Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors!

How exciting! This is my first week of participating in Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! without actually hosting it! Pretty cool :) Here goes!

Today I'm sharing something close to home, actually, all the way in my home :)

Here in Israel, as you've probably noticed, a lot of our windows are covered with strong bars, both to keep bad guys out, and also to keep good guys in! When we bought our apartment, which is a few flights up, we decided not to cover our beautiful mountain views with bars, since the likelihood of someone climbing all the way up to climb in seemed unlikely, and not worth the cost of ruining the view. We found a way to lock most all the windows so that our then-toddlers couldn't fall out, and all seemed good. But there was one specific window that swung out, and so couldn't be locked as the other were. Since it happened to have a four-flight drop below it, we quickly decided to cover it with bars, but wanted to get the prettiest ones that we could. And here they are!

Nice, right?

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #170

Welcome back to our sweet little meme!

This is a big post for me, so get ready :)

After Mary stopped her Window Views... and Doors, Too! meme back in 2011 (wow! I can't believe it was 2011!!) I decided to try and fill her shoes, and slowly started up my own version, called Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! I figured it was a good way to make sure that I blogged at least once weekly, plus, as a retired architecture student, I really enjoyed that particular challenge. Anyway, it's been a long time, and although I still really enjoy taking architectural shots, I sadly don't have the time to devote to this project any longer :(

But there's good news! Actually, great news :) Our good friend Ralph, who has been a loyal WWDD participant since the very start, has agreed to carry on the torch! And so, as of next week, you're all invited to pop over to Airhead-55, and sign up with your window and/or door of the week! Thank you Ralph! I do hope to participate as often as I can, and I hope that you all will too! I look forward to seeing how you make WWDD even better :)

Meanwhile, this is the last week that I'll be hosting our sweet little meme, and I did promise you all some closer views of those storybook windows that I posted last week. I drove around that wall that we saw, and found all of these, just waiting to be photographed. I have to say, I really like them - I'm completely enchanted by the idea of row houses that aren't identical - each with slightly different detailing and attention :) Enjoy! 

Wow, what a collection! I was really happy to stumble across these :)

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #169

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Last week I shared a building with you that I found in Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood. Walking back to my car, I suddenly saw a whole row of fascinating windows, off in the distance:

Really cool looking, right? Naturally I couldn't resist going closer to get a better look - which I'll happily share with you next week :)

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Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful, whimsical week, everyone!

Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #168

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I was in Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood a few weeks ago, at a shopping center that I often frequent. From across the street, I suddenly noticed these high windows and balconies looking at me - I don't recall seeing them before:

I have a feeling that this used to be a pretty classy building - there's a lot of attention to detail around the windows, and the balconies themselves are pretty unique. But Jerusalem stone often discolors if not tended to properly, and this seems to be the case here. I hope the inside has aged better than the outside!

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #167

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There's talk of snow again this week! I personally have a hard time believing it - just a few days ago I was comfortably wearing sandals :) But the weather is indeed much chillier than it was then, so I guess you just never know. Anyway, all this talk made me realize that I never posted any pictures of our neighborhood in the last snowstorm. Truthfully, that's mostly because there wasn't much snow to speak of, and it melted almost immediately... but still: with no further ado, here is the view from my window, just about a month ago:

Here are the statues of sheep at a park not far from my house - I really like this photo :)

Then, later that night:

The next day everything promptly turned to slush. But a day later, we got another lovely sprinkling:

I know, I know, for those of you who live in areas that actually get snow on a regular basis, this is a joke. But for us, it was a lot of fun! Please feel free to click on any of the photos, if you'd like a closer view - that last one is particularly sparkly :)

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #166

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Well done, all of you! You've waited very patiently since last week's teaser, when I promised you amazing hotel photos. Honestly, there are so many, I'm not even sure I should put them all in the same post... nah, I'll let you have them now. No need to be unnecessarily mean :)


The outside is actually quite modest, I'm not sure I would have identified it as a hotel had my husband not led me right to the door:

Then when you first walk in, you're greeted by these beautiful floors:

Then when you manage to pry your eyes away from the floor, you find yourself surrounded by the most intense art-deco everything...

Walk a little further in, and you find yourself in the main lobby, designed to look like an outdoor courtyard:

It looks like a lot of the hotel rooms overlook this space:

And here's this cool chandelier thing, as a grande finale:

Wow that's nice! I'm sure I can't afford to stay there, but if you're ever in Jerusalem and looking for a lovely lobby to hang out in for a little while, do check out the new Waldorf-Astoria :)

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Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors! #165

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Last week, if you recall, my husband and I were roaming around Jerusalem. After strolling through the Yemin Moshe neighborhood, and having a lovely dinner, we carried on walking a bit. Dave wanted to show me a new hotel that had been built recently, but on the way there, we found this one - isn't it pretty?

You'll have to wait until next week to see the new one - and believe me, it's worth the wait!

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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! #162

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I don't know if you recall, but I once posted about a women's seminary, located on the same kibbutz as my workplace. The windows there are pretty cool!

Anyway, I've been going in to work quite early, and as I come down the road, I've noticed that as early as I think it may be, the lights always seem to be on over there! I guess they really are hard at work, studying all night long. This morning I drove a little closer than usual, to get a better view. First this, from down the road - you can see it way off in the distance, glowing greenish:

Now we're a little bit closer:

And here - I drove all the way into the parking lot :)

Impressive! The school that never sleeps.

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