When I go on the pond tour, I've noticed that most of the homes have either a coverd patio just outside the back door, or a wooden deck, and these lounging areas are right up by the pond. I really wish I had that.
I live in a small townhouse, no ground floor windows at all, and the yard is on the side of the house, not the back. I have to go down the stairs, out the door, climb over the bottom stairs of the fire escape, then onto the mini deck and then step down to the garden, just to see the fish. I wish I could see them from the house, or from a back patio.
But, it's a good excuse to get outside, putter around pullin' a weed or two, and then realize I've been, like, 20 minutes, just hanging around gazing at the fish and pond.
Oh, and yesterday, there was a dragonfly laying eggs in the pond!!