“Discover how beautiful our country is and how wonderful our people are. Time to fall in love with the Philippines.” – Tony Meloto A few years ago, my husband and I went with my family on a road trip to the northern part of the Philippines. And that was the last time I have visited…
Tag: Thursday Doors Challenge
So… where does this lead you?
“I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them.” – Elizabeth Taylor For the last Thursday Doors challenge for 2021, i am putting out there something with a blast of festive colours. This is in relation to my previous post when I went for…
Holiday mood …
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie Last weekend, my hubby and I wanted to finish our Christmas shopping, so we decided on visiting this shop that we haven’t seen for awhile. We went to The Glen, which is a regional shopping centre located in…
Sassafras Part 2
“Today is a perfect day for opening a new door.” Part of the Series are these doors of shops, nursery, art gallery, clothing and jewellery shops in Sassafras.
The Scottish Highlands
“The best dreams happen when you’re awake.” – Cherie Gilderbloom One of the places that was high in my bucket list is Scotland and more specifically, the Scottish Highlands. Whenever I look at Instagram photos, I can almost feel the calmness of the place. And here we were, hubby and I and also with my…
Tulloch Castle: Is it really haunted?
“Whenever I wander, wherever I rove, the hills of the Highlands forever I love.” – Robert Burns It was nearly sunset when we reached our destination. This was the view from the parking lot. My cousins took us to the Tulloch Castle and this was where we stayed the night. Tulloch Castle is a 12th…
Walking the Royal Mile
“Always follow your dreams, even if they lead you down a few dark alleys.” – Teresa Mummert What better way to have a taste of Edinburgh than to walk through its most famous main street…the Royal Mile. This street runs through the heart of Edinburgh connecting the Edinburgh Castle with the Palace of Holyroodhouse. So…
Laneways
“Laneway culture is the beating heart of Melbourne.” – Karl Quinn Doors in some of the Laneways in Melbourne.
In an Alleyway
“Always follow your dreams, even if they lead you down a few dark alleys.” – Teresa Mummert Doors and Public Art on one of the Alleyways in Northcote in Melbourne. Patricia being silly on the corner of the alleyway.
Round the Corner
”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)…
Take me back to Acland Street
“I don know where I’m going but I’m on my way.” – unknown Melbourne has traded its prominent title of most liveable city (for 7 years) for the world’s most locked down city, as it officially recorded the dire new milestone.The city has now spent 246 days locked down, with the Covid restrictions among the…
The doors and Seats of Château d’Amboise
A place of residence for French kings from the 15th to the 19th centuries and is linked to the history of France. These are some of the outdoor benches and doors that can be found in the Chateau d’Amboise in France. Inside the castle you can find countless doors, hallways, staircases all leading up to rooms…
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…
Burgos
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta As we continued on with out European tour, we arrived in Burgos, which is a town in northern Spain and is about three and a half hour drive from Toledo. The first that we saw upon arriving was this… isn’t…
Doors
“A different language is a different vision of life.” – Federico Fellini As part of my series about Toledo, Spain, here are some doors that can be seen around the main town. Toledo is the fabled land of Don Quixote and this is where reality meets fairy tales and legends. That is his statue at…
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
Through the Doors of Avignon!
“He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him.” – Dutch proverb ____________________ I am sharing this as part of Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge ____________________ The Palais des Papes or the Palace of the Popes is the most important building built during the Gothic period. I am featuring the…
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…
Two doors, a mural and a signage
“Old ways won’t open new doors.” – Anonymous For this week’s CMMC – May Pick a Topic from my Photo, and Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge This is just an amateurish mural that my daughter saw in one of her walks. It also shows a roller door on one side, a wooden door on the other…
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…
Bright Church Doors
“God will open doors that you didn’t knock on.” Unknown Some church doors in the Melbourne CBD. Brightly coloured ones too! Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge- Bright Church Doors BeckyB’s Square Challenge- Bright Church Doors
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 –…