Thursday Doors, 19/7/18: Ljubljana Bežigrad

Let me invite you to another memory photo walk where the point is more on entrances as part of architecture and doors are more or less accessories. But there are other signs that life is good there.

My sister and friend took me on this walk soon after arriving in the capital of Slovenia, my city of origin. Apart from doors and assorted architecture you will see two primary schools, some anti-dog commercials and two notices that really brightened my day.

This walk around Bežigrad towards the northern part of Ljubljana called Ježica, where my mother used to play basketball, includes residential neighbourhood Bratovševa ploščad where I often visited friends. It was nice to be back. We also passed Danila Kumar Primary School, which was our rival school and I was glad to see it covered in happy colours and drawings. But then I just had to visit my own school too.

For the next two Thursdays Norm is on strike (pardon, holiday) so there will be no Thursday Doors on here either. See you again sooner or later.

First I bumped into this sign. Very neighbourly. “Beware of a vicious dog.” I think it’s a shitzu.

Then we went to the meadow where I used to walk our first dog. Many lucky people grow their own vegetables here.

Most of them live here, at the Bratovševa ploščad complex.

Here they filmed “Happiness on a Leash”, my favourite childhood film about a boy and a big black dog. There is a scene in which one dog is barking from each balcony. The boy tries to imagine it after his mother tells him to imagine if everybody in their building had a dog.

A typical entrance here, hydrangeas and all.

This was the first smile: A community “Block cinema” is organised outdoors with a building as the screen. Playing: “Bella and Sebastian”, a French film about a boy and a big white dog. “Bela” means white in Slovenian.

Smile no. 2: “The path of goodies” – A list of 23 neighbourhood farms with information on which produce they grow and sell on the spot. Most of them are along one road. Priceless!

“Beware of a wicked dog.” This is a dog centre mocking the anti-dog signs.

And this is Ms. Danila Kumar, a Partisan. She died at 23. This primary school is named after her. (Only now I’ve noticed: Is that a wallet on the floor?)

I like the feeling it gives.

This is the gym.

Children are all gone for the holidays.

Let’s continue: No door in sight but this is most definitely a vet.

Some assorted Ljubljana Bežigrad doors.

Another beware of dog sign lurking.

This one is different.

Oooops, I cut off the doors.

Better but here it’s not like in Italy. I had a feeling my camera is frowned upon.

Nothing if not consistent: our neighbour has the same sign on her garden door too. One long shitzu.

And finally, I had to go and see my own primary school too, named after the writer France Bevk. Colourful as well but check out these snowboard benches!! What a cool idea!

For Norm Frampton’s Thursday Doors challenge.

And here is the song and clip from Happiness on a Leash (Sreča na vrvici, English title: Hang on Doggy. Finnish title: Onko koiralle kotia?). Ahhh… as if it were a million years ago. (Actually, last year it celebrated its 40th birthday. Just like my sister.)