It's all about perspective. Hard to really SEE your home, your city, your whole lifestyle even, from within it... having spent the last 5 days in the midwest makes me appreciate how delightfully quirky and off-beat New England really is...
Nice veggies... good luck with the coriander... I've TRIED to grow it indoors and begun to doubt the greenness of my thumb, lol. Maybe it will enjoy your deck!!!