.
Momentarily
incarcerated before
a tender release
.
by Scooj
Silver-washed fritillary
Tag: Italy
Weightless
.
Love will lift your heart
take you on new adventures
gifting weightlessness
.
by Scooj
Hot Todi
.
Mad dogs and all that
sizzling Umbrian heat
gelati rescue
.
by Scooj
4520. Upfest 2022 (17)
This is an extraordinary piece from TEAone for Upfest 2022, and one of my firm favourites this year. From a distance, the piece has a photorealistic quality, looking like an old photograph from a scrapbook or something like that. The effect is quite amazing.
TEAone manages to create an incredible atmosphere in this scene with what looks like a continental street. It is set in a warm climate, with the air conditioning units and washing hanging out to dry, and the archway and shopfront and awning have all the hallmarks of a European country, and the word Cucina suggests it would be Italy. I absolutely love this piece… it fills my nostrils with the smells of abroad and a longing to be where this is. I can lose myself in this piece and forget that I am standing in the middle of Bedminster. Bravo TEAone.
Thursday doors – 9 December 2021
Doors 172 – Holiday doors, Umbria and Tuscany, Italy 2018
I have decided to join in with Dan’s suggestion for this week’s door theme and bring you some of my favourite doors from a holiday we had in Italy in August 2021. You might well have seen these doors before, but I don’t think that matters too much. In these pandemic days we can only dream of future overseas holidays or reflect on holidays past.
I hope you enjoy this selection:
It is actually rather nice to unearth these doors for you and this post inspires me to keep hoping that our trip to Italy in 2018 will not be our last.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
by Scooj
Silver lining
.
Dark clouds lingering
England put under the sword
Saka my hero
.
by Scooj
Final(ly)
.
This Italophile
makes no apologies for
cheering on England
.
by Scooj
Il Tricolore
An arrangement of
three mini jelly babies
Italian flag
by Scooj
Thursday doors
Top 5 doors from 2018
Norm has suggested that we post a review of our door year and I am a bit of a lazy so and so, so I will simply post my top 5 doors from the year…the ones that did it for me.
The featured image, the door of the dead in Citta di Castello would have come in at number 6.
Number 5 – Montpelier, Bristol
Number 4 – Fowey, Cornwall
Number 3 – Citta di Castello, Umbria, Italy
Number 2 – Barcelona, Spain
Number 1 – Bristol
There is a theme here, which perhaps defines my kind of door, can you see what it is?
So there it is. My favourites for the year. I look forward to viewing contributions from other interweb ‘doorsters’.
Thank you Norm for orchestrating Thursday doors and this querky community.
by Scooj.
More 2018 annual review doors at: Thursday Doors – Norm 2.0
Thursday doors
Door 50
Montone, Umbria, Italy.
Only one door for you this week, but it really is a pretty special door. Sited at the base of the ‘prigione e torre dell’orologio’ (prison and clock tower) at the north end of Piazza Fortebraccio in Montone, this rather small ancient door opens into a prison cell.
I am not sure how old the door is, but the tower dates back to the 14th Century.
More doors next wek I hope.
by Scooj
More fabulous doors at: Thursday Doors – Norm 2.0
Natural adventures 