Today’s photo challenge is that indeed, at least for me. I had a whopping total of five gates in my vast digital photo file, including one I had posted over 4 years ago! I found lots of doors, windows, fences, and marinas with ramps, but few gates.
To assist with inspiration for this week’s Sunday Stills photo challenge, I enlisted the help of my daughter who visited Athens last year and she graciously let me borrow this photo she took of Hadrian’s Arch.
Hadrian’s Arch “is a monumental gateway resembling a Roman triumphal arch. It spanned an ancient road from the center of Athens, Greece, to the complex of structures on the eastern side of the city that included the Temple of Olympian Zeus.”
At the Southern California Expo, also known as the Del Mar Fair north of San Diego, a building had this pretty, white welcoming gate into the State Exhibition building.
Friends have a beautiful vacation home in Los Barilles, Baja, Mexico and this pink wall with its bright green gate faces their property.
Not a fabulous image of a gate, but here is my hubby (who is pretty fabulous) standing next to the gate to the Ocean Beach Pier in San Diego.
Funny how my limited choice of gates are from southern and Mediterranean geographical locations.
I will leave you with this lovely quote from JRR Tolkien.
What is the secret to finding great gate images? I am looking forward to your creative ideas on the theme this week.
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Wow, Terri, you went though your entire photo archive? If I were to join any photo competition where my memory would fail in regards to which files to find subject photos in (which it would more than likely do), I’d have to shoot new photos, since I have thousands upon thousands of photos from all over the world. I already find it overwhelming selecting photos for my current blogs. 🙂
I’m glad you found some gates, and I love the quote. It’s a description of life. An, exciting one.
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Yes, Liesbet, I was fairly diligent in my search…I guess I remember if I ever shoot gates. I’m at the #delta this morning and am off for a photo shoot of the rural area around here. Hopefully I can find a gate or two for another time 😁
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‘Gates’ was a tricky topic this week, but glad to see you came up with some interesting ones!
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See, Stevie, it was a challenge, huh? I’m off to visit yours!
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Ha ha, thanks Terri.
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Oh, the thoughts of finding a secret gate or door. Reminds me of the story ‘The Secret Garden.’
I like the thought of different terms of gates, like, for example, the arrival or departure gate at an airport. Are those gates invisible, or is the gate made up of a whole host of other objects, Terri? You’ve got me thinking on this one.
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I’m glad you are up for the challenge, Hugh! I searched for gate quotes and kept getting Bill Gates! I also thought of the sci-fi series Stargate, but didn’t have a good photo…lol!😁 Looking forward to what your creative mind come up with this week.
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Love the Mexican gate. Lively colors on a simple design. I don’t have too many gates images either, and I used to build them! Here’s my offering:https://grahamsisland.com/2019/04/14/cattle-egrets-on-a-gate/.
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Thanks, Graham, and that’s funny! I’m at the delta this morning and see a couple gates, but perhaps not picture-worthy. Love what you did with yours!
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I’m constantly taking photos and thinking, ‘Oh that would have been great for this or that challenge!’
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I had the same problem, had to dig for pictures of gates! I see you’ve figured out Gutenberg editor, way to go!! Great photos, too, by the way!!
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Thank you! Gutenberg editor seems to work fine, but I have a few things to learn still, Shelley.
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You’re welcome. I think your posts look great, so you’re on the right track!
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I love that quote from Tolkien, Terri. Gates, hmmm, we have lots but they are all boring.
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Isn’t that great, Robbie? What is it with boring gates?
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I thought I didn’t ha’ve many gates either until went through my pictures and found some other types of gates. Let me know what you think in my comments My link is
https://idahobluebird50.com/2019/04/14/sunday-skills-various-types-of-gates/
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A wonderful collection of gates and gateways to beautiful places, BL!
