We live in some pretty awesome places. Earth is a pretty awesome place.
We all get up to awesome stuff on a day-to-day basis. This is awesome. You know what would also be awesome? If we shared it!
So here's how this is going to work. You are to take a picture (or use one you've already got) of something you see (nearly) everyday. Maybe the view on your morning commute to work. Your breakfast mug in which you make your coffee every single morning thank you very much. The view from your bedroom window. Your supermarket. Anything at all, provided you use it/visit it/whatever it on a regular basis.
Feel free to post more than one picture etc. And please offer an explanation!
The picture I've attached is the view out of my window at work. It overlooks the New Zealand houses of Parliament. The building on the left (The Beehive) is where Governement ministers and Cabinet work. Opposition MPs operate from another building to the left and across the street. To the right of the Beehive is the actual House of Parliament. The debating Chamber is inside there. To the right is a building I'm not sure the name or function of. I really should know. I remember being told once that if the Queen were ever to stay in New Zealand, then she would stay there. Which doesn't really make sense to me, as if she visited, she'd probably travel. I also vaguely recall being told that that is where the Parliamentary Library is, where MPs ask the 'librarians' to do quick but reliable research in order to inform debate in the Chamber.
In the distance, against the hill (rather obscured) is the suburb of Thorndon, where my parents bought their first house, and my two siblings lived before they moved to a more suburban locale (where I was born into).
You can also see two Cathedrals. The large, pink one close to the Parliament grounds is the Anglican one; the brick and cement one with the Roman-style pillars is the Catholic one. The Catholic one was my mother's parish growing up.
I really like the view.
(NB: I wrote all that before looking for the file to attach. I can't find the photo I know exists; here's a crappy iPod one I took during a protest.)










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