I was going to crop this closer, but I left the lamp for Joey.
The plan for today was to continue my exploration of Woburn, Massachusetts, but something happened on the way to my post. Work got in the way. I’ll spare you the boring details. Suffice it to say, I agreed to do something that will take the time in which I was planning to write my Doors post. It’s not a big deal. Things happen.
However, a different coworker came to my rescue. He is on a river tour in Europe. He knows about Thursday Doors and he sent me several. As a matter of fact, he sent me a couple when he was on a business trip to Prague last month. Between the two set, I have a nice group of doors to share.
Thursday Doors is a fun weekly blogfest established and maintained by Norm Frampton. Each week, Norm invites bloggers, photographers, artists and door lovers from around the world to visit his site. If you have some doors to share, we’d all love to see them. Head over to Norm’s place and leave us a link to follow. If you just want to see some doors, well, do the same thing without the link.
I don’t know where this building is, but I like it.
I think it has been established that gates are doors.
I love the construction of this door / set of doors. The fan has been braced by a truss of sorts. It appears that the fan might even open.
A little less ornate, but I like the color.
The door on the right includes the center stile. I’m guessing that the left hand door includes a similar feature and that they overlap. If you look closely, you can see an angled cut in the base rail indicating where the doors meet.
Hey, he included this when they were visiting a small town in France, so I included it here.
Cathedral in Strasbourg
I was going to crop this closer, but I left the lamp for Joey.
My coworkers is one of the people I walk to Dunkin’ Donuts with. He also periodically enjoys lunch at McDonald’s – he was feeling right at home when he sent this.
The signage indicates that this is a church, dating back to 1618.
I always like to see American doors because they’re different from what I know. But I’ll have to admit I’m a sucker for European doors! These are absolutely stunning.
I would say your coworker now has ‘door fever’. He may say they are for you, but we know differently. Once you start noticing doors, it’s nearly impossible to stop 🙂
This is a great selection of noteworthy entrances … as one comes to expect from Europe! I’m intrigued by the fan design of the 3rd door which you think opens. That’s different!!
I think you’re right, Joanne. Maybe I’m an enabler ;-)
I studied that photo for a while. I think these guys would have been dragging me away from that door if I had been there. I would have been up close trying to figure out all the features. I love the big arches.
I can imagine you see things in the construction that are ‘invisible’ to the rest of us. I get that with son #2 who is in architecture. Every once in a while he will make a comment about a structure that gives me an entirely different perspective.
Thanks GP. I always marvel at doors like this, especially when you consider the tools available at the time they were made. I’m going to buy him a coffee when he gets back.
Thanks Cheryl. The work things won’t be happening much longer, but this was a chance to help someone who wasn’t responsible for the last minute nature of the request. It was an easy thing for me to do. I thought I might have to skip this post, but then I remembered him sending me these doors earlier in the week. Perfect timing.
The first thing that came to mind after I swooned over the pink door was ‘thank you for being my friend.’ I’ll have that song stuck in my head all day. :-) I also appreciated the chuckle at seeing the golden arches and DD no matter where you travel. :-)
Ha ha – I’m going to try and ignore thinking about that song, Judy. These were a nice thing to have on my phone last might. You’d have to know this guy to understand the importance of McD’s and DD. He only drinks Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, and while he’s no stranger to fine restaurants, he loves going to McDonald’s every now and then.
I know. It’s remarkable to see doors that are older than anything ever built in this country. I love thinking about how they were made. The craftsmen must have had a strong passion for their work.
The purple arched double doors are delightfully different. I’ve not seen anything like them before, but could groove on living on the other side of them.
LOL. Yep, door fever is obviously catching. How fun that your coworker thought of you and sent photos. That’s really nice. WP is still messing with me in a huge way. I thought I’d never dig down through Reader to get to your post today, Dan. But being stuborn paid off. Hugs on the wing!
My boss is also on a river tour in Europe. Wouldn’t it be amazing if they were on the same boat? My boss promises to send photos since she wouldn’t let me go along as her official photographer. BTW, I like the way you cropped that photo; I would have kept the lantern, too.
Wow, what a nice collection of doors. It is great to have a friend who was willing to go to Europe to fill in for you. I liked the DD and McD photo. Looked like downtown Dubuque. I’m glad you didn’t crop out that lantern. It made the photo. All in all terrific, Dan
Some gorgeous shots Dan, full credit and compliments to your coworker friend. It’s also nice to see you’re doing a good job of recruiting for the cause ;-)
Oh! What an amazing collection of doors! Thank you to your friend for sharing them with you, and to you for sharing them with us. The architecture, the details, the fact that they have been preserved for all these years is mind-boggling. I can’t even pick a favorite… I love them all!
And a McDonald’s and DD practically holding hands!! Doesn’t get better than that!!
Thanks Ginger. This guy was very pleased to see McD’s and DD together. It’s like someone decided to welcome him to their city.
