No matter that Amy says A window with a view for this week’s Lens-Artists photo challenge, I’m afraid the singular form won’t fool me into putting only one window in my post. But you knew that.
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Let’s hop right in, but maybe not through, since they are windows: first up are three personal windows from Slovenia dear to my heart, followed by some more window views from my country of origin.
After that we slowly cross the sea into Italy, have a few looks around and finish right at our home in lower Tuscany where it’s balmy and not nearly as windy as it was that night in 2015 before the last photo was taken.
Happy windowing!
You have seen this view from my parents’ house in Ljubljana a few times by now. This was last November and the spruce is the same age as I. 
Bestia overlooking our Piran garden where miraculously another home has grown for our family. See the kiwis? And the champagne bottle shadow above? It’s a part of the chandelier. Really. 
Maribor mystery man. The view from my grandma’s apartment in Slovenian second largest city. The Drava river runs through it just below. 
Here the view is just hinted at. The restaurant “Grič” above Horjul where my parents celebrated their recent 50th wedding anniversary. 
Lake Bohinj running outside our car window. 
Sometimes a window allows you to see what lurks beneath. Nature reserve “Škocjanski Zatok” near Koper on the coast. 
Right there. There are many such slits along the trail for photographers and spies. 
Welcome to Hotel Piran with perfect light. 
Here is a photo of Piran taken from the Bosnian restaurant “Sarajevo 1984”. Why? There were Olympic Games that year in that city and we were all Yugoslavia at the time. I was 14 and having a blast. 
A view from a Piran gallery. Italy is just over there. 
Another view from the same gallery. Dolphins can be spotted in the bay of Piran often, just not when I am looking. 
Pizzeria Marina in Koper and its jellyfish lights. 
We have crossed the Adriatic Sea and the entire Italian continent and found ourselves on its west coast on the ferry to Isola del Giglio. Nothing much between here and Corsica. (Dogs must pay the ferry too.) 
This is the restaurant “I pescatori” with fresh fish by the Orbetello lagoon where flamingos come to winter. 
One of the spy holes by the same lagoon. 
A window out of Magliano. 
Niki de Saint Phalle was thinking of everything. The view of her statue La Luna from her window in the shape of the moon in Il giardino dei tarocchi. 
The Abbey of San Galgano has no more glass in its windows nor the roof above and yet it’s one of the most splendid sights in Tuscany. 
Some windows are more special than others. Amore made a couple of spinach and salmon pies. 
Home, my heart on the window-sill and hopeful bestia. 
The same view on a March morning in 2015. We had a bit of a tornado overnight. This is one heavy table.
For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, hosted by Amy at THE WORLD IS A BOOK…: A Window With a View
I love your happy window gallery, Manja! Enjoyed reading your stories of each window. 🙂 All windows here with beautiful views, so well done!!
The heavy table wasn’t happy… Thank you very much for sharing with us! 🙂
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You’re most welcome, Amy, and thank you!
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I love the diversity in all your windows, and that you included an oven window. My favorite is the flying jellyfish lamps. It was fun going through all the window images.
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Thank you, Arati. 🙂 Yes, that is an important window too. Always welcome!
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As aways, Manja…you have great collection of windows with amazing views.
Teresa
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Thank you, Teresa, I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it. 🙂
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Always 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Stunning. I love the ones with perfect light. And jellyfish. What an idea!
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Thank you, Bojana. 🙂 I prefer jellyfish in this way than for real.
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Oh, for sure.
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Hello again!
The pictures are beautiful. They are big and bold; a joy to behold!
And I noticed something quite clever. As I started scrolling down, I could see “Bestia”(?) through the screen at the very beginning.🙂
Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you, S K, for all your support. 🙂 Yes, I always like to put one photo in this way at the beginning of my post. Bestia means beast in Italian and that’s how we call our dog, even though his real name is Fonzie.
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You are very welcome. No trouble at all!🙂
Fonzie, then… I will remember that. Thanks… for the little Italian lesson too.👍
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Great windows.
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Thank you kindly, John. 🙂
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A versatile window collection, Manja – always making me smile and feeling good! This is impossible to choose only one from…but I love your garden and pretty, hopeful Bestia!
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Thank you so much, Leya. It’s a lot if you can make someone feel even a little better. ❤ Never choose only one! They are all for you to enjoy. 🙂
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I’ve been dreaming of salmon pie for years!!!!!! 😋 When the boys’ egg allergy goes away, I’ll learn to make lots of different pies, empanadas and quiches!!
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Ohh, wonderful! Good to see you having cooking plans, SMSW! 🙂 As you can see, it doesn’t need to look perfect to be yummy. 😉
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😉 Ps. the lake+car window pic is excellent
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Thanks!
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Gorgeous! I love the bits through the fence at the lagoon. That’s just unfettered beauty ❤ Second though, out your parents' window. Love.
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Thank you, Joey. 🙂 I’m glad you like the view out of most of my life. But a lagoon is a lagoon.
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