The slider control needs raising to its maximum.

We are mixing music recordings, raising the temperature in the greenhouse or adjusting the water flow to our artificial lake.

Meanwhile, there are no crocodiles and just an occasional human visitor.

The kitchen, a gorgeous well-designed-for-purpose room, has a view across the lake to mountains clad with a variety of trees. There are green leaves all year. Sometimes autumnal colors add to the spectrum.

We are also just three miles from the ocean.

Fair enough.