right, my view is of Elliot Bay. The Space Needle is that pointy thing in the right hand portion of the picture.

You can see a little bluish whitish lump a little to the right of the needle. That is part of the Experience Music Project. It's about the only thing I don't like in my view. They tell me it is supposed to look like a guitar, but it looks more like a bird threw up some stuff it scavenged up from somewhere.

Anthony's View In Canton, Ohio, USA

Our kitchen window affords us a view of a wonderful tree. We enjoy seeing it change throughout the year.

Our neighbor has a number of trees and there seems to always be squirrels running about and plenty of birds coming and going that we can see from this window.

We Have A Winner In The May, 2009 View Of The Month Poll

In an abbreviated voting period, lasting only one week, 50 votes were cast in the May, 2009 View of the Month poll.

I appreciate and would like to thank everyone who voted this month.

It's my pleasure to announce that the April, 2009 View Of The Month, as selected by WISOMW readers, is...

Cass' (Temporary) View in Isla Colon, Bocas Del Toro Island Chain, Panama

This view won with 26% of the votes cast (a total of 13 votes) and garnered 6% more votes than the view that came in second.

The June, 2009 View of the Month poll is now open and I would appreciate you voting. Any referrals through social media sites would be much appreciated.

As the winner of this month's poll Cass' (Temporary) View in Isla Colon, Bocas Del Toro Island Chain, Panama is entered in the 2009 View of the Year Poll along with...

• Tony's View In Pontypool, Wales, UK
• Fiona's View In Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
• Barrie's View In Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
• Denise's View In North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, USA
  

James' View In Marin County, California, USA

This is from my boat docked at the Presidio Yacht Club at Fort Baker on the Marin County side of the Golden Gate Bridge.

I can sleep overnight on the boat due to my military background.

I'm an avid yachtsman who loves the open sea. The San Francisco bay is normally freezing, even on sunny days like this one.

Roane's View In Tylertown, Mississippi, USA

The azaleas are gorgeous in Tylertown, Mississippi, about 90 miles from New Orleans. My yard, as well as the whole Southern USA, was abloom with their beautiful colors.

Kilroy_60's View In Cartago, Costa Rica

This is a favorite spot at La Alegría, my plantation in Cartago, Costa Rica.

From the window in the dining room you look out on this balcony, commonly known as The Sanctuary.