In the past year since travel opened up for Australians Robert and I have taken several journeys at home and overseas. While I posted many photos of these adventures on Facebook I want to leave a more permanent record of some of our adventures. This challenge provides me with opportunities to share my photos and stories while recording some personal history.
I plan to share photos and stories from our travels between April 2022 and March 2023. My theme this year is In Anno Itinerantur.
The theme Knockers does not refer to those people who habitually criticise others and their actions (Australian slang) but to items of door furniture. These items, usually hinged and made of metal allow visitors to an establishment to announce their arrivals and gain entry to a property.
In the days before electronic doorbells and remote door openers many homes had impressive knockers. Most of those I have encountered are in European countries but I have seen a few in the US and South America.
I have a bit of a door fetish which extends to door furniture like knockers. I dug into the year's archives to see what I had found recently. Following are
20 Something Snaps of Knockers many of which are from Italy where we spent a few weeks..
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| Somewhere in Italy |
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| Musician's house? Lerwick, Shetland Islands |
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| Note the indentation on the door, there's been some serious knocking in Siena, Italy |
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| An Egyptian influence in Siena, Italy |
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| A lion in Florence, Italy |
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| Could this be a fisherman's house in Italy |
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| I would have had trouble reaching this high knocker in Rome, Italy |
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| Not a welcoming countenance in Rome, Italy |
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| A big Cat in Rome, Italy |
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| Another Roman knocker |
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| A cheeky visage in Rome, Italy |
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| A handy knocker in Rome, Italy |
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| Door damage evident on this knocker in Rome, Italy |
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| Yet another Roman knocker |
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| One of several leonine knockers in Rome, Italy |
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| Could this be a new knocker in Italy? |
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| A simple knocker with door protection in Siena, Italy |
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| Found in Florence, Italy |
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| Surrounded by studs in Florence, Italy |
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| A substantial knocker in Lucca, Italy |
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| Looks like Granny in Trento, Italy |
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| Worse for wear in Rhodes, Greece |
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| Glowing knocker in Rhodes, Greece |
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| Simple knocker on a fancy door in Rhodes, Greece |
As I travel the world I take many photos that pique my interest, these could be lumped into a "peculiar category" ie. they are peculiar to my interests and may be different from what one usually sees in a collection of travel photos.
