Welcome to Thursday Doors! This is a weekly challenge for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join us, simply create your own Thursday Doors post each (or any) week and then share a link to your post in the comments below, anytime between 12:01 am Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American eastern time). If you like, you can add our badge to your post.

As you may know, this is a very special week for Thursday Doors. I have teamed up with Cee and her Fun Fotos Challenge (Places People Live) so please welcome those entries to our challenge AND please link your Thursday Doors post to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. To better accommodate Cee’s participants, we will be accepting doors until midnight on Monday. Posts linked by noon Saturday will appear in this week’s Sunday Recap. Posts linked between Saturday and Monday will be added to next week’s recap.

Since it’s a special day, I decided to feature some special doors. And, if you know something about these doors, you have a chance to win one of my books. Of course, if you know something about these doors, you may already own one of my books. Don’t worry, there’s an opportunity for everyone to win (as long as you consider one of my books to be a prize).

If you’re interested in playing, there’s a form for you to complete. There are four questions and there will be one winner, selected at random, from the correct answers to each question. The prize will be a Kindle copy of the book you choose. If you already own all three books—thank you very much—you can select as your preferred prize a copy of what is likely to be the last book in this series (which will be released September-ish). For those of you in countries outside the US, you will receive an Amazon gift certificate to cover the cost of the book you choose.

Note: I’m asking for a leap of faith on that last bit. Amazon customer service says I can buy you a gift certificate by logging into your Amazon marketplace. If that works, that’s how we’ll proceed. Of course, you’re on your honor to use the gift certificate to buy my book. As far as I can tell, there is no way for me to actually gift you a copy of a Kindle book. If the gift certificate process doesn’t work like they say it does—sorry.

Whether you choose to play or not, I hope you enjoy the doors in the gallery. Some are actual doors. Some have been modified to be included in one of the book trailers. All are (or are based on) my own photos.

I also hope you will take a few minutes to look at the doors of other participants, and I invite you back on Sunday for the recap.

If you are in a hurry and don’t wish to scroll through the comments, click to Jump to the comment form.

All five of my current books are now available in audio book form thanks to Amazon KDP’s Virtual Voice process. The voice is AI generated, but I can honestly say, it’s pretty darn good. The audio books are reasonably priced (all below $7 US) and, if you already own the Kindle version and want to add an audio version, you can do that for $1.99. There is a five-minute sample on the book page for each book. If you’re interested, click on any of the Dreamer’s Alliance book links below the image or on the link below for my latest book.

Bridge to Nowhere

131 responses to “Doors and Doors”

  1. An interesting collection. I had to google Sextant Club.
    Turns out that is right up my alley. :)

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    1. Now I have to google it ;-) I’m glad you like the doors.

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  2. That fire truck, Dan. But then the bridge and the (steam) boats too. Lovely collection this week!

    I tried to link to Cee’s challenge ✨️ Great idea.

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    1. Thanks Patricia. I like it when challenges can combine. Have some fun, meet some new people. Thew firetruck is one of my favorite pictures.

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  3. […] Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge and for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge […]

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  4. Another wonderful collection of doors this week Dan! It is interesting to have yours and Cee’s challenge together!

    Here is mine: https://mywanderings.travel.blog/2023/03/29/blue-doors-in-manila-part-2/

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    1. Thanks Teresa. Cee and I combined a couple times in the past. It’s always fun to meet some new people. I loved your doors today.

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      1. Thanks a lot Dan.

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  5. […] few more sunny doors from Sibiu since I’m participating in the weekly Thursday Doors challenge over on Dan Antion’s blog – have a look, it’s only a click […]

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  6. Good luck with your contest, Dan. I’m afraid I can’t answer 75% of your questions 🌍

    This week I have a short video through a narrow, old passageway:
    https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/secret-shoemakers-passage-pasajul-pantofarilor-sibiu/

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    1. Actually I entered the competition, I tried the educated guess approach just for fun. 😊
      Good luck to all. Surely someone will do better than me.

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      1. Well, the end results will be random, courtesy of Microsoft Excel – good luck.

