”Still round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.” – J.R.R. Tolkien According to Wikipedia, Trompe-l’œil is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions. I have posted this previously (see here the complete post in Squares Perspective)…
Tag: Dan's Thursday Doors Challenge
Doors & Murals
“Doors of the future are open to those who know how to push them.” – Coluche It has been a few months since I have roamed the city and seen its murals. Here are some photos of doors and murals that I have stored in my archives but haven’t posted yet. These were taken in…
Trams of Melbourne
“When the tram has arrived at the stop, you have to be there! Calculate where a good opportunity will stop and be there!” – Mehmet Murat ildan Trams have been an integral part of Melbourne since the late 19th century. This is a Heritage green and yellow tram which has been an icon of Melbourne,…
White Entryway
“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” – Tom Stoppard A compilation of some white entry doors for Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge
Some Odd Doors
“Don’t fight the doors you are led to. Take a deep breath and go through.” Today I have some random, odd doors that I have seen during one of my walks around town. They’re from all over the place and I hope you’d like it. For Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge
Blue, Blue My world is Blue
“If you’re feeling blue, try painting yourself a different colour.” – unknown Seats and Doors for Jude’s Life in Colour – Blue Debbie’s Six Word Saturday Some Blue doors for Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge and Blue Seats for Xingfumama’s Pull Up a Seat Challenge And for Photographing Public Art challenge, here are some doors and…
The Shop Doors on High Street
“We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney It was fun walking along an unfamiliar place. It is like being a tourist in a new city. As some of my previous posts have shown, my daughter moved…
Peeking Though…
“It’s fun to peek into other people’s worlds and see how they go about doing things.” – Nora Jones Walking the streets of Northcote, a suburb of Melbourne, on the new neighbourhood of Pat. These are views from my camera lens … peeking over the picket fences … and seeing the doors and chairs of…
CBD Doors
“Open the door … it may lead you someplace you never expected …” – unknown Sprinkler Door and Fire Hydrant Door… painted in a fun way. These are door murals in the CBD for Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge.
Buda Doors and Chairs
I have featured the Buda Historic Home & Garden in some of my previous posts. I visited this place together with my daughter, Pat and my husband, Jack, when we spent a few days in Castlemaine in Victoria. Buda Windows Buda Gardens Here is a little bit more history about the place. THE LEVINY OF…
Going Around the City
“There was nowhere to go but everywhere.” – Jack Kerouac It is almost winter so Jack and I took this opportunity to go everywhere this weekend. We decided to take the train to the city just to be different. But wrong move… the trains were not running direct from our place so we had to…
In the Countryside
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” Just driving through the countryside and saw this rustic ambiance ….I had to ask my husband to stop the car so that I can take a photo of this beauty. Taken a few weeks ago in Castlemaine in Victoria during our family’s short getaway. It looks deserted…
Doors and Arches in Cloudehill
“Never underestimate the healing power of a quiet moment in the garden.” – Anonymous At the top of the Dandenong Ranges is a maze of a garden, sculpture, archway and doors known as the Cloudehill Gardens. This is the signage in front and the entry door. This is for Dan’s Thursday Door Challenge Please click…
Brightly Painted Wooden Doors
“When one door closes, another opens. Or you can open the closed door. That’s how doors work.” – Anonymous A bright door in a shopping place serving fresh food. I don’t really like it that much but I guess the one who designed it did. Great for the challenge though. Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge –…
The Main Street of Castlemaine
“Little by little, one travels far.” – J.R.R. Tolkien Regional Travel Vouchers of $200 were offered to encourage Victorian residents to explore their state. It was gone in seconds but I was one of the few lucky ones to get it. I decided to visit Castlemaine, which is a former gold mining town. It is…
The START of the Bright Month of April
“She’s like a rainbow. She lives in colors.” It is the Start and Day 1 of Becky B’s Square Challenge with the topic of Bright. This is not just bright but it’s also glittery. Saw this store in Prahran, Melbourne. It is a whole shop of brightly coloured shoes, clog, boots, bags and accessories for…
Bookshop Doors
“So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.” – Vincent van Gogh A handsome and delightful book store with a combination of new and second hand books. The facade on the left side had painted books on the walls and in the…
The Doors in 1 Mater Street
“Open the door… it may lead you some place you never expected.” I went to this gallery known as Le Space in 1 Mater Street, Collingwood. It is a fairly new contemporary gallery comprising a mixture of formal and informal viewing spaces with a number of doors. Thursday Doors
Murals on Doors on an Alleyway
“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between there are DOORS.” – unknown I am back to what I love doing … it is walking around the streets of Melbourne and capturing whatever I find interesting. This week I am featuring Murals on Doors in one…
Red Doors around Melbourne
“When one door closes, a bigger and BETTER door always opens.” – unknown Here are some red doors from around Melbourne and nearby Suburbs. They’re quite attractive and is a welcoming colour, for some it can also mean Good luck. Thursday Doors
3 Doors and a Bird
“I saw a birdhouse on a tree. Watched a little bird trying to flee. That’s what I call nature’s beauty.” – Vikram Varma Thought I might have some fun with my post today. I just noticed this birdhouse…as tiny as it is, has three doors. Thursday Doors
Wooden Doors in Fitzroy North
“If you feel you have to open a particular door, open it, otherwise all your life that door will haunt your mind!” – Mehmet Murat ildan Strolling where my daughter lives, I saw many interesting doors. This week, here are some wooden doors in Fitzroy North, a suburb in Melbourne, Australia. Thursday Doors Please click…
In my BackUP file … USA
“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt This wasn’t supposed to be my post for today’s SquareUp Challenge…but then I was moved by a fellow blogger’s view of anger, of doubt, of sadness and then with the Inauguration … finally being able to breathe a sigh…
Doors Open Up
“Open the door…it may lead you to some place you never expected…” – unknown Another sculpture piece at the Pt Leo Sculpture Park in Red Hill, Victoria. This is called Dreams of Ordinary People (2010) made of cast iron/steel and is a sculpture of Peter Tilley, an Australian born sculptor. Here, the the featureless human…
Of Festive Doors & Chairs
“May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas eve.” I am feeling very Christmassy now since it is only a week away before the special day. Most of my co bloggers are posting their 2020 by way of their fave door posts. I decided to steer away from that because…