Below is my offering for this week. It is a photo my sister took on her trip to France last year. She loves Monet’s work and has always wanted to visit his home. When she did so, she got some great pictures.
What fascinates me about the home is that it has SO MANY windows. You don’t see many one-family homes with rows and rows of windows like these, and I think they are what give the home a special, beautiful charm.
Be sure to post your comments and your links below.
A Visit With Sandra 
Here is the ‘Week 8’ post from Lucid Gypsy. It came up on last week’s post, and I want to make sure you all see it:
http://lucidgypsy.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/thursdays-windows-week-8/
Ah bless you Sandra, I think it was because I posted very early this morning – before you were awake!
I love your photo, I’m sure your sister enjoyed Giverny, I’ve never been even though its just across the channel, maybe one day!
I think I’m going to try to put my ‘Thursday’s Windows’ posts up on Wednesday nights (my time), so that all of my great friends who get to Thursday way before I do won’t have to wait so long to post their own contributions.
Although I love my country passionately and am grateful I was born here, I have always been a person who was very aware that I am part of a whole world and not just one nation. But the experience of blogging and making real friends from all over that world really does help me to consider the rest of that world even more than I did previously. I’m very grateful for the experience. And a good place to concentrate my attention is on the fact that just because it’s Wednesday where I am does not mean that it is Wednesday all over the rest of the universe.
Here’s my entry: http://goomfh.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/thursdays-windows-week-8/
Soooo pretty! I really love second and third story windows with the little balconies or railings in front of them.
Thanks so much!
Do you think Monet might have had a nice ‘garden’ to look out on from all of those Windows Sandra 🙂
I would like to visit sometime . Lucky sister !
http://poppytump.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/thursdays-windows-8/
Great post! I love all three. And I do like to look at those optical illusions and let my imagination run free.
And yes, my sister got some great photos of the gardens too. She wants to go back this next summer, and I really hope she can.
Hey first time here, so here is my entry http://gertygiggles.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/thursdays-windows/
Oh, VERY NICE! Wish I could sit there a couple of hours with a good cup of coffee. Thanks for joining in.
It’s a good place to be.
That looks like a really beautiful house, Sandra. Love all the windows. 🙂
Here is my contribution:
http://adinparadise.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/thursdays-windows-week-8/
Gorgeous rose window! Thank you for sharing it. And, my, your hubby certainly is handy to have around. I’d say he’s a keeper.
Absolutely, Sandra. Thanks. 🙂
Get those dang kids off my porch! Love the house but they must have an entire crew of window washers on call. Mine’s at http://photovignettes.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/thursdays-windows-week-8/
Great photo, Paul. And actually, I did post that comment in reply when your link first came up, but it doesn’t seem to be there — so I’ll just say it again now. (WP seems a little wild today, for some reason. My grandmother would have said, ‘It’s sunspots.’) Anyway, I love this shot, and I think I’m going to post a link to it on my Facebook page. It says so much with that quote fitting it so perfectly.
Sandra, thank you.That’s mighty high praise!
That’s a beautiful choice for this week Sandra! It looks like they have a lovely view from all those windows too. I thought what Paul said too, they must have a crew of window washers. Here is mine: http://wp.me/pT3BE-C9
Oh, my goodness, Sharon — how I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to live there!!!!
Me too! We were there for the week-end for a wedding and it was very hard to leave!
Hi Sandra, I thought I would join along this week. Hope you like what I came up with.
http://ceeslifephotographyblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/photo-challenge-thursdays-windows-week-8/
Cee, these are absolutely wonderful photos! I can’t choose a favorite, but they all stir my imagination — trying to figure what the people’s lives were like who once looked through these windows on a daily basis. Thanks so much for joining in and sharing them.
I’m glad you liked these photos. Thanks for your comment!
Here is my entry: http://ohmsweetohmdotme.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/photo-challenge-thursdays-windows-week-8/
Wow! This is a terrific shot, Allan! Thanks for joining in and sharing it with all of us.