I love that there are beautiful, working doors that have survived 400 years. It’s a credit to the craftsmen who made those doors. I’ve made doors, but so far, mine longest surviving door is about 20 years old.
That first building is the kind of thing that inspired the Storybook Style of architecture, so you KNOW I’m lovin’ that! Aren’t traveling friends wonderful? Two of my American friends went to visit a British friend of ours, and she took them ALL around the London vicinity. They all took door pictures and invited me to plunder them for Thursday posts. And I will. I will!
Gorgeous church doors. They look like they are in Europe. I have some Spanish door photos I would like to share. Maybe next week I will do a “door” post!
How nice of your co-worker to send this series of images in Prague! Beautiful and exquisite doors! Great rescue for an unexpected distraction of having to spend time else where!
Oh nice! I love when people bring me doors :) These are excellent samples, so eclectic! I appreciate your leaving the lamp in for me, too. You might have cropped out that sweet vining plant, which I also admire!
I couldn’t get rid of the lamp. It’s funny (but a good thing) how we think of people. I’m sharing one gifted door tomorrow. I’m completely out of time this week.
I always like to see American doors because they’re different from what I know. But I’ll have to admit I’m a sucker for European doors! These are absolutely stunning.
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Thank you. I’ll try to put some local doors out here next week ;-)
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Please thank your coworker from me!
Mine today will be a windmill, but I haven’t written my post yet.
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I love windmills. I’ll be sure to check that out.
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I would say your coworker now has ‘door fever’. He may say they are for you, but we know differently. Once you start noticing doors, it’s nearly impossible to stop 🙂
This is a great selection of noteworthy entrances … as one comes to expect from Europe! I’m intrigued by the fan design of the 3rd door which you think opens. That’s different!!
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I think you’re right, Joanne. Maybe I’m an enabler ;-)
I studied that photo for a while. I think these guys would have been dragging me away from that door if I had been there. I would have been up close trying to figure out all the features. I love the big arches.
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I can imagine you see things in the construction that are ‘invisible’ to the rest of us. I get that with son #2 who is in architecture. Every once in a while he will make a comment about a structure that gives me an entirely different perspective.
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Wow, extraordinary doors. Each one has a story, a history. Thank you, Dan. :)
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Thansk Gwen. I don’t know much about them, but they are beautiful.
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We all need friends like that! He’s provided a great selection Dan.
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He did, indeed, and it was perfect timing. Thanks!
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Quite a bit of craftsmanship goes into their doors, eh? Thank your friend for me.
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Thanks GP. I always marvel at doors like this, especially when you consider the tools available at the time they were made. I’m going to buy him a coffee when he gets back.
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What?! No Corona?
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Sorry about the work bog down Dan. I understand. It looks like your donated doors are amazing though! All so unique. Have a great Thursday.
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Thanks Cheryl. The work things won’t be happening much longer, but this was a chance to help someone who wasn’t responsible for the last minute nature of the request. It was an easy thing for me to do. I thought I might have to skip this post, but then I remembered him sending me these doors earlier in the week. Perfect timing.
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👍🏻👍🏻
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Wow! Those are some serious fabulous doors right there!
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Thanks! And all I had to do was copy them off my phone.
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The first thing that came to mind after I swooned over the pink door was ‘thank you for being my friend.’ I’ll have that song stuck in my head all day. :-) I also appreciated the chuckle at seeing the golden arches and DD no matter where you travel. :-)
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Ha ha – I’m going to try and ignore thinking about that song, Judy. These were a nice thing to have on my phone last might. You’d have to know this guy to understand the importance of McD’s and DD. He only drinks Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, and while he’s no stranger to fine restaurants, he loves going to McDonald’s every now and then.
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The must be such history behind those doors! European history is so much older than our countries!
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I know. It’s remarkable to see doors that are older than anything ever built in this country. I love thinking about how they were made. The craftsmen must have had a strong passion for their work.
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And it has lasted for so long! True immortality!
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The Cathedral doors are awesome.
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Can you imagine the work that went into those doors, Peter? It had to be a labor of love.
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The purple arched double doors are delightfully different. I’ve not seen anything like them before, but could groove on living on the other side of them.
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Those would be nice doors to come home to. Our doors are pretty blah.
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LOL. Yep, door fever is obviously catching. How fun that your coworker thought of you and sent photos. That’s really nice. WP is still messing with me in a huge way. I thought I’d never dig down through Reader to get to your post today, Dan. But being stuborn paid off. Hugs on the wing!
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I have issues with the Reader. I follow a few people who post multiple times a day. I can’t read that many, and it’s tough to wade through them.
It was nice of my buddy to send these. He’s still sending a few. Hugs!
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So you feel my pain about being stuck with Reader to do anything. WP really must want us all to leave. Sigh… onward.
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All the doors are beautiful, but the purple door is my favorite.
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I do like that one, Sandi. Thanks.
