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As I mentioned yesterday, I was out of town since last Wednesday. I was in Iowa, visiting my brother. One of the main streets in his town is Duff Avenue. There’s a section of Duff that includes several historic Victorian houses. I knew I wouldn’t be home in time to do much research, so I thought I’d just share the doors on Duff for today. I hope you enjoy them.

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112 responses to “Doors on Duff”

  1. HI DAn, I hope you had a good break after your May marathon. I am amazed by how green the foliage is in your pictures. It is stunning.

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    1. Thanks Robbie. I had a very nice time in Iowa. They’ve had a lot of rain this spring. The farmers were worried about not being able to plant in time, but I think most of them got their crops in. May was a busy month, but it was so much fun.

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      1. Yes, the weather is a little upside down. I’m glad the crops went in, there are going to be stresses on food supplies worldwide with the war in Ukraine so it is even more important.

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        1. Iowa produces an amazing amount of corn and soy beans.

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        2. Hi Dan, I am squeaking in with my post on a Saturday again. https://robertawrites235681907.wordpress.com/2022/06/11/roberta-writes-thursday-doors-a-day-in-my-kitchen-baking-cakeart-michaelspoem/. I look forward to hearing what you think of my son’s poem. He is 16.

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          1. This is why Norm made the challenge a multi-day event. I loved your post, Robbie. Michael’s poem is wonderful. Your doors are great, but there are so many things to love about this post.

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            1. Hi Dan, I am glad you enjoyed it. I was surprised by Michael’s poem. He is very creative.

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            2. I’d say he comes by that naturally ;-) The poem has more depth than I’d expect from someone his age.

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            3. Yes, Michael is a thinker. He has a whole notebook full of poems I didn’t know about. A dark horse [smile].

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            4. That’s pretty cool.

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  2. […] Written for #Thursday Doors – Dan Antion @ No Facilities […]

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  3. […] be sad to learn that the yard with all the tiny houses/doors isn’t sporting any new ones. Dan, thanks for being the door-key-est host around (and I mean that in the nicest way possible.) […]

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  4. […] Posted for Dan’s Thursday Doors […]

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  5. The not Victorian house is lovely!
    Here is mine:

    Thursday Doors – Algarve

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    1. Thanks Sofia. I liked that house, too. I had to include it with the others. I love the stone house and rustic door you found in your archives. It’s a beautiful photo.

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  6. Murphy’s Law Avatar
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    They certainly like their trees and shrubs big in Iowa, not to mention up close to their homes! I too like the “not a Victorian” house. Love all the porches and gables and beautiful windows.

    Great capture of Old Glory with that magnificent deep blue sky as background.

    Glad you had the chance to visit with your brother.
    Ginger

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    1. I think most of these homes (except for the not Victorian) have been carved up into apartments. Ames is a college town. I’m sure that impacts the degree to which the owners care about pruning. I think we should be able to give them a ticket for blocking a clear view of the door. I realized that I haven’t had a flag photo this week. I had to add one. The big porches are my favorite feature on these houses. Take care, Ginger.

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    1. Thanks Sherry. I liked the mix of doors you have for us.

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  7. […] Around the corner form us is the Chelsea Market by the Meat Packing District in Manhattan, New York. Once owned by the National Biscuit Company. It is a fun place to visit and has lots of shops and eateries in it. For Thursday doors st Duff, June 9, 2022. […]

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  8. Duff looks like a lovely place. I love the architecture.

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    1. Thanks Wayne. When we drove by the first time, I told my brother he had to bring me back for some pictures.

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      1. Amazing! I think I would have said the same 😊

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        1. He’s very supportive of my door addiction.

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  9. You and I definitely have the same taste in homes, Dan.

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    1. I knew you would like these, GP.

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  10. […] This is part of Dan’s Thursday Doors challenge. […]

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    Wow, these houses look incredible. I can smell some good fiction stories in these premises :)

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    1. Thanks Damyanti. I need to set one aside for next year’s Writing Challenge.

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  12. Lovely selection of properties, and their doors. Welcome back.

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    1. Thanks Sheree. I had a great time, but it’s good to be back.

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  13. So peaceful. Looks like a great place to live.
    I’ve got museum doors this week. (K)

    Thursday Doors: Zen Garden

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    1. Thanks. I’d love to sit on one of those porches with a cool drink, and watch the world go by,

      I enjoyed your post very much.

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      1. Yes, that appeals to me too.

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  14. I think I could very happily live on Duff Avenue, Dan. And, of course, all those beautiful trees make these houses even more inviting. And one is for sale…!

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    1. Get your bid in soon, Lois. Think of all the fun the cats would have running around in there.

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      1. haha! Oh, yeah! 😹 And they could play with Sundance!

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        1. Sundance would love to visit.