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    2. Thanks Patricia. I put the final question in so everyone had a chance. I love the video, but the first picture of that passage really drew me in. Your is a delightful post.

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  7. […] more #ThursdayDoors visit host, Dan Antion @ No […]

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  8. Great photos, Dan. The first photo with the yellow bridge — Pittsburgh Police River patrol is a study in contrasts for me: land linkages to water. Bridges are always a favorite for me, after trains, of course..
    The firetruck is fantastic… I like the closeup photo!
    Great photo collection all.
    Thank you, too, for linking with Cee’s Fun Foto challenge!
    You sure have done a lot of work also, including the challenge/survey. Thank you for your hard work!

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    1. I’m glad you liked these photos, Suzette. The bridge (one of three identical bridges in that area) is one of my favorites in a city that has over 400 bridges! Bridges, trains, cranes, firetrucks – all favorites of mine.

      Your post is another wonderful mix of your creativity and that of artisans 1,000 years ago. Thanks for joining Cee and me today.

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      1. A pleasure Dan. Your photos are always inspiring.

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

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  10. I love a challenge but confess my ignorance on this. I enjoyed your photos nevertheless, especially the library one.
    Here is mine:

    Thrusday Doors – Glasgow

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    1. Thanks Sofia. If you had a favorite door, you can answer the 4th question and be in the running. I tried to make it easy.

      I loved the bank!

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  11. […] (Brian Dodd) shares photos of doors, but not just any doors. Spectacular doors from his journeys. Dan’s Thursday Doors opened the door on this. I love doors of all sorts. I’ve trawled through my holiday snaps […]

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  12. I love a fire engine. Great photos this week, Dan. Here’s mine. https://misky.uk/2023/03/30/30-march-a-thursday-door/

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    1. Thanks Misky. I have a thing for fire engines (and cranes and bridges and trains and…) You gave us an amazing door today. I hope you have a nice weekend (soon).

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      1. Thanks so much, and to you, too.

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  13. Lots of door personalities here. I think we’ve seen Patsey’s before, yes? But from a different angle maybe? It’s a great back entrance. The wood in the Italian Corner Restaurant is absolutely beautiful, but I think the best for me is that Cathedral of Learning. Isn’t that where your writing started? Seems to me any place that makes your eye move up like that would make words stir all over your brain. What a place to study/daydream! But now what’s up with $20 fried chicken?

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    1. That’s a bucket of fried chicken ;-)

      You are correct, I spent a year studying in that cathedral, and I held a brief stint writing editorials for the campus paper – imagine me, having an opinion… Sitting in a study carrel on the second floor along the perimeter of that grans Commons was inspiring. Unfortunately the Managerial Finance I was supposed to be studying wasn’t.

      We have seen the back entrance to Patsey’s before, but I think a slightly different view. I had to visit that local (Hartford) tavern several times to get the right photo. That’s the length I’ll go for my readers ;-)

      I hope you have a great day and a nice weekend, Maureen.

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      1. You are noble indeed to visit the tavern so many times for the sake of your readers! And I can’t imagine that Managerial Finance wasn’t as inspiring as college Gothic. I’m glad it’s $20 for a bucket — that isn’t quite as heart-stopping. A good weekend to you too, Dan!

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        1. A bucket of chicken. and a few beers. I call that research :-)

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          1. Thank you — I needed that!

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  14. […] The link to the Thursday door beature on Dan’s No Facilities site.. https://nofacilities.com/2023/03/30/doors-and-doors/ […]

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  15. good morning, I agree a lovely collection, the door leading to the fried chicken gave me pause, I liked it’s character… Here is my post for today https://dymoonblog.com/2023/03/30/3-30/

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    1. The characters entering that bar also paused at the door. Inside was even more colorful.

      Thanks for another great bit of advice and some lovely doors.

