Phyllis Harris

Shamrocks and rosemary on the radiator in front of this east facing window. Sunlight floods the room through this window every morning. It's dazzling. Sometimes blinding. The window sill itself holds the bottom of a lace shade, a candle (electric) and an occasional cat - one of whom is the reason for the mismatched pots.

Susan Ledford

Window sill, window sill, see what you will.

Just the soap, folks, just the soap.

Above is a variety of glad items including trumpeting elephants

(Supposed to bring good luck, at least I hope).

Below is a sink of brown filled with long-lost water bottles--

They survived the soccer season.

Topper is my favorite part,

Just some pleasing fabric and trim I found and sewed for no reason.

Window sill, window sill, and oh yes, Our Daily Pills.

Jan Miller

Another sill! Windowless kitchen opens to breakfast/lunch/dinner nook with its minimalist sill.

Kristin Smith

Above our sink is a wall not a window but still there is a sill...or shelf...that is.

Atop this shelf sits incense, wine bottle stopper, metal container of tacks and a small lock, pocket knife, wall tile, wine pressure tool, portugal tile, another wine stopper, a vase i made with dead flowers, a fizzy drink stopper, one-a-day womens vitamins, flinstones vitamins, lavender oil, echinacea drops, vitamin c powder, all natural bug spray.

Michelle Pez

I have a huge widow sill that would be great to grow plants on if not for the kitten who loves to eat plants. That and there are too many beer and wine bottles. A few of my favorite items, from the right: a voodoo doll made by a friend when we moved from New Orleans, the little money kitty we bought in Kauai on our tenth anniversary, the ceramic spice rack that looks like books, the bottle of 1987 Chateau les Ormes de Pez (empty) and the Juice-O-Mat juicer. Also, the beautiful mushroom-butterfly-fern clock seen above the sill.

Hope it makes the cut, I'm sure you have thousands to sort through!

Pez

Alison Taylor

I am blessed with a deep, wide kitchen window sill.  It is NNW facing, but still gets reasonable light.  It is a gathering place for a few mementos and greenery.

From the left - we have my almost 3 year old rosemary plant, whose fragrance and flavor fills me with happiness.  Then in front of that, a funky ashtray thingy that one of the kids picked up many years ago in one of those Santa's workshop things for probably a buck (and it's filled with mini seashells, leftover from another Mama gift).  

Behind the rosemary is a candle holder made by my favorite ex-boyfriend's mom.  Not sure why I have it there.  Then we have our ripening tomatoes and pears - this sill is a great gradual ripening spot for produce.  The plaque says "Trust In the Lord" - because I should do that more often and it's a good reminder (it was also a gift from someone).  The bamboo plant was a gift form one of my husband's students (he's a choir/orchestra teacher).

Behind that it a tiny off white ceramic vase that was my grandmother's.  She liked to have cut flowers everywhere - and not just the big, showy ones.  She felt that all flowers had a place, so she had vases of many sizes to accommodate almost any kind of flower.  I like the little things I have, such as this, to keep her in my memory.

Next is a picture of hubby n me from 20 years ago, when we were engaged.  This has sat on the sill of everyplace we've lived for no particular reason.  No, I am no longer blonde.

In back of the photo you can see half of a ceramic mouse that was intended to hold, and be a dispenser of, parmesan cheese.  It has never been used this way.  I have lots of "pretend" mice in my home because my nickname when I was little was Mouse, so my mother likes to give me mousy things.  It just sits there... because.

Bottom right, which you can barely see, is a paperweight that depicts a landscape in the Painted Desert, using colored sand from the Painted Desert.  My dad (RIP 1987) bought this in 1970 on our epic cross country family adventure, and I got it when he died.

My ever-present glass of water needs no further explanation.

Thanks for touring my sill with me.  Feel free to edit at will.

AT

David Portillo

ahi esta el sill de mi door patron, it works?

awebo! did you see the jalapeno tail on the floor?

the kitty is feeding outside