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  15. […] Pat, for her surgery. She has now fully recovered and I want to share this pretty cafe for Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge, for Marsha’s Photographing Public Art Challenge and for Cee’s FOTD Flower of the Day […]

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  16. Hope you had a great break, Dan! Here is my entry for this week! https://mywanderings.travel.blog/2022/06/09/tiny-doors-in-kilmore/

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    1. Thanks Teresa. I had a very nice visit with my family out there. It was fun to get away, but I’m glad to be home.

      Excellent doors today – I love the photo of the gate from the inside (I forgot to mention that on your blog).

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  17. Very nice houses, out there in Ioway. I love the bay windows. My doors this week are mostly back doors, which interest me, for some reason. https://marianallen.com/2022/06/corydoors-mostly-backs-thursdaydoors/

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    1. I’m glad you liked them, Marian. My brother is a good sport. We drove by and I told him he had to bring me back for photos.

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  18. Hi Dan – love those big verandah’s … but interesting range of homes …while the ‘now’ City Hall looks well to do … so pleased you had a good time – cheers Hilary

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    1. Thanks Hilary. The City Hall used to be a school, and then something else. So it’s on its third life.

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  19. Terrific doors. Dan. I wonder how much that house is going for. Ames Iowa might just be the place to pick up something reasonable.

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    1. I’m not sure, John. It’s a college town. Most of these have been carved into apartments. But this looks like it might still be single family.

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      1. Home of the Ames tool company too.

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  20. […] To see more doors, click here. […]

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  21. Gorgeous houses, Dan. I do love a good porch and it’s amazing to see all the green that we took for granted only a few years ago. 😉. Here’s mine for today, almost live from California: https://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2022/06/09/thursday-doorsstroll-by-doors/#RedondoBeach#California#grandsontime

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    1. Thanks Janet. Our spring, and their spring in Ames has been wet and green. We had a drought a few years ago, and I will never take that for granted again.

      You snagged some nice doors today.

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  22. Anne Fraser @theplatinumline.blog Avatar
    Anne Fraser @theplatinumline.blog

    Some of your houses look huge. I have been tidying up my sites and republished this post. Don’t feel you need to comment again. https://southwestrambler.com/discovering-the-history-of-bath-through-its-doors/

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    1. Some of these houses are huge. Many have been converted to apartments (Ames is the home of Iowa State University).

      I enjoyed reading your post again.

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  23. What a delightful neighborhood with beautiful houses. Somehow the red house with green trim stands out to me as “quaint.” Hope you had a good and memorable time with your brother. It was here definitely too quiet last Thurs. Doors. Am happy you’re back. Here my doors.

    THURSDAY DOORS (June 4)

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    1. Thanks Emille. I liked the red house, but it’s not located in the area of the others, and by comparison, it does look quaint. I had a great visit with my brother, but it’s good to be back.

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  24. […] this week’s Thursday Doors, I am sharing recent photos I took of a neighborhood church. I probably mentioned this before, but […]

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  25. It’s interesting how similar the architecture is in these Iowa homes to the homes in my town in SoCal. I have been to Omaha a couple of times and seen houses similar to these as well. Thanks for sharing!
    Here’s mine for this week: https://peacefulatdawn.com/2022/06/09/thursday-doors-june-9-2022-old-church/

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    1. I would certainly expect similar architecture in Omaha, but I’m surprised about SoCal. Still Victorians were popular for a good number of years.

      You have some amazing photos today – thanks!

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      1. Glad you liked them! 😊 Thanks for hosting.

        Now I’ll be sure to include some Victorians in future posts. We have a lot in my town. I think people came from back east to start the citrus groves, so it makes sense that architecture carried out here.

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        1. I look forward to seeing those.

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  26. […] For Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan at No Facilities […]

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  27. I love all your photos. Such cheerful houses and doors. Most clearly you had a most marvellous sunny visit.

    I seized a chance and travelled to Slovenia on a rare doorfree Thursday last week. Here is the first of my many Piran doors to come. https://manjameximexcessive6.wordpress.com/2022/06/09/thursday-doors-9-6-22-piran/#Piran#Slovenia#mailbox#Luka

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    1. Great doors to kick off the summer, Manja. I enjoyed the break. It looks like we both put it to good use. Enjoy your summer.

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  28. I love the one that’s ‘not a Victorian’. It seems warm.

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    1. I like that one, too, Cheryl. I had to include it, even though it was out of the group theme.

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      1. Kinda like me Dan. 🤷‍♀️😉

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  29. […] Have a look at some beautiful doors from Malta for this week’s Thursday doors challenge: […]

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  30. lovely selection. I particularly like the green house in the middle. Is that your book in the ad? congratulations!
    here’s my link, some more beautiful doors from Malta https://theredphoneboxtravels.com/2022/06/09/thursday-doors-beautiful-doors-from-malta/

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    1. That house is one of my favorites, too. I have several photos of it that I didn’t use. I snapped each time we passed by. That is my book. It was released a week ago. I’m working to get the marketing a little less blatant.