You are most welcome. Thank you for creating this challenge, it is a lot of fun.
Hi Sandra, thought I would join this week as well. Wonderful photos everyone!
Here’s what I came up with. 🙂
http://atouchofthedivine.com/2012/11/08/photo-challenge-windows/
Great collection! I especially like the one looking out at the snow scene. Thanks for sharing all of them.
I’m new to this challenge but I had been saving this street car for something special hope it fits 😉 http://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/thursdays-photo-challenge-windows/
Oh, Carol, this is terrific! I do love streetcars! Thanks for joining in.
WOO HOO! I got ‘er dun before the crack of midnight! 🙂
Hey, you’re on a roll!
And then, what do I do??? Forget to include the link. Duh.
http://carrymelord.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/look-through-my-window/
Very interesting angle on the theme, Lubby Girl! I like it.
Sandra, what a lovely building that is in your photo! It must be an enormous house.
My photo of the week is here – http://newpillowbook.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/thursdays-windows-stained-glass/. And I think my link is pointing to this post…I hope…
Oh My!!! How amazing this is! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a stained glass window like it. Thanks so much for sharing this one.
Love the windows, the vines on the wall, the flowers. Just beautiful!
Thank you. I’m glad. Join in if you have any windows you want to share.
Hi Sandra, wow I wish I knew of this before. Hope I can still submit! What’s more the photo of the window scene was taken on a Thursday 🙂 Enjoy! http://islandscribbler.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/travel-lifestyle-working-staycation-at-jewel-dunns-river-beach-resort-spa/
Feel free to submit your window pictures any time. I labeled this challenge “Thursday’s Windows” primarily because I got the idea and started it on a Thursday — and also because I was pretty sure I hadn’t seen any other challenges out there for that day. But you can post any day at all. Thanks for taking part. These are some great photos. It must have been a memorable trip.
Thanks a lot Sandra! Yup it was a marvelous trip indeed 🙂
Hi everyone, been missing all the fun for a bit! Here’s mine http://wp.me/p2jE0a-nr
Wow! These are great! I’ve never seen pictures of the first or third buildings at all. Thanks so much for sharing them.
Just want to let you know that I have nominated you for the “Very Inspiring Blogger Award.” You can find information about it on my site. And please don’t get bogged down by the “rules” of the award. Sometimes these awards can become a burden if we let them, so I don’t want that to happen. Just read the post and you’ll see that you are free to comply with only the parts of the award “rules” that you are comfortable with. Just enjoy it.
Oh my gosh! I have only just seen this comment from you! Thank you so very much, I am humbled and honoured! Forgive me for not even acknowledging the award nom. Bless you
No problem. So often awards come with so many rules that they are sometimes a very “mixed” blessing. I have even done a post stating that from this year on, I do not intend to accept or pass on awards that require the obedience of a bunch of rules in order to accept them. I believe that anyone who is worthy of an award has already earned that award and does not need to do anything else. And when I do pass on awards, I try to let people know that I truly believe they deserve that award and that, as far as I’m concerned, they do not have to comply with rules. In the future, I will probably try to honor people in ways that will not require them to jump through any more hoops. So please feel free to just post the emblem on your site and enjoy the honor without feeling obligated to do anything else unless you just want to.
After a two-month dogpaddle through my life, i am so glad to be well and enjoying the beautiful country of ecuador. thanks for the perfect prompt for sharing more images of hacienda guachala!
http://playamart.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/windows-of-hacienda-guachala/
These are absolutely lovely! I’m so glad you’re well and are able to share them with all of us. Thanks.
you are welcome! thank you for the opportunity to share them! z
Hello Sandra, thought I’d share this photo as well before the new challenge comes along!This house with many windows has also been known to be haunted! Enjoy, see the photo here:-
http://islandscribbler.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/haunted-caribbean-destination-can-you-guess-where-this-is/
Very impressive! I’d hate to be the one responsible for cleaning.
hahahaha so very true Sandra! lol