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    The Cathedral of Learning is spectacular. The Italian Corner Restaurant is no slouch either! Fire trucks are amazing beasts and they have enough doors for several posts. Faith looks more than ready to enter that door to Eat’nPark! Patsey’s has a great back entrance!
    Ginger

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    1. Thanks Ginger. Faith is always ready to enter Eat’n Park, and Abbie (my main character’s daughter) shares the love of that restaurant. The memories of these doors helped me picture the scenes I was trying to write.

      We’re almost done with another week/month. I hope you have a great weekend.

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  17. A different variety of doors, Dan. Great job!

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    1. Thanks GP. I’ll be back on Monday with doors for Cee’s challenge.

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  18. Hi Dan, what a good idea to include a form with questions and a prize of your books. Very clever. I already have them all so I have not entered. I like your doors and will post tomorrow, if time permits – rough work week – or no Saturday.

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    1. Thanks Robbie. I so appreciate your having all of the books. You could still take a shot at a free copy of the next one. I remember work weeks without a Saturday. I am sorry about that. I hope you enjoy whatever amount of weekend you get. We’re open longer for doors this week – I hope yo can find the time, but I’d understand if you just wanted to relax.

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      1. I will participate, but my timing may be a little off but before Monday.

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        1. I hope you get to enjoy some of your weekend.

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  19. Has to be the most varied doors post ever :)

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    1. These are the doors that inspired me…sorta.

      You have some very inspirational doors today!

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  20. I love the noirish feel of your photos.
    I went “back to the garden” this week. (K)

    West Side Community Garden (Thursday Doors)

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    1. Thanks. I’m glad you like the post.

      Your post is uplifting, both for spring and for its history.

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  21. Ooh, a cathedral of learning. Point me in the right direction!

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    1. Since you asked, and since I’m in a self-promotional mood, here’s a previous post on the Cathedral – https://nofacilities.com/2016/12/12/the-cathedral-of-learning/

      If you search my blog (on the sidebar) for Cathedral of Learning, you’ll find several other posts.

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      1. Thanks, Dan! I just took your first tour. How were the acoustics in the building?

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        1. It’s funny you ask that. The ceiling of the Commons was designed to absorb sound. It was always quiet when I tried to study. Still, I was often distracted by where I was.

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          1. I would have been distracted, too.

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  22. Easy Pieces! Cathedral of Learning! I felt like I was on familiar ground, though I’ve never been to any of your places. lol If I ever visit your neck of the woods, I’ll have to take a Dreamers’ Alliance tour. The Chamber of Commerce DOES have a Dreamers’ Alliance tour, right? My doors are random, from around and about: https://marianallen.com/2023/03/thursday-doors-around-and-about/#church#LouisvilleKentucky#dogs#hound

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    1. I will suggest a Dreamers’ Alliance tour to the folks at Visit Pittsburgh. You might not want to go into Easy Pieces (not its real name) but the Cathedral would welcome you and you would wander around for a good long time.

      Your random doors are wonderful, and you added a word to our lexicon.

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      1. :D Yeah, I think I’ll give the real Easy Pieces a miss, if you say so. I’ve probably been thrown out of worse joints than that. No, prolly not.

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        1. Well, the real dangerous guy is dead, so…

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  23. Good doors! The boat ones reminded me of Billy’s boats.
    Best of luck to all who enter the competition!

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    1. Thanks Deborah. I’m glad you liked this, and Billy says hi.

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  24. The Cathedral of Learning–wow! I wouldn’t learn a thing, though. I’d be too awestruck to stick my head in a book and read. 😆
    Easy Pieces–what a great name for a restaurant.

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    1. Everything I know about accounting and finance, I learned in the Cathedral. In other news, my wife still won’t let me try to pay the bills or balance the checkbook. It was a great place to daydream.

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      1. When we first started dating, I took one look at my (future) husband’s checkbook and decided then and there that whatever happend, he would NEVER handle the banking. All these years later, he is happy as a clam that I take care of it. Your wife is very smart. 😉

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        1. She watched me “balance” my checkbook. First, I was working with 2 or 3 months worth of statements. At the end, I scratched out my number and wrote in the bank’s – that’s the last time I was part of the process.

