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Thursday Doors, March 24 – anniversary edition

March 24, 2016Bestia, birthdays, gallery, photo challenge, showcased photoCapalbio, Koper, Ljubljana, Lucca, Magliano, Metelkova, Orbetello, Padna, Pitigliano, Porto Ercole, Roma, Scansano, Scarlino, Thursday DoorsManja Maksimovič View all 29 comments

Norm’s Thursday Doors photo challenge is one year old. My blog will be two in under a week. Celebrations are in order.

I thought it would be good for the occasion to have a look at what kind of doors I published in the first year of my blog before landing the perfect challenge for me.

The first time I participated was on May 1 with the typical title Thursday Doors on a Friday, wondering if this was allowed, but it took me a month to grow into a regular. Since then I think I only missed one Thursday, early on, it just flew by too fast. Door-spotting has become a family sport and a source of joy. Thank you for that, Norm, and to every contributor for making it fun.

The following photos have all already been published before I found Thursday Doors. I am too lazy to edit them up a bit and upload them once again with the watermark. They will have to do as they are.

Porto Ercole

Scarlino

Metelkova City, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Local invitation.

Scansano

Padna, Slovenia

Pitigliano

“I’m by your side, however you decide.” Lucca

Future Double Helix Runaway’s room. Lucca

“I’m telling you the truth!” Lucca

Just a little confession. Lucca

Roma

Ex-casa

Casa, sweet casa

Koper, Slovenia 🙂

Magliano

Photo: DS / Posing in Orbetello

And this is a recent revisit to my favourite local door used for the New Year’s Day edition of Thursday Doors. I had to take some new photos because they are in bloom. Let our Thursday Doors bloom on too!

Photo: a © signature mmm production

For the anniversary edition of Norm Frampton’s Thursday Doors challenge.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Graffiti & Murals

October 17, 2015artist circle, Bestia, gallery, photo challenge, showcased photoCapalbio, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, graffiti, Ljubljana, Maribor, Metelkova, Motovun, Piran, Pisa, Pitigliano, Roma, Slovenia, ŠkofijeManja Maksimovič View all 11 comments

To mirror the opening image from two posts ago, here is another poster from Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts’ Research Centre (ZRC SAZU) in Ljubljana, to go with the theme of public murals and graffiti. Sometimes the birds leave a spot clean. And the sofa (especially the one on the left) is cool too.

I love this, the idea of improving environment by adding to it. Improvement is relative, of course, but I like the idea of “democracy” behind an unmolested graffiti. I have yet to take photos of any significant murals, especially in Roma, but here is what I’ve got so far. Translation from Slovenian and location given in the captions. More images of Pisa street art and impressive Metelkova City in Ljubljana have been posted here and here.

A favourite, in Pisa

Pisa

Capalbio Scalo

“Who enters, dies.” Capalbio Scalo (frankly, it’s not a graffiti, rather an actual warning.)

Roma

Still unclear about the meaning of this. Pitigliano

“Stupid is the hen which condemns its own egg.” Piran

Ljubljana

Metelkova City, Ljubljana

Ljubljana

Museum of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana (last inscription: “You can get down now, the press is gone.”)

Ljubljana, not in Slovakia.

“When if not now, who if not you???” Maribor

Motovun, Croatia

Pitigliano (cheating again, it’s the floor, not a wall.)

Roma. For a wise cat.

And here is a special house in Škofije on the border between Italy and Slovenia that was obviously given to children from different countries as a plaything. Give kids a chance indeed!

“United in diversity.”

“Brains”

To all public artists and writers with stuff to say and show: please, carry on. The world needs your expression and colours and wit. And authorities better let it be. It’s the stuff of life.

Photo: MM

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