Our great outdoors

On the weekend I won an outdoor setting on ebay. It was close, and I got this one by only one dollar. It didn't feel like such a bargain, but then the seller found a rust spot on one of the chairs that he hadn't noticed earlier, so he reduced the price by 30%. That is more of a bargain, even with the rust. Anyway, below is a picture of the view from our new balcony. It's really quite nice. It faces due west, so is to be avoided at certain times of the day. Other times, such as right now, a good piece of the sky is filled, about once every two minutes, with a passing aeroplane, close enough to read (when it is our turn to suffer the flight path). But at all other times it's very pleasant ...