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          1. Oh my goodness! Please high five your wife for me and tell her I said, “Same here!” ‘Balancing the checkbook’ that way has gotta be a guy thing. Lawd. Lawd.

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  25. […] richer tribes had attained, but they had metalworking. The axe was quite functional. In fact the doors to their houses also had a similar functionality: cured and polished bamboo sticks held together by […]

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  26. Interesting doors here, but since I know nothing about them I’ll not play the other game.

    This one here? Of course: https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2023/03/30/the-sacred-hearth/

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    1. That’s fine. Just trying my hand at self-promotion.

      I enjoyed learning about this tribe – shocking revelation about the kitchen!

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  27. Nice eclectic collection, Dan :)

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    1. Thanks Dale. They cover a lot of ground.

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  28. The Italian corner restaurant doors appeal to me– and not just because of the food served in said establishment!

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    1. The woodwork is beautiful. Thanks Ally.

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  29. Dan, very nice to see a shot from inside the Baseball Club on Opening Day 2023. I have seen the Cathedral of Learning at Pitt only from the outside, so it was nice to see a shot of that as well. I was intrigued by those mini-shelves at the top of the walls inside the Sextant Club library also featuring “doors” which the main bookcases have. Very cool look.

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    1. I was trying to find a way to work baseball into the post. I hope the Pirates can scrape together a better record this year, but I’m always glad when Opening Day comes. Doors on bookcases always move things up a few notches, don’t they?

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  30. I like the look of Amber’s Bar but you have a great eclectic group today. The firetruck is another favorite and I want a library like that at the Sextant Club…at least that size. :-) I’m back in California today as I was archive diving as I attempt to get photos off my iPhone and onto my laptop and discs, not the simple task it sounds. At any rate, here they are: https://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2023/03/30/thursday-doorswith-decorations/#HermosaBeach#beachdoors#stainedglass#decorativedoors.

    janet

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    1. All of these are favorites of mine, but that library is lovely. I’d like one just like it. Phones and digital cameras make taking pictures easy, but keeping them organized…that’s a challenge.

      I saw your doors earlier. Very nice!

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  31. Such a wide range of doors that you have on display. :D :D I enjoyed scrolling through your gallery :D

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    1. I’m glad, Cee. None are places people live, but I’ll be there on Monday :-)

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      1. LOL. I just may have to play with you too (without houses) :D :D

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  32. I feel like I’ve just visited Pittsburg!

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    1. You have in a way. I hope you enjoyed it.

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  33. […] Here is my entry for Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge. […]

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  34. Dan, I didn’t know you had books! I definitely will check them out on Amazon when I’m ready to place my next reading order. They look awesome.

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    1. Thanks CM. I hope you enjoy them.

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  35. Doors to the Dreamer’s Aliance series — I love it. Well done, Dan. Big hugs.

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    1. Thanks Teagan. It’s fun to think about the places those characters have been.

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  36. Great doors Dan! I also had to google sextant!! Sorry I didn’t realise there was a joint challenge this week. My doors this week do not show case any doors 😂😂 rather I am showing some of my favourite doorways. https://wrookieschu.com/2023/03/30/doors-of-wordpress-v42/

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    1. Thanks Wayne. Doors, doorways, arches, gates – we keep a loose definition of doors here.

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  37. Hey, Dan. Loved the doors. Fun contest too.

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    1. Thanks John. It’s always fun to think about the world the characters are in.

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  38. Dan, some absolute crackers there. I love those doors in the Sextant Club and the watery scenes too. I am sorry that I have lacked time to enjoy the competition, but hope you get plenty of entries.

    My rather late Thursday doors post is a Croatia leftovers finale: https://scooj.org/2023/03/30/thursday-doors-30-march-2023/#Croatia#Pula

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    1. You had plenty of time on this end, Steve, we stay open until Saturday. I like the doors you brought us to look at. today.

