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.

Today’s gallery contains doors gathered while I was running errands this past week. There’s nothing special about them, but that’s OK. I wanted to have some time to remind people about the Third Annual Thursday Doors Writing Challenge.

We are still gathering door photos that will serve as inspiration. We have over 25 doors so far, but there is no limit. What might inspire one writer, might not inspire another. It’s easy to submit a door, simply send it, or a link to it, to nofacilities at gmail dot com

As for the writers out there, you can look at the doors we’ve collected so far on the TDWC page. The way the challenge works is simple. Find a door that inspires you to write something – anything will do. Write it and post it on your blog. Leave a link to your post in a comment on the TDWC page.

Note: If you want to join the writing challenge, but don’t have a blog, send your entry to the same email address listed above (the NoFacilities one). I’ll post your story on this (my) blog under your name. Please be sure to include your information in the email.

You can start writing whenever you like. You can post your entry whenever you like, but the challenge begins on May 1st. During the challenge, I will create and maintain the table of entries on the TDWC page, and I will promote the published entries as best I can. At a minimum, I will summarize the challenge activity each Thursday during May and in each Thursday Doors Recap. I will also summarize the challenge after it ends on May 31st.

I hope you enjoy the doors I’ve gathered for today. I also hope you will visit some of the other participants. Their links can be found in pingbacks and comments below.

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138 responses to “Running Around”

  1. Blue my favorite w turrets but I would not want toPaint all those “columns” on the one with colored stripes on upper right

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    1. Columns and balusters, I’m with you on that. Our railing are vinyl. I don’t even like cleaning them.

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  2. Great photos Dan ..I really like the turrets must make for interesting rooms! The competition sounds interesting too 💜

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    1. I’d love to have a turret room to write in, but id totally does not fit our house. I hope you’ll think about joining the challenge. Pick a door, have some fun. No pressure. See you Saturday!

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      1. I have secretly been thinking of that 💜

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  3. I take it you started quite early in the morning with your errands, by the sunlight reflection.

    The house in image #14 has an eye on the roof!

    Good collection.

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    1. My first stop was a 7:30 am haircut appointment. I stopped at the park near the river on my way there. I always used to stop at that park on my way to work.

      The eyebrow window is one of my favorite features to find on houses.

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      1. Aren’t habits something!
        In Romania, hairdressers are this matinal too. Not here.

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        1. I’ve been going to this barber for 41 years. I met him the same day I met my wife.

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  4. Splendid doors, Dan. I am always amazed at how often doors feature in my writing. I will definitely join in the challenge. I don’t have many doors at the moment as we never travelled at the end of last year. I hope to get some new ones while I’m in Cape Town in early May and in St Lucia in July.

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    1. I look forward to your writing, Robbie, and to your future doors. I’m very interested in doors from St. Lucia. I had a good friend who was from St. Lucia. One of the nicest men I ever knew.

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      1. I am really looking forward to the break, Dan.

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  5. Great photos Dan, I love the turrets they must make for interesting rooms !
    The Doors competition sounds very interesting, as I have said before a novel idea 💜

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    1. Haha – Thanks Willow. One of the stories I wrote last year might make it into a novel in the future.

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      1. That sounds very interesting 🌹

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  6. Dan, it was really fun to look at the things you see while you’re out and about. Thanks for the great photos.
    My post is a Door to Indie Books. I made a connection from my featured author to Kipling — and that let me include a fun video too.

    #ThursdayDoors to #IndieBooks — Kamal Roohani & “A Poet’s Touch”


    Hugs.

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    1. Thanks Teagan. Sometimes, the ordinary things we see in a day are too interesting to forget.

      I really enjoyed your post. A new poet and my favorite entertainer. Good job!

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  7. I like your photos today and I am excited to read about the annual Thursday Doors writing challenge – I do have a doors photo to submit and will try and get it to you soon – it is one that ha d a few boards acorss the entrance and I took it for Thursday doors not thinking of the writing challenge – but now that you mentioned it – perhaps that image could be a good sory starter (or not) but it is so good to have options (as you noted)

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    1. Thanks Yvette. You can send that to me via either email address. It’s always fun to see where certain doors take peoples’ thoughts.

