It’s that silly time of the week. Especially when you’ve been writing all week in a heatwave with no air conditioning. So let’s escape to dreamier places.
Let me start off with a few from the area I currently live in. If you lived in a house like this, you would feel permanently on vacation, wouldn’t you?

And here’s the view from the terrace:
Here is a more modern house also on that side of the lake:

And the view outside:
You might remember I raved about those waterfall-type Amanzi villas in Phuket before?

Well, here’s the view towards the sea:

Finally, how could I not mention Greece, particularly the Cyclades islands? The interior is typically modest, white-washed stone.

But the view from the terrace…
