Saturday, November 3, 2012

Doors in Jeddah


I've always been intrigued and attracted to doors since I can remember. I'm thinking of doing a blog for one year featuring the doors and gates of Jeddah. I don't know if it would get boring after a while or if other people have an affinity for doors the way I do. What do you think?

19 comments:

Dina said...

What is around the doors in your photo is just as interesting.
A year of local doors and gates? That would be a good challenge for you and fun for us to see.

Or, there are several weekly memes for that, which you could join, if you are into memes.

Susie of Arabia said...

Hi Dina - I thought there might be a meme about doors - maybe that would be better. My husband thought the idea was preposterous!

truffles101 said...

I love your blog, it is so interesting, even if you just take photos of doors for a year! I found you because I wanted to see what Jeddah looks like after reading the books by Zoe Ferraris, they were so interesting it made me curious. Now I don't want to miss a single picture that you take. Thank you, Sue

truffles101 said...

Thank you for your very interesting blog, I really wouldn't mind if your blog is just about doors of Jeddah, I find it all very interesting. Thank you again and keep taking those pictures, Sue

Judy said...

Doors would be a great subject. I love doors and windows as subject matter for photos. I do windows on Wednesdays. These doors that you have featured today make an interesting and appealing picture. I have to ponder about how many people have passed through them over the years.

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

I love doors also but I couldn't blog about them every day for a year. But if you want to try go ahead.

Jerry Mc Kenna said...

I agree with others photos of doors and gates would make a fascinating topic (perhaps not a year of doors).

Kay said...

I share that door fascination with you. I haven't traveled nearly enough, but took many door photos in Paris and Dublin and find myself eying portals all around home, too. I find if I allow myself to stay too long on a single obsession that I start losing enthusiasm. Just a thought: you might want to consider devoting one or two days a week to doors just to stay fresh. Or take it a month at a time.

Amy said...

My sister has a keen fascination with doors. We have traveled Europe together 3x and she is always all about the doors :) In fact I am willing to bet 80% of her pictures are of doors!

Amy said...

Maybe a weekly post of the many interesting doors you see during the week?

Anonymous said...

great blog idea, but how about taking pics of proper doors/gates? Did you think of going around khalidiya, taking photographs of gates enclosing huge castles?. you're representing our city in a negative way by posting pictures of such doors (the ones you already posted)

Susie of Arabia said...

Look, if you live in Jeddah, you KNOW how difficult it is for a woman to get around if she doesn't have a driver. I have to take pictures of what I can get. I would love to take photos of nicer areas and I have asked my husband to take me to nicer neighborhoods so I can take pictures of the pretty doors and gates. But he won't. He thinks that I will get into trouble if I am caught taking photos of rich people's castles. If we happen to be in a nicer area, I try to take the best pics I can, but when you are zooming by in a car, it's hard to capture suitable images for posting. I am posting things that I see and I see doors like the ones in this post EVERY TIME we are out. So exactly HOW is that representing Jeddah in a NEGATIVE way??? Have you never seen doors such as these in Jeddah? I happen to see artistic beauty in these doors. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Certainly there are more beautiful doors out there, but these are the ones I was able to get a decent enough shot of to publish. If you have photos of beautiful doors of Jeddah, send them to me.

Susie of Arabia said...

I'm thinking of doing a weekly post of doors - thanks!

Susie of Arabia said...

Isn't it weird how some people have this fascination?

Susie of Arabia said...

Hi Kay - Thanks for the ideas. I think I've always had this fascination with doors since I can remember. My first trip to Ireland, I felt like I was in "Door Heaven!"

Susie of Arabia said...

Thanks, Jerry - Maybe just once a week ...

Susie of Arabia said...

Hey Yogi - There is such a wide variety of doors everywhere, but you're right - every day for a whole year might be a bit much.

Susie of Arabia said...

Hi Judy - Thanks. Exactly - it's the mysteries that the doors represent to me that I find so intriguing. I do watercolors and one of my favorite images to paint are doorways.

Susie of Arabia said...

Thank you, Truffles - I appreciate your feedback.