Kitchen window: A lillipilli (native evergreen), a frangipani (no leaves in winter), a hedge (high, evergreen), the neighbours' houses down the slope and up the far hill (tempered by lots of trees, thank goodness).

Front door: A Brisbane silver wattle, still in bloom about two weeks later than it should be. The sun comes over the house and is usually shining through the wattle blossoms when I leave for work in the mornings. Hedge around the front lawn, footpath trees....

Could do a lot worse.