Two bowlfuls, and two views

Greek salad that needs cucumber and feta (it was delicious)

Sue M's bowlful of gorgeous jewellery, awaiting fittings

From the microcosm of the bowlful to the macrocosm of The View ... the city seen from a hill. 

My walk started in Muswell Hill and encountered another ripple in the landscape that  you can see in the photo IF you know it's there -

From Muswell Hill

The second hill has a more constrained view -

From Crouch Hill (Hazellville Road, actually)

Downtown glistening in the afternoon sun, seen from the leafy suburbs ... is the attraction of The View something to do with being in our "own" known world, near home, and having all that otherness close by, to use or not, that makes views like this so appealing?

Or is it simply a matter of being up high and being able to see further?