A gallery of crocs and other wonderful characters from the established and popular Bristol Artist Rowdy.
Instagram: @rowdyunofficial
All photographs by Scooj
Rowdy
Tag: Photography
Thursday doors – 19 September 2024 – Doors of Nottingham
Doors 278 – Doors of Nottingham (Part III), UK, March 2024
Good morning. This is the final selection – the leftovers, if you like – of doors from a visit to Nottingham back in March this year. There is no theme, just doors which took my fancy. All of the doors photographed in this series were captured during a one hour stroll from my hotel to the office where we were holding a team meeting. One of the reasons that I don’t mind travelling around the country for meetings is that sometimes I get to stay over and get a chance to photograph doors and street art, making the best of things.
I’m off to London on Monday, but I’m not sure I will get time to take any pictures, I have quite a tight schedule. Anyhoo, I hope you enjoy this last selection from Nottingham. Next time another city, another set of doors.
That’s all for another week. I wish you a happy 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 Thursday Doors post.
by Scooj
Thursday doors – 12 September 2024 – Doors of Nottingham
Doors 277 – Doors of Nottingham (Part II), UK, March 2024
Last week’s doors of Nottingham seemed to go down rather well. What I like about visiting urban centres in the UK, is there seems to be a lack of uniformity of architecture. Some ancient buildings survived the bombing of the second world war and these are often found cheek by jowl with buildings of multiple periods right up to the modern day. It makes for an eclectic collection of doors (and doorways – as some of the doors have been replaced) through history.
This is an un-themed random set of doors that I encountered in Nottingham back in March this year presented in the order in which I found them. I hope you enjoy them.
I realise that I haven’t been reading and commenting on other people’s blog posts for a couple of weeks, which is a bit rude of me and for which I apologise. I have been ultra-busy, but hope to get back into a rhythm before too long.
So that’s it from Nottingham this week. There is one more selection from Nottingham which I will post next time. Wishing you a happy 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 Thursday Doors post.
by Scooj
Bloem
A gallery of wonderful street art and graffiti writing from Bristol artist Bloem (AKA Hiccup).
Instagram: @bloem_uk
Instagram Jewellery @hiccup.uk
All photographs by Scooj
Thursday doors – 5 September 2024 – Doors of Nottingham
Doors 276 – Doors of Nottingham (Part I), UK, March 2024
I missed last week’s Thursday doors, there was simply too much going on, and I ran out of time. I am feeling similarly ragged this morning, so this is going to be a quick one. Many of my Thursday doors collections happen to be tied in with work meetings around the country, when I have to do an ‘over-nighter’. On the day of the meeting I tend to get up early from my hotel, wander around the town or city for an hour or so before joining my colleagues, and it is during this stroll that I get to take photographs. This week I bring you the first of three selections from Nottingham captured in March this year, I hope you enjoy them.
I would love to expand on some of these doors, and buildings, but am a little pressed for time.
I hope to be a little more organised next time, until then… cheerio.
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
Thursday doors – 22 August 2024, Birmingham
Doors 275 – Doors of Birmingham, UK, November 2023
Back in November, I had a meeting in Birmingham. I think it was a large team meeting, and because we have colleagues located all around the country, Birmingham was chosen as the venue because it is pretty central, and reduces travel costs and time for most people.
These pictures were taken between the station and the meeting venue, which would appear to be the heart of the law district in Birmingham, with plenty of chambers and the Birmingham Law Library. There are some surprisingly interesting doors in the selection, which were photographed in a bit of a hurry during the ten-minute walk.
So that’s it from me this week, and from Birmingham for the time being. I’ll have to root around in my folders to decide what to post next time. May I wish you a great weekend ahead.
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
Thursday doors – 15 August 2024, Manchester
Doors 274 – Doors of Manchester, UK, November 2023 (Part III)
A quick one from me this week. I have a meeting in London today and had to prepare this post last night, along with several other posts. This is the third and final instalment of doors from my November trip to Manchester last year with my daughter.
As with last time, nothing too out of the ordinary, just doors that I saw on my ramblings. I particularly like the four-story building, not for its nor its neighbour’s doors, but because I’d love to know more about the merchant who originally had it built, showing off their wealth with four whole floors compared with the two-story buildings either side.
I hope you enjoy.
Well that’s all folks for another week. I’m not too sure what I’ll be posting next time. Prepare for a surprise (for me as much as for you).
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
Thursday doors – 1 August 2024, Manchester
Doors 273 – Doors of Manchester, UK, November 2023 (Part II)
Life is speeding up. It is already 1 August, the days are getting shorter, and so far 2024 has been a blur – it would be nice to be able to slow things down, at least for just a little while. It is probably my age, and a realisation that every moment is precious, but why would that make time go by faster? I am sure there must be studies on this kind of phenomenon, but I don’t have the time to seek them out and read them!
These doors were photographed last November while visiting Manchester with my daughter, who is currently travelling in Laos some 5,678 miles away from home, a stark contrast with Manchester, apart from the rain.
We are often our own worst critics, and I would say that there is only one ‘special door’ in this selection – I wonder if you can guess which one I think that is. Enjoy.
That’s all for this week. Happy August.
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
Lemak
A gallery of outstanding stencil art from the Bristol artist Lemak
Instagram: @lemak_art
all photographs by Scooj
Thursday doors – 25 July 2024, Manchester
Doors 272 – Doors of Manchester, UK, November 2023 (Part I)
My wife and I spent several of our weekends last autumn touring the country with our daughter, looking at potential universities. As it turns out, she has decided on Leeds University (one that I didn’t go to), and starts there in September. I did, however, accompany her to check out Manchester Metropolitan University, and these doors were snapped up during that visit.
I don’t know the city at all well, and so I struggle to place where these photographs were taken, but I think that most were in the sort of Piccadilly and surrounding areas, where we did most of our walking. Furthermore, I was very taken with the city, which had a great vibe about it and felt that my daughter would have enjoyed it there, but the campus at Leeds won her over.
I hope you enjoy this first of three sets of doors from this trip to Manchester. I say ‘this trip’ because I had another one a little bit later with work, and managed to capture a few more doors… to come.
Six beautiful doors and a very grand entrance archway. I am not sure what the building was (University, commercial, flats?), but it was very impressive.
I must confess that I was rather underwhelmed by Manchester Cathedral, but only because I have been spoilt by seeing so many magnificent ones in recent months.
More from Manchester next time. Until then, may I wish you a most enjoyable end of week and 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 Thursday Doors post.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 