The View of the World Outside My Window

I thought I might share a few photos that I took today as Winter holds on, but Spring get's closer. We have been quite blessed by a lot of days of sunshine, which has been welcomed happily. These photos are taken from my living room/dining room/kitchen/office. The snow is beginning to melt, and most importantly one doesn't feel like a popsicle as soon as they step outside. It isn't as beautiful now as in the Summer, but this way you can see through the tree, to the buildings. I will share more photos as the spring/summer arrive and share as it transforms.

The wooden framework is from a semi-outdoor beer garden that was used this fall. It had clear rubber/plastic around the outside and a tent top. They had heaters, a stage, a counter and tables throughout, but as the really cold temperatures came, less and less people were brave enough to go.

The tall clock tower you see on the left is the city hall. The entrance to city hall faces the city square that is shared with the occupation museum (where one can learn all about the foreign occupation in Latvia, like the soviet time), the Blackheads building (now monumental, but was a meeting place for the business guilds of Riga, also the origination of the tradition of the decorated Christmas Tree) The bottoms of the rest of these buildings are shops, and many of the upper floors are apartments.

This is just a continuation of the view in the other photo. I wanted to share this one, because you can see the steeple of the Dome, which is the very old Lutheran cathedral that we have an English worship service at every Sunday. I do like this view, and being able to read the clock on the Dome, but I am looking forward to having leafy branches filling my window as well!

There you have it...

The view from my window.