Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #164

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For our anniversary, not too long ago, my husband and I wandered around Jerusalem a bit, and had dinner. We started out in Yemin Moshe, a neighborhood just outside the Old City. Yemin Moshe is a very beautiful, unique neighborhood, paved in cobblestone, but its best known landmark is its windmill:

It also has lots of pretty windows and doors, which were very intriguing to see at night:

Lovely!

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #163

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So I know that I've told you that I work in the engineering department of a small factory, located on a kibbutz not far from my home. And I know that I've showed you lots of photos of the views I get from my office, which tend to be breathtaking. But the building itself is a factory, and very plain from the outside. 

To send the point home, I've taken the liberty of photographing the back door of our little building, complete with some accompanying windows:

and yet, pivoting 180 degrees in that same spot, we find this lovely landscape, bravely recovering from last week's snowstorm:

Which is why I like to look out the windows as often as I can :)

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #149

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As we continue through my family's vacation this past summer, we now reach our very brief stint in Los Angeles, where we stopped in to say hi to two of my brothers. Most of our time was spent with them, and touring with the kids, but I did manage to grab a few architectural shots as well. As always, feel free to click on any and all of them, if you'd like a (much) closer view:

Here's a small shout out to my very youngest brother:

And of course, albeit from afar:

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #148

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Okay, here come just a few more photos from London before we're off to our next stop: Los Angeles! As always, feel free to click on any of the photos, if you'd like a closer view:

This one is really more appropriate for my funny signs blog, but I can't resist posting it here as well:

Those signs were everywhere, all around Buckingham Palace. At first we were shocked that they would make such a ridiculous mistake, and then it occurred to us that maybe it's a British phrase? Maybe like "take care of the grass?" I'm happy to hear any encouraging information on the subject :)
Now, where were we? Ah yes, these guys! 

 

While meanwhile, off to the far right, we found this guy, who seemed like he might be a more efficient guard:

Then off we were, through another park, headed back to Heathrow. All in all, a fantastic layover!

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #142

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Well, things have been a lot calmer here in Israel over the past week. Here's hoping it lasts! Meanwhile, I've found a moment to share the last of that Jerusalem photowalk I took a couple of months ago, starting with this interesting apartment building:

here's a close-up of the inset balconies:

I like those! They look like little cubbyholes :)

I finally reached my brother-in-law's apartment building, and this pretty door greeted me on my way up. It's a rather old building, and this door really stands out as relatively stylish and modern. Way to go, you guys behind the door!

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #140

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Today was particularly hard. Something about our soldier named Hadar Goldin, who at first was presumed kidnapped, and only later determined to be deceased, really got to me. Maybe it was just his radiant smile, maybe it was that he was engaged to be married, maybe it was the brief hope that we all held that he was actually alive, I don't know. Whatever it was, I had a hard day.

But I think I promised not to be political here. I'm supposed to be concentrating on photography, right? So here goes - the next installation of windows and doors from Kiryat Moshe, in Jerusalem. This is actually pretty cool, here's an interesting building that I found when I was walking to my brother-in-law's house. It's actually a yeshiva!

Nice, right? But wait, it gets better :)

On the way *back* from dinner, I happened to glance over and notice that it looked even cooler in the dark! And so, here's the final view:

 

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #139

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Hmm, we seem to still be at war here in tiny Israel. But we're doing our best to stick to life as usual, and so: here are some windows and doors for you :)

A couple of months ago we were on our way to my brother in law's house for a birthday celebration. He lives in Jerusalem, in a neighborhood called Kiryat Moshe. Actually - for those of you in the know about Jerusalem and her architecture - he lives almost exactly next door to one of her more recent and quite controversial landmarks. Anyway, I needed to park a bit further up the street than usual, and took the opportunity to grab some Jerusalem photos for you! 

 

Oh, speak of the devil, there's Mr. Calatrava's bridge now, peeking out from above the buildings. I'm personally a big fan :)

At the time, folks were gearing up for Yom HaAtsma'ut, our Independence Day, but I think that this is a nice photo to post now, as well:
 

I guess that's enough for this week. Come back again next week, I've got some more nice things lined up for you :)

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #135

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Last week I told you that I'd be posting something from outside the Old City in Jerusalem. Well, I've decided to take myself at face value: here are two structures that we saw from across the valley, on our way back to the car right after having been in the Old City :)
Intriguing Structure #1:

 isn't that cool? Wait - here's the cropped version, maybe you can see it better that way:

And here's the other, Intriguing Structure #2:

and its cropped version:

I couldn't tell from far away if that was the design, or if it's being renovated. From the close up on my limited camera, it seems pretty clear that it's surrounded by scaffolding. But I still think it looks neat :)

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