Doors 372 – Doors of Madeira (part III) – September 2025
Well I’m back from the best holiday in Greece, and feeling fully refreshed. I missed last week’s Thursday Doors because I was just enjoying myself too much and not having a lot of time for blogging and other Interweb activities. There is something very nice about September holidays in Europe, The weather is still good but the crowds are reduced, and everything feels just that little bit sleepier. Our Madeira trip last year was also in September, and that too was excellent.
This week’s door selection continues on from last week with some more art on doors from the same area in the centre of Funchal. I hope you enjoy them:
Flaming doors, Travessa Joao Caetano, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, September 2025Mermaid on a swing door, Travessa Joao Caetano, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, September 2025Surveillance stencil on a pair of doors, Rua Dos Barreiros, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, September 2025Large portrait piece doors, Rua Dos Barreiros, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, September 2025Naked lady door, Rua Dos Barreiros, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, September 2025Turtle painting door, Rua De Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, September 2025Door with a Mondrian-style pattern, Rua De Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, September 2025
More from Madeira next time. Until then have a wonderful rest of week.
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 weekly Thursday Doors post and his Sunday recap.
Doors 371 – Doors of Madeira (part II) – September 2025
For the second week running I am trying to get ahead of the game with Thursday Doors (I wrote this last week in a small pocket of time early one morning), because I am so busy at work before heading off for some September sun for a few days. I have to say that the need for sun is somewhat diminished, having had such a sunny and hot late spring and summer here in the UK this year, but the need for a break has never been so welcome. In fact, by the time you read this I will already be relaxing by a pool overlooking the Aegean Sea.
I have also had to interview for my own job (writing this in the past, although it hasn’t happened yet). I have been pooled with 16 colleagues for 10 posts. Most are good friends and we can’t all make the cut. This is unbelievably stressful, but I know too that it happens, and know I will have given it my best. It feels pretty awful that 37 years of continuous employment and loyalty will have boiled down to how I performed in a 1 hour interview last Monday. This is due to a restructure (cuts) in our Directorate, the culmination of decisions made some 8 years ago by the then Secretary of State, Liz Truss… remember her? Her legacy of destruction is long and deep. I mention this sorry tale simply because it is contributing to the stresses I am under at the moment, making it difficult to find time to do all the things I want, or like to do.
That’s quite enough of that I’m sure. On to happier things. This is the second post from our family holiday in Madeira last September and contains painted doors from a celebrated street in ther heart of Funchal, the capital of Madeira. I hope you enjoy this selection which left me like a dog with two tails while walking along this street.
Door with portrait and instrument, Travessa das Torres, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Door with portrait, Travessa das Torres, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Panelled door with fish eyes painted in each panel, Travessa das Torres, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Door with a bar scene, Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Door with a stunning bakery scene, Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Colourful painted door, Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Door with a painted character (le petit Prince?), Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Door with a painted cliff scene, Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025
So that’s it for another week. I am not sure I will be posting while I am on holiday, it just depends on how organised I am before going away. There weill be more from Madeira, that’s for sure. Have a lovely weekend.
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 weekly Thursday Doors post and his Sunday recap.
Doors 370 – Doors of Madeira (part I) – September 2025
I have a busy week or two coming up and then go on a holiday, so I thought I’d get ahead of myself a little and prepare this post last Sunday to aleviate some of the pressure.
This next series of doors were taken during a family holiday almost exactly a year ago in Madeira. My wife and I chose to go there, because of the pleasant September climate, but more to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and return to Madeira where we spent our honeymoon. Although so much has happened in our lives between visits, Madeira itself had changed very little in the intervening years, which in a way was quite comforting.
These doors are in chronological order and don’t follow any deliberate themes, but as you’ll see some combined two of my interests – doors and street art, in a way that is so satisfying. I hadn’t planned for this serendipity, although others in my family suspected it was contrived.
I hope you enjoy these doors as much as I did:
Doors in a large frame, Rua de Sao Filipe, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Iron gates, Rua Das Rosas, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Door with flower-decorated panels, Travessa de Joao Ribeiro, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Sea scene door, Travessa de Joao Ribeiro, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Door with a mural of a fisherman under the moon, Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Door with a Mondrial-style painting with cartoon cats and dogs, Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Abstract door, Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025Door with a photograph of a man holding up a scabbard fish (local speciality), Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, September 2025
Just a little taster of some doors from Madeira, and a sense of what is to come from this charming and beautiful Atlantic island. Naturally I felt like I had hit the jackpot when we strolled into this area in the capital which is well known for its painted doors… who knew? More to come next time.
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 weekly Thursday Doors post and his Sunday recap.
