View of our balcony

You can see my plants too. I planted them in May, some flowers and some herbs. I included my favorites: snapdragons! Pete did a great job of keeping them alive while I was away, but kept making off-handed comments about how dried-up they looked and how he kept forgetting to water them. So when we finally got home, I rushed out to the balcony, and was surprized to see they were alive and well.
Yesterday I heard a series of loud thuds and looked up to see a four car pile-up right in front of our balcony. It took about 15 minutes before the cops came, and another 20 or so before an ambulance showed up. One of the cars was driven by a young-looking girl who was being comforted by a friend. Everyone had to hang out and wait... sitting on the grass until the authorities made their appearance.
Great views of pileups aside, I love having a blacony! Pete has a grill, which we've used almost every day so far. We're moving to a larger apartment in about 3 weeks, which has a slightly larger balcony, and it's on the fourth instead of the second floor, which means much less noise and dust, and maybe more sunlight!
I can't wait to move, so I can finally unpack my boxes, and stop living out of a suitcase after close to three months! The thought of packing up all Pete's stuff is daunting. Must go through and get rid of more stuff. I'm hoping the new kitchen has more space that this one. I was spoiled by my apartment in Chicago, with so much space it took three girls to use it all, and even then we still had room to spare. The good thing is that after one meal, the kitchen is too full of dirty dishes to do anything else, so we are forced to clean up after ourselves. One thing that made me feel at home was the lovely coffee maker, given to me (Pete doesn't drink coffee) by a wonderful friend as a wedding gift. Nothing like morning coffee to get me going.