{"id":4607,"date":"2015-08-03T12:43:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T12:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/?p=4607"},"modified":"2021-07-08T09:34:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T08:34:43","slug":"did-you-see-the-blue-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/did-you-see-the-blue-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you see the Blue Moon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Were you one of the lucky ones who had a clear cloudless night on Friday the 31<sup>st<\/sup> July to experience the phenomena of the Blue Moon or were you like us in the GFD HQ left howling because we missed it. (Sorry \u2013 but it works well with the photograph)<\/p>\n<p>It was a sight that we had looked forward to so much that we decided to produce another one of our \u201cDoors that money cannot buy\u201d series and dedicate it to the event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We present for your amusement from our \u201cThe Naples\u201d door from our Solidor Collection complete with a motif of a \u201cBlue Moon\u201d rising on the water which we think is pretty spectacular but unfortunately not available for general sale<\/p>\n<p>At GFD HQ we knew a \u201cblue moon\u201d was not actually blue but in our lack of wisdom had always thought that the saying \u201conce in a blue moon\u201d came from the infrequency with which they occurred \u2013 we also as it believed a \u201cBlue Moon\u201d was the name given when two full moons occurred in one month \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/across-the-universe\/2015\/jul\/31\/blue-moon-how-to-see-tonights-rare-event\">all the myths are dispelled and the truth is revealed in this articles from the Guardian<\/a> in fact the Guardian has really gone to town with this phenomena and has actually come up with an article showing some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/gallery\/2015\/jul\/31\/blue-moon-in-pictures\">pretty spectacular photographs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is always nice to know the facts but it is always a pity when it disproves the romantic notions that we all possess \u2013 here at GFD HQ we are sticking with the romantic association of a blue moon arising over the Bay of Naples \u2013 something like \u2013<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Which we are reliably informed is Naples Bay<\/p>\n<p>-and the romantic connections just go on and on \u2013who would have thought that the wonderfully romantic Spanish Holiday Classic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=enIdTGckjKs\">\u201cSpanish Eyes \u201c<\/a> \u2013 was derived from an original orchestral piece called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hSUwbfGc_mQ\">\u201cMoon over Naples\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The last time we wrote an article about the super stylish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/naples-shaped-by-millenia-solidor-naples-composite-door\/\">Naples door back in October<\/a> last year we featured along with our potted history another classic by Dean Martin \u2013 \u201cThat\u2019s Amore\u201d everything about the city seems to suggest romance (which is not necessarily true) but certainly sets the correct backdrop for a door as stunning as the \u201cNaples \u201cfrom the Solidor Italia collection \u2013 a door anyone could fall in love with.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/naples4-163x300.jpg\" alt=\"naples4\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/naples3-177x300.jpg\" alt=\"naples3\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/naples1-171x300.jpg\" alt=\"naples1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What is there not to love about the Naples Door<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have often wondered here in the GFD HQ offices if the gentleman who first penned the Italian phrase &#8211; \u201cVedi Napoli e poi muori\u201d \u2013 translated as \u201cSee Napoli and die\u201d was talking about the city or the door.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Were you one of the lucky ones who had a clear cloudless night on Friday the 31st July to experience the phenomena of the Blue Moon or were you like us in the GFD HQ left howling because we missed it. 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