Friendly Friday balconies

• Manja Maksimovič

I needed a bit more time for this Friendly Friday post for several reasons. Amanda managed to come up with the theme that I have not encountered yet, I had to wrestle the new WordPress gallery system, and I was gloomy. Now it’s all better and here are my balconies.

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As usually my both countries, Slovenia and Italy, are represented. We start and end in Slovenia where it all started, and in the middle there are Rome and Tuscany.

Balconies and terraces vary in style, which is how I like it. It’s not that any place is better than other, any country, any weather, any climate. It’s the fact that I can choose, as long as I can.

As for WordPress, it seems that the horizontal gallery viewing has been done away with. I have chosen this style with larger captions. You can still click on a photo to open it separately but you can not move to the next one by clicking. (I believe, or even if you can, there is no guarantee that the photos will be in my chosen order.) (ADD-IT: It’s changed yet again. I like it this way.)

To finish on a lighter mood, something my friend likes to say: “I have the best legs if I’m all alone on the balcony.”

  • If anything says Yugoslavia, this does. My Ljubljana hood.
  • If you look closer, you will see that it was snowing. Never before I noticed this keyhole balcony. Ljubljana centre.
  • The Volčji Potok Arboretum and the house as it used to be. The balcony isn’t real, but the chairs are.
  • Restored Švicarija house in Tivoli Park, Ljubljana.
  • A hop to Škofja Loka. Look at these love birds on the balcony.
  • I’m quite sure that this part of the church is not called a balcony but it sure looks like one. Nova vas above Dragonja, Slovenia.
  • My eyes are drawn to this roof terrace every time I pass. It’s full of life. Piran, Slovenia.
  • A fancier variety. The view from the Tartini Square, Piran.
  • Now we move to Italy. This is in Capalbio. This pigeon has its private balcony.
  • Not a bad last balcony of someone’s life. Talamone cemetery.
  • Porto Ercole is the balcony winner. I think this room is to let.
  • Now let’s look up in Rome’s Monteverde district for a while. It’s what I do when I walk the dog. This is the sky in April.
  • I declared the middle balcony on the right my favourite, but after a while I noticed that the flowers are all plastic. Fake. There goes the metaphor.
  • This trio seems pretty legit.
  • Another favourite corner. In December the light is better.
  • But in June the plants are cuter.
  • A Piazza Navona balcony, for mom. This is her favourite Roman square.
  • Back to our Tuscany. Orbetello near home. Toni and Judi know their colours. It was so hot, can you feel it?
  • I pass this balcony daily. Nothing remarkable but the carpet is magic, telling you.
  • A neighbouring terrace in the setting sun.
  • I go on and on about our flamingos. Here is a rare sighting of one remarkably close to home.
  • Whereas this view used to spell home and it still does. The home back home in Ljubljana.

For Friendly Friday Photo Challenge hosted by Amanda from Something to Ponder About: Balconies

42 thoughts on “Friendly Friday balconies”

  5. Where do I start with my comment?
    I love all the balconies. The Slovenian ones especially, but the cemetery monument deserve a special mention. Incredible!!
    The fancy wooden one was an eye catcher for me and I do like the aesthetics of the ones in Ljubljana (the spelling of which is correct this time, no?). I think your balcony with the fake flowers was also spoilt a little by the placement of the airconditioner – the flat upstairs on the middle and right would be where I’d love to sit. And oh! I want to rent that balcony that is about to be swallowed by leaves!
    I was thinking the church balcony was called a nave but that is up near the altar. I think it is called the ‘choir loft’ – unless the choir is seated near the altar. Ironically, I am not religious at all, but I do love church architecture.
    Thanks for the laugh on the rare sighting of the flamingo!

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  8. Quite an eclectic mix. The Talamone Cemetery balcony is quite impressive. So glad there’s no ghostly figure there. 🙂
    In essence, a post about balconies is a clandestine post about doors, isn’t it? Of course you would have many photos.

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    1. Hihih, no hiding the truth from Mr. Draco. I wondered if anybody would spot this. I’ve been known to infiltrate balcony doors into my door posts and now I did the opposite. The way I see it, balconies are just doors with the view. 😉 Thank you!

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  9. Whether it’s WP or IOS13, I now have problems scrolling your post on my phone: it keeps opening every single photo individually when I scroll in its vicinity and this takes forever and then I have to jump nack and repeat. Grrr!!! Ie. scrolling is no longer possible as it interprets everything as link-clicking. I wonder if it has to do with this gallery thing. Anyway, the photos I managed to see were beautiful, as always 😊

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    1. Yes, that’s what I thought might happen. Thank you, SMSW. I have a choice of settings for the images: no click, click to enlarge without the caption, click to enlarge with the caption. I chose to enlarge without the caption, but since my uploaded photos are not very big, I think I’ll just choose no click. At least you will have an easier life with my blog. 😀 Check again after a few minutes, when you can, and report if it’s any better, please!

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      5. Well, I put the photos back to how they were originally. Sometimes it’s good to be able to click on one. I really hope that the phone won’t cause you problems. But I cannot put the gallery back how it was before.

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    1. Hihih, this is such a cool connection. I never made it yet! Dragonja is a fairly short river between Croatia and Slovenia. I had a look and Wiki says: “Non-linguistic accounts explain the name as based on the meandering course of the river, resembling a dragon (Italian: drago).” So you see, it’s possible!

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