Thursday Doors 30/3/23 &CFFC: Things people live in

As a step away from my immediate doors here is a compilation post of homes with the strongest appeal, captured in the last ten years in Italy and Slovenia, my roaming grounds. Unsurprisingly, most of them are guarded by green doors.

I used to do them often, such compilations, but not in a while. Let it be one today, I say, since two challenges call for houses and doors – not just Dan but also Cee – and since today it is my blogoversary! It is NINE years since I started blogging (with this sad post).

True, doors keep me afloat these days, I rarely post anything else. But in two days April begins and with it my daily poem for NaPoWriMo. One never knows what this may bring. Stay near and let’s find out.

So today I made a selection of my favourite houses. This may be because of their doors (most often), location or simply light. Welcome to my dream homes, and two real ones at the end.

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  Let’s start on an island. Home with the private beach. And then she is reading. Isola del Giglio.

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  I noticed it on my first visit. By the Orbetello lagoon. I know… the mosquitos.

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  Nearby in Porto Ercole. And the mold!

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  A detail from the previous photo. Cat and stones.

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  My uncle on his first visit here in Capalbio. Amore was still able to trick me by wearing my hippie shirts.

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  My parents on one of their first visits. In Monticiano.

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  Siena is a place to be. All of it.

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  We found this house on top of Scarlino. Not sure if it’s a holiday home or museum.

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  A favourite in Orbetello. I wish to know who lives here.

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  By the entrance to the WWF nature reserve Lago di Burano.

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  To Rome now. A favourite in Monteverde where amore’s father lives.

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  Another Monteverde beauty.

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  I wouldn’t mind the scooter noise and derelict outlook. Trastevere in Rome is happening. The light knows.

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  Niki de Saint Phalle’s living room in her Tarot Garden (Il giardino dei tarocchi). But soon she dug further underground. Too disco even for her.

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  Let’s end in Slovenia. This submarine door in Ljubljana is mighty cool.

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  As is this magnificent entrance. How come I didn’t notice it in all my 40+ years of living in Ljubljana? Flavia had to post it on her blog first.

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  Spotted in Gozd Martuljek underneath the Julian Alps. I could move right in.

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  This artist’s home is in Piran on the coast. The sea opposite has exactly this colour.

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  The other entrance to the same home.

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  But… BUT! Nothing will ever top this. 4b in Piran, here I come!

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  And this is what I see when I open my eyes in the morning. Good morning, Tuscany!

For Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan at No Facilities

and for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things People Live In

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