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  39. […] while. Let it be one today, I say, since two challenges call for houses and doors – not just Dan but also Cee – and since today it is my blogoversary! It is NINE years since I started […]

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  40. Sooner or later I’ll get to your books, Dan. These questions are a bit hard, I’m afraid. But if you have based your novels on your door photos, all credit to you. That Cathedral of Learning is hard to beat, but the biggest fan does just that. :)

    Excellent double challenge, just right for my 9th blogoversary. Thank you, both, for making me make a compilation of my favourite houses, and doors, of course. https://manjameximexcessive6.wordpress.com/2023/03/30/thursday-doors-30-3-23-cffc-things-people-live-in/#Tuscany#Rome#Slovenia#compilation

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    1. I am so glad the timing worked out for this celebration, Manja. I keep trying promotional ideas. I’m trying to get ahead of the curve for this next book, but I really don’t want to push people. I very much appreciate your support of Thursday Doors.

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  41. Ok, um is Patsey’s back door right beside the front door? I think my favourite picture is the yellow bridge. That is so eye-catching. Great shot.

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    1. Patsey’s back door is the door on the left of that photo. Actually, that’s the back door of The First and Last Tavern here in Hartford. I use it as a prop for Patsey’s and, as a service to my readers, I have conducted extensive research in that establishment ;-)

      The yellow bridge is one of “The Sisters,” three identical bridges in Pittsburgh that are my favorites.

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  42. A wonderful collection of shots, Dan! I especially like the ones of the Sextant Club. I’d like to sit awhile on those comfy chairs and look around the library. Ambers Bar looks like it has a nice atmosphere. I hope you have a nice weekend. :) Well, here’s my post for this week … https://brendasrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2023/03/31/thursday-doors-st-stephens-cathedral-vienna-austria/

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    1. That library would certainly be my place to relax after dinner, Brenda. I really liked the doors you shared from Vienna. What an amazing building. I hope you have a great weekend.

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  43. Ahhh…. i know these doors. 😊

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    1. I know you do, and you don’t have to worry about getting a copy ;-)

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      1. You are too good to me. 😊

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  44. […] I spied another red door through this narrow arch and had to explore further but I’ll leave that until my next post. If you would like to see the front and interior of this grand old house The Irish Aesthete has a wonderful post about its history with some great photographs. Many thanks for joining me on part 1 of this tour of Florence Court and if you haven’t had your fill of red doors yet I’m sure Dan has one or two over on his Thursday Doors blog. […]

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  45. That photo of the bridge and river patrol is a winner for me, Dan. Love it. I’ve added a link to Cee’s FFC on my blog post.

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    1. This is Jean Reinhardt if your wondering who Anonymous is, Dan. I don’t know how that happened but it’s probably my end as the internet is going a bit nuts today.

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      1. Thanks for joining both Cee and me this week, Jean. That’s one of my favorite bridges. I loved your post today – you have so many things that I like to see.

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    1. You have plenty of time. We don’t normally close until noon Saturday. This week, we’re open until Monday to rock with Cee. And, you have lovely doors!

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      1. Thanks, Dan. Glad you like the doors I picked for this week.

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  46. Excellent melange this weekn Dan – Here are mine https://redstuffdan.com/ThursdayDoors-300323

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  47. At last, an Eat’n Park door! This is the place of your favorite Christmas Ad. Thank you!

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    1. Yes, I had to include that. And that remains my favorite commercial.

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      1. I know, and it is terrific. I’m counting on you to post it every Christmas. 🙂

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  48. […] and I brought our challenges together so we could both offer folks a chance to share some doors. My challenge was doors, as it always is. Cee’s topic […]

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  49. The Cathedral of Learning is exceptional! I quickly googled it, and now I’m even more amazed – by the vision, the structure itself, and its enduring contribution. Wow. Your other photos are incredible as well, Dan. Looking out from the Pittsburg Baseball Club is quite the shot. Have a great day!

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    1. Thanks Gwen. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have had classes in the Cathedral for an entire year. The place felt like home to me, and it was inspirational. I hope to have enough time on a future visit to sit and write in one of the study locations. We only get to one baseball game a year, so we usually treat ourselves to club level seats. I hope yo have a great week.

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