Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary With Lots of Doors!

Welcome! Today I am celebrating! My third blog anniversary or as we sometimes call it blogoversary. I finally made it to three years and I must say I am very surprised. It has been a long road and a tough one at that. Last year I shared my favorite posts with you and I wanted to do that now but…doors got in the way!

Yes doors, that’s how we celebrate around here! One door opens while another one closes. And so it goes!

House with blue door and shutters, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

Today I am sharing the second part of my doors series with you all. You can see the first part here. Back then, it was a sorta blogoversary.

But now this is a full fledged blogoversary! I swear!!

weathered blue and green door Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

All the doors that you see here have been collected over the past two years from my walks in Greece.

Arched wooden door, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

As many of you may know I moved from Greece to New York this past fall. You can read all about it here and my rant as to why we left.

metal door with intricate design, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

I’m grateful to be here and to be able to give my family an opportunity that is lacking in Greece.

And running around in Manhattan is also a lot of fun. There is never a dull moment!

Wooden door with openings, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

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Yes I am very happy living in New York. I must admit that things are a bit tough for the kids because there is an adjustment period. One that I am unfortunately, oblivious to since I grew up here.

Wooden door with gate in front, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

But I’ve said all that before.

black and white metal door with sixties style design, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

I have to admit something to you that I was not at all expecting to admit. You see, while I was putting this photo essay together I found myself feeling nostalgic.

Green door with metal rail top, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

And you may say “That’s to be expected Mary, after all you did just move!”

Small green door, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

And I’ll answer “No, no! I really missed the good ole USA. And I really wanted to come back.”

Big metal burgandy door in stone building, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

You see I didn’t care for the bad bureaucracy or the nosy grandmas back in Greece.

arched door in yellow building, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

Although I did miss that gorgeous blue sky with its’ blinding light! Kinda…

wood door with metal gate in stone building, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

And the view out my window of the mountains…

doors on balconies, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

And I even missed the beaches… a little!

Okay, maybe a lot!

Blue door with metal on window openings, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

To me, Greece is like this door you see below. It may be full of graffiti but it still has so much beauty at it’s core.

If only we could scrub away the bad and keep the beauty.

black metal door with intertwining meal arches on upper part and graffiti, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

I guess what I’m trying to say is that…

Large Gray metal doors in stone building, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

…I honestly didn’t expect to feel this way…so soon…

Church door with circular metal work and icon on the arch top, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

I guess I’m not as tough as I had thought, after all!

The blue sky never leaves you once you have witnessed it.

White metal door with blue molding at beach house, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

And all those hand made stone buildings will always be a reminder of our history.

Green gate on stone wall, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

You see, for me there is beauty in every nook and cranny. Is this a blessing or a curse?

Black metal door with metal scrollwork, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

How do you forget about images like these? One door for each year of the blog?

Three black wood doors with upper metal work, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

Or this one which is by far my favorite?

Arched wood door inside stone looked at through fence, Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

And now a confession. I had not meant to write this post this way. I was going to talk about blogging and how much I love it and how happy I am to be a (tired) blogger.

I was going to talk about how much I love the blogging community and how we all support each other and how truly blessed I am to be a part of it.

But those images took over my mind and my heart and so I ended up writing another kind of post. I hope you’ll forgive me for rambling on like this.

I guess sometimes you just have to let the images take you where they may.

And maybe those doors will stay open after all.

Photo essay with lots of doors from Greece and reflections on this past year and the changes on my blog and life for the three year Blogoversary, #photography #photoessay #Greece #Greekdoors #stonebuildings #travel Celebrating a 3 year Blogoversary with Lots of Doors www.theboondocksblog.com

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Keri

Monday 16th of April 2018

Mary, what a beautiful post. It must be difficult leaving the place you called home for so many years and all the wonderful memories you made there and that oh so amazing blue sky. I love all the doors, so gorgeous! Happy Blog Anniversary!

Debrashoppeno5

Thursday 15th of February 2018

Greece is a beautiful country and I appreciate your lovely pictures that take me there. But you did the best thing for the family. New doors will open for you. Happy Blogoversary! I look forward to many more posts. Each month that passes I am amazed I have been blogging that long and I am living the dream. I have a feeling you may feel that way also.

Mary

Debra you are so right, We did the best thing moving here. I was just taken by surprise by my reaction. I guess you have to leave someplace in order to appreciate it more. And yes this is quite a journey we are on. So much work and so many twists and turns. And I am glad to be on this journey alongside you.

Doreen@foxdenrd

I know what you mean about it being a blessings or a curse. The jury is still out on that, but one thing for sure is YOU'RE a blessing to the blogging community. Congratulations on your anniversary. I'm sure the last three years have been quite an adventure and one that you hadn't expected, but that's life, isn't it? The doors are drop dead gorgeous! Even the one with graffiti (though I want to punch the person who did that)! xxx

Doreen when I was walking around snapping I tried to zero in on the doors and ignore the surroundings. But when editing the photos it became obvious there was more than lots of graffiti. So we just have to search a little harder to find the beauty. Thank you for joining me on this journey for almost three years now. You have been a true friend!

Michelle Leslie

Oh Mary, I'm so glad you found your beautiful door photos. What a treat for my eyes. I can so understand why you left Greece. Things have been a little rough here in South Africa too, but our silly President that raped and plundered our country into the ground for the last 8 years was forced to resign last night and we are all exstatic. Maybe the same will happen in Greece one day soon. So many despots and corrupt leaders in Africa are falling at the moment and perhaps that's a sign that we're all getting tired of falseness and empty promises. Happy, happy blogaversary my friend. May there be many, many, many more

Friday 16th of February 2018

Michelle I am so happy to hear that there are changes coming in your country. If only we could do the same but I fear we are in so deep that it doesn't matter who is in charge because they are not in charge at all. We have become a colony.

Nikki Gwin

Oh Mary! Those doors!! They have captured my heart. I am a door and light fixture fanatic. My favorite is the second one with the blue and green. But I love them all. Great photos. :) gwingal

Monday 19th of February 2018

Thanks Nikki, you never know what you will see in Greece. It is full of the unexpected.