windowsills

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About windowsills

windowsills and window ledges, seen from the inside out and from the outside in.

posting guidelines

** please be mindful of composition and light in the photographs you choose to submit; thoughtful images are appreciated.

** no photos of cats in this pool, please. sorry. pet peeve. too prevalent. cats love windowsills, you love pictures of cats on windowsills - perfectly understandable. this pool is not for such pictures but they would probably be welcome elsewhere. thanks.

** likewise, no photos of flowers murdered by use of flash at 2 (+/-) feet distance, please. thanks again.

- the administrator reserves the right to excuse from the pool impertinent images, if necessary.

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"...And she says Quick get up and get my hairbrushes off the
windowsill, it's raining in, and he replies Oh they're all right,
it's only raining straight down..."
- Ogden Nash

"The geraniums I left last night on the windowsill,
To the best of my knowledge now, are out there still,
And will be there as long as I think they will..."
- William Jay Smith

"The dust on the windowsill has been there for ages,
No one could care less if it remained the same for ages more..."
- Warren Augustus de Guzman

"...My mother said every persimmon has a sun
inside, something golden, glowing,
warm as my face.

Once, in the cellar, I found two wrapped in newspaper,
forgotten and not yet ripe.
I took them and set them both on my bedroom windowsill,
where each morning a cardinal
sang, The sun, the sun..."
- Li-Young Lee