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  31. […] the last 2 to 3 weeks. If you would like to see some great doors from around the world pop over to Dan Antions excellent […]

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  32. Lovely buildings, great style, looks like you had fine weather as well, Just posted my selection for this weeks “Thursday Doors”

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    1. Thanks. We had nice weather most days, but we also had some severe storms. One night, we had almost 4″ of rain in less than an hour.

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      1. That’s a fair bit of rain in one go, The weather in my part of the UK has been really cold and wet, picking up now though.

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        1. I hope you have a nice summer ahead.

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  33. Welcome back to TD! The homes are so beautiful; very different from what we have around here. I have a few to share this week from a tour I took of a local artist’s compound.

    Thursday Doors – James Hubbell’s Doors and More

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  34. […] For more interesting doors, and/or to share yours visit Thursday Doors. […]

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  35. petespringerauthor Avatar
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    I live in the redwood country in northern California, right on the ocean. One of our nearby towns is Ferndale, which is well-known for its Victorian architecture.

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    1. petespringerauthor Avatar
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      https://californiathroughmylens.com/ferndale/ I meant to include this link.

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    2. They are beautiful structures.

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  36. Beautiful wooden houses. I’m not very good at the geography of the US, but after looking at the steep roofs, I had a look at the annual snowfalls in Iowa. That explains the roofs.

    Afternoon brilliance

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    1. Iowa is in the middle, north of center. It is such a different experience being there than here in New England. There is so much space, and so many huge tracks of farmland. Their winters are tough, and severe weather happens throughout the year.

      I’m glad you shared your post!

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  37. The house ( and doors) are so beautiful. I could happily live in any of them, esp the first Red house and then the green. Thank you, I enjoyed this. Welcome back.

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    1. Thanks Holly. It was out of the district I was trying to focus on, but I really like that first house.

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  38. They are all so beautiful, the wrap around porch in the green house is gorgeous, they all Blend into the nature around them.

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    1. I like the way they fit with nature.

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      1. It’s really so beautiful. Need a good yard man.

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  39. Pretty doors, clear skies, just lovely.

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  40. […] hope you enjoy my findings and my participation in the Thursday Door Challenge organized by Dan Antion. Ciao. Valentina Amazon Author’s […]

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  41. These are lovely pictures, Dan. The trees surrounding these houses make nice light and shadows, an important element for living in harmony.

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    1. The setting isn’t ideal for getting door photos, but I think I’d enjoy relaxing on one of those porches.

      Looks like you found some good US doors this week.

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      1. They are beautiful homes and I wouldn’t mind either to rest on those porches.

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  42. […] is for Dan Antion’s fun Thursday Doors Challenge. Thank you Dan for […]

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  43. Lovely Victorian houses! The greenery is very nice to, although taking pictures of buildings behind bare trees is easier, of course.
    This is mine for this week:

    More doors from Geneva

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    1. Yes, it is harder to get good door photos in the spring and summer, but I would enjoy an afternoon on one of those porches.

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  44. […] hit it fast and hopefully leave you with a lovely post for this entry of Thursday Doors. These were donated by my youngest daughter. I just never get a bad photo from her. Atta Girl, […]

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  45. That’s a lovely doorscursion! Porches like those need to be mandatory 😊 — First time to post on my iPhone so the link on the blog needs fixed. Will get to it later. Computer is not available currently. https://katytrailcreations.com/2022/06/10/south-main-street-triple-thursdaydoors/

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    1. The porches should be mandatory and people should have to sit out there and talk to passersby.

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  46. […] showcasing Melbourne for Thursday Doors and this week it is number 19 Niagara Lane. A rather grand door and number plate to be hidden down […]

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  47. 102 comments, I think we missed you, Dan. I agree with Robbie about all the green foliage. It is so luscious, You don’t find any of that in AZ. In your case, you almost don’t see the doors for the trees in the summer. :) I was excited to see you had a school but then read it was turned into City Hall. I’m surprised they turned an old school house into a City Hall! Here’s my corrected post. https://alwayswrite.blog/2022/06/11/piles-of-ice-for-this-week/

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    1. It’s funny you mention the school. Here in CT, our town went through the same transition. High school to middle school to Town Hall.

      Great photos today!

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  48. It looks like Duff is a beautiful quiet town, Dan. I could feel the moisture in the air. Welcome back. I love that “not a” Victorian house. Your new release tour is fast approaching. Will you reblog all the posts so we can visit?

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    1. Moisture was not an issue, Miriam. We only got caught in the rain once, but they had almost 5″ of rain that week.

      I am planning to reblog the posts. I am working to have them all be unique. The “not a” Victorian house is my favorite. Well one of. Thsnks for visiting.

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  49. Dan, a Thursday’s doors post doesn’t always have to be backed up with history. Sometimes beautiful doors can stand on their own. They certainly do in Duff.

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    1. I agree, Jennie. These are just beautiful homes, and it works.

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