After cruising through the galleries I noticed what looked to be some very nice views and pleasant neighborhoods in the background of many of the pics.

It got me to wondering, what do you see outside of your shop door?

I live on top of a ridge and the view makes it hard to get work done!

Fields of corn, beans and hay.

One way is a field of alfalfa with the neighbors paint horses coralled on the far side of it.
The other way is M mountain and behind it the Magdalena ridge with an observatory way up on it. Often has snow on it in early June.

GUILT! I look out at 5.6 acres of pasture and landscaping that I am ignoring because I am standing in front of a fire!

Lots of north Florida woods, full of wild blueberries and grapes.

TREES, LOTS OF TREES. We have 61+acres of East TEXAS woods. 40% pine 60% hardwood. Had a select cutting back in '97 and could do it again but don't want the mess just now. Will probably wait a few more years. Yeap, lots and lots of trees....

Outside of my shop at Union Mills:

The Mill race, Mill Water Wheel, The Homestead 1797, andanother shot of ther water wheel.

Some evenings I have the outside looking in at me. Now and then a large doe will poke her head into the door just to see what's going on in there. Other than that I have woods, fields and lots of critters .
Finnr

Outside my shop in Taneytown, MD.

Although the fence is where the back of my shop is now.

My neighbor's yards. I live on a half acre lot in the center of my town. Fortunately the view never distracts me from the work at hand. Unforunately it means I won't be building a new smithy anytime soon!

The meth-head neighbors' across the stree. I'm very envious of a couple of the pix and descriptions here...

The meth-head neighbors' across the stree. I'm very envious of a couple of the pix and descriptions here...

Hey Mcraigl,
If you're ever North of the Columbia - stop on in and I'll share the view and some fire.

I had the tweeker problem a year ago - great big bonfires as they burned the insulation off of their stolen wire. Luckily the cops came in and cleaned them out - very quiet since then!

Reb,
Man that water wheel must sound great, nice background sound for the forge! Looks beautiful.

Wide open desert and the Organ mountains. Heres some pics I took from my shop of the mountains burning just a few weeks back.

Like finnr, I occasionally see a deer poke a head in. I like at S. Indiana woods,and my passive solar house. I can't see another house.

West north and east mountian ridges South and up the mondo
chesnut tree. Sounds like incoming when there is a good wind.

Jose,

Amazing pics! Hope you and the neighbors didn't get scorched.

Glad I don't have some of those views, I would never get anything done. I see my vegie patch and fruit trees one way and a valley full of gum trees for miles the other.

well here in west texas we gots, mesquite,prickly pear,jack rabbits,and, rattle bugs. but tis home!! but then home is where you heart is. great pics guys, jimmy

Does mud count as a view? Shop building is fully stuffed (understatement) with machine shop, welding, and woodworking equipment. My smithy is outside until I can put an addition on my current 32' X 45' building. Mother Nature has not been kind to us here this year.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Mud here; mud pies anyone? Ceramic slip... heavy emphasis on the "slip" part.

Looking East or West I see farmland (corn-beans-wheat) with tree borders on the far side for several hundred yards. North & South I have neighbors within hollering distance. The beautiful Kankakee river is a couple hundred yards to the North. Deer and other critters stop by often to harass my chickens and grab an apple. Anybody need some squirrels?? Oak and hickory nuts keep them fed well here.

Smoke.

It's coming up from the California fires, blotting out the view of nearby mountains. Cascades to the east and Siskiyous to the south.

A 700' drop to the Pacific ocean, but right now we are fogged in ,as we often are, and i can't see across the yard.

Well currently my shop is out of doors, but North is a freshly harvested corn field, East is my pasture with a few cows and a handful of sheep, South is our fruit trees, and West is the road with a view of dense Indiana woods...

Pretty much trees in every direction, of coarse lots of pines but also plenty of oaks, maples, hickory, cherry and birch but also have some nasty patches of natures barbwire.

welder19

Let's see...... my neighbor's fence about 15 feet from my shop doors. On one side is a semi trucking company, another side is a new road being put in ( near the airport ), and out front are more buildings......... crowded is what I see. But, I do have a shop. So I'll just have to wait on more space with better views.

Many of you have BEAUTIFUL views! Enjoy them.


Mitch