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A seat inside (pull up a pew)

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CFFC: Indoor Seating

Sneaking in a second #SquaresRenew as well. For some, a church can be a place for renewal where you can reconstruct your life and move forward. I guess there are burgeoning religions too.
From my childhood religious time of life when we HAD to go to church. I didn’t mind as I met up with the usual gang of kids that always hung around together, boys and girls and then had fun until we HAD to go home for Sunday lunch.

In the darkness
peering
blinking
what is that
ahead?
Shuffle forward
in the dark
look
straining
what is that
ahead?
Walking now
purpose
striding
towards
what is that
ahead?
The Light

Slide to go from the darkness into the light

I guess it’s all down to Mr Soul

Doors (of Verona)

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Dans Thursday Doors

On Mondays Window I posted the Windows of Verona that I found while looking for something else. I also discovered some doors that hadn’t been shown before.

We’ll kick off with the oldest door in The Arena. This door was built in 30AD

Up to the mid 1300’s and the Castlevecchio Museum

I have no idea about the next two doors

My Latin isn’t the best and Roman Numerals…how about the year 933?

My ability to parse in Latin was hopeless but it’s a great door surround

Do you think I had the doors in the right order, from oldest to newest.

The corridor (to bed)

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RDP Wednesday: Corridor

Leaving the dining car on the Madrid to Paris overnight train to head to the sleeping quarters in the corridor coach, a type of railway passenger coach that is divided into compartments, in this case sleeping compartments, with a corridor running down one side.

Pick a Word – December 2023

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Lost in Translations Thursday Special: Pick a Word December 2023

Paula’s words are always interesting as the interpretation can be what ever you want. At one stage I was considering doing all photos of art, so some are included here. Enjoy my photos to Paulas words.

MEDIEVAL

PAINTED

TRADITIONAL

ILLUMINATED

SACRAL

Medieval – Castle of San Servando – Toledo, Spain
Painted – Fresco – Pompeii, Italy
Traditional – A First Nations smoking ceremony welcoming people from other tribes to their land – Redfern Sydney
Illuminated – Full Moon and clouds, our sky
Sacral – Statue – Sagrada Familiar – Barcelona, Spain

A bunch of q’s

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CMMC – September Alphabet: Any word with a “Q”

As usual, I am starting with a bit of natures Q’s.

A Spotted Quail-thrush

A Brown Quail and her chick waiting to cross the road.

A ferocious Spotted Tail Quoll, a carnivorous marsupial who had been raiding my chook house for a few nights until I finally managed to trap him. I took him for a drive into the Gibraltar Range National Park, far enough up the road to stop a return visit and let him go. There is no release photo as he was gone in about 2 seconds.

High above my place a Square-tailed Kite soars most days hunting

If you go to the Aquarium you might meet Bob. Say g’day to Bob

An antique telephone

My favourite quaysides – Venice

Now it’s time up the speed of this post with some quick trains I rode in Europe.

How quick?

Church

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Terri’s Sunday Stills: #Sacred Spaces – Churches, Temples and Spiritual Centres

Those followers will know that I have been posting photos of churches for Silent Sunday for quite a while now.. A couple of slideshows will give you an idea.

and there is always one sacred or special space for me

Official doors of Europe

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Dan’s Thursday Doors

More doors from Europe, but not anything like I have been posting over the past few Thursdays.

One of my visits to Europe I took a lot of photos of Police vehicles. My nephew is in the NSW Police Service and at the time, he just commenced driving for the Highway Patrol.

I thought I would get him a selection of Police vehicles when I found them in my travels.

They went from small and cute in Barcelona

Still cute in Vienna

Yes they do have Police cars in Venice

These blokes looked quite serious when driving in Rome

Not sure what was happening in Nice

There must have been something happening as the police were away from their car in Split, Croatia

The Slovenian Police car is quite snazzy

Now they are getting serious in Rome. When the door is open it says CAR on the side

When the Police van pulled into the square in Pisa I wondered what was happening so I avoided the Leaning Tower and went straight to the nearest and quietest pizzeria. Yes another quest success, to have a pizza in Pisa

Another Police van this time parked in Vienna

I should finish on cute again with Police boat patrolling the canals of Venice

Going back to Italy

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Dan’s Thursday Doors

The doors of Italy. I must have some Italian blood as I just love going there every time I head to Europe. Let’s begin in Genoa with a very impressive doorway and a door that is dwarfed by the surrounding doorway.

A heraldic shield and impressive entrance in Verona

The wooden door from Milan with studs, brick arch and moulding

This could be a church door in Bologna