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Thanks
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Nice theme. I too had to visit the archives to try to find gates, only to realise that I seldom take photos of gates. 🙂
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I think many of us find that to be true today, Maria. It’s become more challenging than I thought…so I had the opportunity to take some shots of a cattle gate today surrounded by spring wildflowers. 🙂
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Hi Terri, it really was a bit of a challenge this week! Your photos are great depictions, I just love that bright pink wall and green gate 🙂 . My post was a bit of a play on words and despite it’s beauty the Gates of Hell would have been a scary place for those entering https://debs-world.com/2019/04/14/going-through-the-gates-of-hell/ . Thanks for your comment and the opportunity to share. Off to look at some of the other gates now.
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This has been the feedback so far, Debbie! I loved your post, it was perfect! While at our delta campground this weekend, I found a cattle gate surrounded by spring wildflowers. I suppose I will save it for Instagram!
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Isn’t it always the way Terri, always after the event does the perfect photo show up. It’s good to see everyone’s thoughts and photos, as gates can be a bit boring. Thanks for your comment on my post!
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Ohhh, I especially like the pink wall, with the lime green door! Your friends have a wonderful sense of creativity!
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There are some gorgeous gates. Thanks for the reminders.
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Thanks, Jacqui!
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Love that you chose a subject you had few photos of Terri!! But the pink and green gate definitely made it a perfect choice😊
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Thanks, Tina, we may as well be challenged by our own challenges, right?
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For sure Terri! Keep up the good work 🙂
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I’ll have to look for the Ocean Beach Gate next time I’m down there. I love the Pink gate.
I have otherer gate pics but I had to share the Wedding Arbor Jim made…https://lightwords.blog/2019/04/14/sunday-stills-the-fun-adventures-of-a-gate/
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Seems Mexico has some wonderful colorful gates and doors!
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A gate – a portal to a new world. Your photos are charming the way each gate frames the scene beyond. You can’t help but want to enter.
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Thank you, Shari! Love your perspective!
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You are amazing and your article writing style is great because you have nicely done everything in one post , and its article about sunday was great
Thanks
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This is a very inspiring challenge!! Makes me want to dig into my archives! Funny, I was just contemplating what gate to put up on my Arizona property yesterday. It’s not even fenced yet…but you got think ahead, right? 😉 Gates are important on many levels.
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Love it, Maria! Make it a picture-worthy gate, apparently the world needs more exciting gates 😉
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Yes!!
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Here is my two cents for this week. You have some terrific photos.
https://ceenphotography.com/2019/04/15/sunday-stills-challenge-gate/
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Thanks, Cee! I’m glad you shared your lovely gate!
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I suspect there are few topics you couldn’t find some quality photos to depict, Terri! What lovely pictures! The one of your husband I named ‘gateway to happiness!’
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Now that’s an apt description of him in that image, Molly, thank you!
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There is something about gates that just draws you in!
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All the potential, right, Michele?
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Gates of fun indeed Terri
http://bushboy.blog/2019/04/16/please-shut-the-gate/
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https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2019/04/16/lion-gate-of-mykene-2/
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https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2019/04/16/sunday-stills-gates/
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What a varied and interesting collection of gates! I recognized a couple of them (OB Pier and the Del Mar Fair) and the one from Mexico makes me want to get on a plane and head south.
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I was lucky to have those shots, Janis. The pink and green gate in Baja is gorgeous as is the area where they live along the Sea of Cortez.
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Love kicking this post off and concluding it with the Tolkien quote. Indeed!
Interesting to see that Hadrian’s Arch fenced off with a modern city blossoming behind it. Makes me wonder what a world 2000 year in the future could be like with a remnant of our time now juxtaposed against a future world we can not yet imagine; hopefully, more positive than the Statues of Liberty in the sand on the Planet of the Apes.
How lucky are you friends to have such a colorful gate entrance to their vacation home; a place almost worth dropping the hook for!
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What a great perspective, Lisa. Certainly makes me wonder.
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I never thought too much about it but just yesterday, I saw a beautiful gate to a private house, arched like some of the ones in your post, but covered with ivy 💕 Now I’ll be keeping gates in mind!
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So many gates seem to be mundane so they rarely get photographed! Now I’m noticing more myself.
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Well, your options may have been few, Terri, but the photos are lovely. Thank you for sharing!
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