the windows in Galway

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#jjcommunity, dreams, Galway, imagine, Ireland, Mystery Tour, photography, photos, travel, windows

Galway is one of those wonderfully colorful cities that attracts locals and tourists alike.  On my recent trip my gaze was often drawn upwards at the eclectic selection of windows that adorned the houses I walked passed. Like people, they seemed to have individual personalities and I enjoyed looking for them as I walked by.

In doing so I couldn’t help but think about how people say ‘that eyes are the windows to your soul’ and wondered if it then follows that windows are the eyes into a houses soul- if such a thing exists. And if so what would the windows of the houses I was photographing say about the home they hid behind their glass.

Still musing these thoughts on the train ride home my eyes caught glimpses of strangers lives lit up in the dark from within. And I remembered how, as I child, I often made up stories about the people I saw, imagining why they were doing what they did and what they would be doing afterwards.

Again my mind drifted, this time to one of my all time favourite fairy tales: The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen. I loved the way, with the strike of a match, the wall to the house she sat huddled up to would turn into a see-through veil and display a life that she so longed for and dreamt of.

So maybe windows aren’t just the eyes to the soul of a home, but maybe they can also be an aperture into a world of fantasy and dreams, one that inspires to create and imagine – even if only for one’s own enjoyment

suddenly sunday

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blog, miscellaneous, photograpy, photos, random, thoughts, windows, writing

I can’t believe it is already Sunday, where did the week go, or the last half year for that matter. It kind of makes me wonder what I have been doing with my time, what have I got to show for 2012 so far?

Well there is this blog that I started back in the middle of March, and yes it has taken up much more time than I ever thought it would, but I have been enjoying it immensely. Meeting new people, even if only in this virtual universe, reading about things I have never considered, learning things and laughing at the wackiness that is out there in the world wide web. I am not sure it counts as an accomplishment, but I do look forward to it every day so I think it is a plus.

I did send out my manuscript a while back but no “yes” has pinged back into my mail-box just yet, I’m still hopeful. But I should really follow up on it and maybe see if sending if off to the UK changes the game. It still isn’t finished mind you so I think the next few weeks and months means less blogging more writing for me. Maybe I should post a few pages here and see what my blog-companions think about it … mmmhhh now there  is s a thought.

The gym, well that has been a failure so far, I somehow haven’t been able to get into a rhythm, so it is still on my list of things to change, as is my desire to do more photography and art. I keep saying I want to do it but somehow life gets in the way and I don’t. But I am glad to say that I have been better with taking photos, my collection getting bigger every week, even if only by a few shots, now my canvas needs to be tackled.

My dating life, well that is a whole other story. It’s on the back burner for now as there really doesn’t seem to anyone out there that tickles my fancy and heart and I really don’t want to do the whole internet, speed or blind-dating rig-ma-roll again, and yes everything I wrote is true.

As I may not be able to change having achieved so little in the last half year, I think i wills tart small today and clean my home, go to the gym and maybe just maybe climb through that window that is opened when a door closes.

Some open windows in St Petersburg, photos taken on my trip last year: