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The Doors of Bolsena – Part #2
Picking up where we left off last week in Bolsena here are some more beauties that are pretty typical for small towns throughout the Italian countryside.
This adorable little lady walked past us on her way to the church. She had to be in her eighties. She wasn’t breaking any speed records but she did make it to her destination 🙂
No door in this shot, but how about some more of that gorgeous golden-hour light?
One of my favourite quintessential shots in a small Italian village: old stone buildings, hanging laundry, and a long narrow set of worn stone steps that lead up to a lovely door.
As always, thank you so much for looking 🙂
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Great doors Norm. Had to laugh at ghost door 🙂 That last photo of the narrow lane is beautiful.
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So beautiful. Thank you for sharing! Hopefully I’ll get to go to Italy someday too. 🙂
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Amazing collection here, Norm! But that shot of unusual planter is extraordinary. I love it!
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Your photos make Italy climb higher and higher on my bucket list! I love golden hour light. The narrow stairway has so much character. I love it. Don’t know if I’d want to climb it every day, but it does have a romantic notion to it. 🙂 You seem to be great at finding “ghost doors”. I need to start looking harder for some of those!
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Thanks Amy. It turns out that once I started noticing them, ghost doors seem to be everywhere.
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Gorgeous, Norm! There’s nothing quite so beautiful as that golden light.
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Grazie!
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🙂
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I love the doors and the added bits are amazing; the cobbled stone streets, the knocker, the planter, the hole beside the “Door to…?” door! My favorite shot is the one taken up the stairs to the door at the end.
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Thank you Brenda. That stair shot seems to be pretty popular.
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The steps get me every time. For the record, Weird Planter #357 is one of my favorites here. The odd little door over the pipe, too. These are just so charming. Like a lil vacation today.
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Thanks Joey. A nice set steps can always get me to stop.
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The fracture in the wall over the nut door looks like it is ready to give way! Fabulous collection Norm!
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Thank you Lynn. I hope you’re keeping warm 🙂
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That knocker looks Egyptian and that planter looks Greek. Love the doors and dislike that narrow steps.
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Now that you mention it I do see a Greek look to that planter.
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Wonderful. Love the last one, it reminds me that my door to a new page is a long way off.
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Thanks Sherri. That last one is my fave from this batch 🙂
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So many interesting details and wonderful doors! All the shots are great, but that last one, with the stone buildings, stone steps and that door at the very top is divine! The whole post is such a treat!
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Thank you Angela 🙂
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I haven’t been active on Thursday Doors for at least a month and I see that I missed a lot and have to check your archives. Just seeing your beautiful door finds makes me want to visit Italy again. Your trip with Manja must have been fun and exciting and it shows in your photos!
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Thank you my friend. I hope you are well 🙂
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Lovely doors and knockers. Here are my doors.
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Wonderful doors, and knocker, as usual. I am always amazed of the condition of the doors with the wear of the stone steps and yet they are still very sound.
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Good point. It is amazing but at the same time the doors don’t have thousands of people walking on them do they? 😉
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No but would doors like that be safe in US. Make me wonder.
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Lovely doors all! That last shot calls to me, though. I want to be right there, right now.
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Now especially: me too 🙂
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I like Weird Planter #357. It’s unique. I like your doors, too. But that planter calls to me.
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Then you should have seen weird planter #356!
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Oh, I really love that door knocker! What a great shot. Hope you’re staying warm.
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Egyptian themed knocker in Italy? It had me fascinated. Staying warm but running low on firewood 😀
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Th sculpted green flower pot makes me smile! Too bad they made the door part of the wall, where the round steps are! Still you found enough noteworthy doors:)
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Ah yes, those ghost doors always leave me wondering why they were walled off.
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That last shot was priceless! Oh, and that LIGHT! That GOLDEN LIGHT! ~sigh~ That ghost door just might be the best ghost door ever.
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So much to love about small towns in Italy 🙂
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Some lovely quirky photos, Norm. I love the curved steps with no door and the shirt hanging in the alleyway.
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Thank you Jean 🙂
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Wonderful!
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Grazie!
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Norm, you do the little details on the doors so well, have you considered a couple of Thursdays devoted to door knockers and hinges?
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That’s not a bad idea actually. Thanks for the suggestion 🙂
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I have a fascination with laundry hanging on lines when we travel.
The golden light shots are gorgeous.
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Yeah, hanging laundry out in public is a very European thing I think. Lord knows most people in North America don’t even use backyard clotheslines anymore.
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Oh that green man! and also the gorgeous light. I love this set.
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Thank you I.J.
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Sorry to stray, but I LOVE that planter!!!
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Thanks Denise. Looks like you were not alone with that opinion 🙂
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Bonjour from frigid Chicagoland, Norm. What a great gallery again today, transporting me at least mentally to somewhere warm and sunny. We had sun yesterday and today, but temperatures stayed resolutely well below zero and well below those with wind chill I like the details you shared as well as the doors and love the planter. 🙂
janet
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Thanks Janet. Thinking of warmer sunny places is the only thing keeping me from freezing right about now.
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We’re finally into plus temperatures this morning, not by much, but I love seeing that negative sign disappear! Hang in there.
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Great finds and beautiful captures! Mr Green Planthead draws my eye
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Thanks TSMS. Mr. Green Planthead was only one of many “interesting” planters we saw there.
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That planter may be weird – but I like it.
Lovely collection of doors Norm. And it looks so sunny. Not at all what we are experiencing at the moment 🙂
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Oh Colline, if I could jump on a plane and go back there tomorrow to escape this damn cold I would. It really has been rough this winter.
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Love these! The last shot is all about history. That place looks like a great place to just meander through and absorb.
Pat
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It was indeed. Lots of fun. Thank you 🙂
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Once again, so much to enjoy here. The door with the little oval window above it is particularly noteworthy.
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Yes I liked that one too. Thanks 🙂
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Oh yes, it’s great to see it all again through your lens. Even though I don’t remember seeing all these when we were there! I love so many of your shots, but especially the nuts door!! And the planter, and the light, and the access door, and the ghost door! Plus all the rest, actually. You can’t do wrong, particularly in Italy. I hope memories are keeping you warm.
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Thanks Manja. Those memories are just about the only thing keeping us warm right now. Winter has been brutally cold and snow filled here this year. The neighbour’s dog still needs to jump to get over the fence but not much. I should try to get out and take a few pics. Now we’re just praying for an early spring 🙂
The fun thing about the nuts door was seeing the pic you took of me taking that pic – it came up when I was selecting which shots to use for the post.
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Hihi, yes, I enjoyed doing that. 😀
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That last shot is quintessential Italy for me too 💕 … but also the photo of the “nun in a hurry”. The golden church seems to be part of the landscape and that’s so typical of Italian architecture.
Love them all, Norm.
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Thanks Joanne. The little nun chugging along to get to church was adorable. I wanted to give her a big hug just for being so cute 😀
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I guessing that wouldn’t have been well received 😉
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