Outside my window, a chorus of coki frogs serenaded me to sleep.

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All spring I watched goldfinches and cardinals courting right outside my window.

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Outside my window, the snow swirled and sparkled in the dark.

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The moonlight outside my window is just like a baby's face.

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Later that night rain pounds fiercely on the wide leaves of the palms outside my window and lightning flashes perilously close to the Buddhist temple next door.

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Outside my kitchen window is a Bird of Paradise.

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Outside my hotel room window, a thin layer of clouds has stolen over the valley, diffusing the light and making it difficult to see where the sun really is.

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Outside the window of my hillside house, a full moon had set the whitewashed houses aglow and the unearthly light drew me out of my room and down to the coastal walkway for a dreamy ramble.

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The moon outside the window shines faithfully on my Shanghai.

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