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My boss is also on a river tour in Europe. Wouldn’t it be amazing if they were on the same boat? My boss promises to send photos since she wouldn’t let me go along as her official photographer. BTW, I like the way you cropped that photo; I would have kept the lantern, too.
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Thanks CM. Is it a Disney cruise?
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I don’t really know, Dan. All she told me was it’s a cruise on the Danube. I forget where the cruise starts but it ends in Germany.
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My friends are in Germany now. That would be weird.
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Wow. I wonder how many boat tours there could be at the same time in the same place?
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Wow, what a nice collection of doors. It is great to have a friend who was willing to go to Europe to fill in for you. I liked the DD and McD photo. Looked like downtown Dubuque. I’m glad you didn’t crop out that lantern. It made the photo. All in all terrific, Dan
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Thanks John. He might have had other reasons for going, but I’ll go with the doors. I think the door does look better with the lantern.
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😁
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Wow – these are wonderful. How kind of your friend. He even slipped in a McDonalds!
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Thanks! He loves McDonald’s and Dunkin Donuts. The caption on that photo was “”I feel right at home.”
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Some gorgeous shots Dan, full credit and compliments to your coworker friend. It’s also nice to see you’re doing a good job of recruiting for the cause ;-)
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This guy seems to be fitting in nicely, Norm. He travels a lot, and all over the place, so maybe I can continue to collect from him.
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Oh! What an amazing collection of doors! Thank you to your friend for sharing them with you, and to you for sharing them with us. The architecture, the details, the fact that they have been preserved for all these years is mind-boggling. I can’t even pick a favorite… I love them all!
And a McDonald’s and DD practically holding hands!! Doesn’t get better than that!!
🐾Ginger 🐾
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Thanks Ginger. This guy was very pleased to see McD’s and DD together. It’s like someone decided to welcome him to their city.
I love that there are beautiful, working doors that have survived 400 years. It’s a credit to the craftsmen who made those doors. I’ve made doors, but so far, mine longest surviving door is about 20 years old.
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Tag Team Thursday Doors posting… Great call!
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Ha ha – that’s a great way to describe it. Thanks!
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What a fine colleague 👍
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He really is. He’s one of the people I will miss when I retire.
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Of all the addictions you could enable, door addiction is one of the best. :-) Great doors and thanks for leaving the lamp.
janet
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I’m glad everyone seems to appreciate the lamp.
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Please thank your friend for me, they are so beautiful!
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Thank you. I will pass that along.
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So many lovely doors! I like the blue chalet, too. And the purple! The lamp makes that door.
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Thanks JoAnna – I’m so glad I didn’t crop that lamp out.
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Me, too!
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Beautiful doors!
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Spectacular doors. Door in Europe are so amazing. Even the door knockers are unique!
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That’s so true. I’m not sure I’ll ever see these in person, but I appreciate his sharing these with me.
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That first building is the kind of thing that inspired the Storybook Style of architecture, so you KNOW I’m lovin’ that! Aren’t traveling friends wonderful? Two of my American friends went to visit a British friend of ours, and she took them ALL around the London vicinity. They all took door pictures and invited me to plunder them for Thursday posts. And I will. I will!
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Yay – English doors! I was very happy to receive these.
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Gorgeous church doors. They look like they are in Europe. I have some Spanish door photos I would like to share. Maybe next week I will do a “door” post!
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There you go. I’d love to see them.
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How nice of your co-worker to send this series of images in Prague! Beautiful and exquisite doors! Great rescue for an unexpected distraction of having to spend time else where!
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Thanks. I was very happy to see them show up.
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Thanks for these doors, courtesy of your co worker. Thanks too Dan!
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Thank you. It was great to find them.
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Wow!!
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🙂
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Such a great selection of doors – the pops of color and details made for enjoyable viewing.
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Thank heaven you didn’t skip this post! European doors are definitely a thing of beauty on their own.
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Thanks. They truly are remarkable doors and buildings.
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Incredible doors! The last photo is my favorite. =)
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Thanks! I’m so glad my friend sent these.
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Oooo, I love friends to the door rescue. And that red patterned church door is amazing! Which city is that?
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Looking at all of these European doors, it’s obvious that Americans have gotten too practical with theirs. We’re boring.
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We are 🙁. Our good doors are from well earlier than the 60s. Glass and aluminium have ruled ever since.
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I’d say you hit the jack pot with theses doors….
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Thanks Kirt – I got lucky, that’s for sure.
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Oh nice! I love when people bring me doors :) These are excellent samples, so eclectic! I appreciate your leaving the lamp in for me, too. You might have cropped out that sweet vining plant, which I also admire!
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I couldn’t get rid of the lamp. It’s funny (but a good thing) how we think of people. I’m sharing one gifted door tomorrow. I’m completely out of time this week.
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Whoa! Those cathedral doors are simply amazing. Great collection today, Dan. Thanks for sharing it.
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Thanks Paul. I live it when my friends come to my rescue.
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