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Doors of Greece
My last ‘Odd One Out’ Challenge turned out to be a bit easy so I am hoping that this one is a little more challenging.
Pictures of doors taken in Greece – which is the odd one out?
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Cyclades, Greece, Greek islands, History, Postcards, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Amorgos, Athens, Blue doors, challenge, Corfu, Greek doors, Kimolos, Odd One Out
Thursday Doors, The Greek Islands (2008)
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in the fun by creating your own Thursday Doors post each week and then sharing your link in the comments’ on Norm’s site, anytime between Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American Eastern Time).
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Cyclades, Europe, Greece, Greek islands, History, Postcards, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Amorgos, Ano Symi, Folegandros, Greek doors, Greek Islands. Milos, Ios, Santorini, serifos
Thursday Doors – Blue Doors of Greece
My favourite doors are in the Cyclades where, next to the white that we all associate with the islands, the prevailing colour is blue and this colour combination has become a trademark of the islands.
It turns out that this isn’t just because it is a favourite of the people who live there or that the local hardware store simply overstocked and sold it off cheap in a clearance sale, the widespread use emanates from an ancient belief that the sky-blue shade of turquoise has the power to keep evil away. It is believed that the radiation of the colour composes a sort of invisible shield, which prevents the approach of bad spirits.
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in the fun by creating your own Thursday Doors post each week and then sharing your link in the comments’ on Norm’s site, anytime between Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American Eastern Time).
Posted in Athens, Cyclades, Europe, Greece, Greek islands, History, Postcards, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Amish, Blue doors, Culture, Cyclades, Greek doors, Lego, Life, Riga, turqouise doors, turquoise windows
Thursday Doors – Santorini in the Greek Islands
More doors from Santorini here.
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in the fun by creating your own Thursday Doors post each week and then sharing your link in the comments’ on Norm’s site, anytime between Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American Eastern Time).
More Greek Doors…
Posted in Arts and Crafts, back packing, Europe, Greek islands, History, Hotels, Literature, Natural Environment, Postcards, Travel
Tagged Blue doors and Windows, Culture, Cyclades, Doors and Windows, Greek doors, Life, Santorino
Thursday Doors – Amorgos in the Greek Islands
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in the fun by creating your own Thursday Doors post each week and then sharing your link in the comments’ on Norm’s site, anytime between Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American Eastern Time).
Posted in Arts and Crafts, back packing, Europe, Greece, Greek islands, History, Literature, Postcards, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Amorgos, Blue Doors of Greece, Cyclades, Greece, Greek doors, Greek Windows, Green Doors, Little Cyclades
Greek Islands, Doors of Santorini
Posted in Cathedrals, Cyclades, Europe, Greece, Greek islands, Greek Taverna, History, island hopping, Postcards, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Blue doors and Windows, Culture, Cyclades, Doors and Windows, Greek doors, Life, Santorino
Weekly Photo Challenge: Transition
Blue is used everywhere in the Cyclades, church cupolas, windows, doors, walls, staircases and fences which provide blue ‘belts’ around buildings, which supposedly provide protection against evil. Turquoise stones on jewellery, belts and weapons are put there to safeguard people, animals and even plants. Blue ‘eyes’ and blue stones mounted on gold and silver are presented to babies and small children as a talisman for protection and in the Greek Boy Scouts all the boys where a sky-blue scarf around their necks for this very same reason.
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Beaches, Childhood, Europe, Greece, Greek islands, History, Literature, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Amish, Blue doors, Greek doors, Life, Photograpgy, postaday, Travel
Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art
My favourite doors are in the Cyclades where, next to the white that we all associate with the islands, the prevailing colour is blue and this colour combination has become a trademark of the islands.
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Europe, Greece, Greek islands, History, Travel
Tagged Amish, Blue doors, Culture, Cyclades, Greek doors, Lego, Life, Riga, turqouise doors, turquoise windows
Weekly Writing Challenge: A Splash of Color
Blue is used everywhere in the Cyclades, church cupolas, windows, doors, walls, staircases and fences which provide blue ‘belts’ around buildings, which supposedly provide protection against evil. Turquoise stones on jewellery, belts and weapons are put there to safeguard people, animals and even plants. Blue ‘eyes’ and blue stones mounted on gold and silver are presented to babies and small children as a talisman for protection and in the Greek Boy Scouts all the boys where a sky-blue scarf around their necks for this very same reason.
Posted in Greece, Greek islands, Literature, Morocco, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Amish, Blue doors, Cyclades, Greek doors, Lego, postaday, Riga
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