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      1. Ok – I will send it soon

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  9. I love these ‘errand doors’ and of course you know I am an admirer of the beautiful architecture in your neck of the woods.

    My doors this week are from Bristol Zoological Gardens: https://scooj.org/2023/04/20/thursday-doors-20-march-2023/

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    1. Thanks! And thanks for sharing the last look at some wonderful doors.

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  10. Love the historic properties

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  12. So many interesting buildings but the office one is wonderful.
    Here is mine:

    Thursday Doors – Sintra

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    1. Thanks. I drive by that office every week.

      I really like your post today, and the link to the previous one. I’m glad you kept up with this challenge when I took over as host from Norm.

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      1. It’s our doors loving community :D

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  13. These are some great old homes, and I agree that the yellow house with the sun blasting through those new leaves is a great portrait of spring. Needless to say, I am partial to any building that says “Bakery.” Thanks for taking us along on your errands!

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    1. Thanks Maureen. It’s hard to pass up a bakery :-) Thanks for tagging along.

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  14. Some lovely old houses. Love the turret.

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    1. Thanks Sherry. There’s something about a turret. I wish I had a room in one.

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  16. […] For those of us who are photo buffs, it is always interesting to me how we are each and everyone of us, so unique in the way we capture our memories. How we visualize the moment before us. There will be many more doors for you to see and visit … simply visit the following link to Dan’s No Facilities site.. https://nofacilities.com/2023/04/20/running-around/ […]

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  17. Good Morning, some grand old homes you have today, I revisited Sharon Springs,NY, here is my post https://dymoonblog.com/2023/04/20/thursday-7/

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    1. Thanks. And thanks for sharing those photos. Sharon Springs looks like a very interesting place.

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  18. I’m always in for turrets and wonderful porches. The last turret pic my fan. Have a goid rest of the week.

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    1. Thanks Frank. I wish I had room for a big porch and a turret.

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  19. Hello Dan,
    Your photo essay of your travels is spectacular! I enjoyed them all. The sheen on the first photo (also the third) looks like a space movie scene with the red sunlight washing the modern buildings.
    The white building (porch turned front room) with the green door has a rather medieval roof style. I like it!
    Great effect of the sun beam on the last photo! Wow.
    Thank you.

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    1. Thanks Suzette, and thanks for joining us today. The doors you shared are magnificent. I had the same thought about that last white house. It looks like it’s much older than it probably is.

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      1. Oh, excellent. It an amazing photo!

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  20. The houses look great, especially with porches, but I do miss having a diner!!!

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    1. There is something about a diner, isn’t there? I managed to get a diner, a bakery and a bar. I’m lucky I got these errands run ;-)

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      1. That’s true, you don’t see bakeries around here anymore – just inside the grocery stores. Bars we have. If you don’t swim, what else is there too do in Florida? Oh, I know – go nuts and run for political office!!

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        1. Haha – I don’t live there, but if I did, I’d give you my vote 😊

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  22. I am on team turret. Any place with a turret has to be a winner. Well done to the photobombing birds in the first one as well :)

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    1. Those birds were on a mission that morning. Seems like a lot of us would like a turret.

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  23. I particularly like the old houses, such interesting architectural details. I’ve always been a sucker for eyebrow windows, too.

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    1. These houses are so much more interesting than what is being built these days. I really like finding them.

      By the way, since it’s not a regular feature, I like to give people a heads up. Grief Songs will be one of the books featured on Two Review Tuesday next week.

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      1. Thank you for letting me know about the Grief Songs feature, Dan!

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  24. […] I am joining Dan Antion over at https://nofacilities.com/ where he runs a series called Thursday Doors. […]

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  25. You live in a very interesting place with a variety of doors to share. Here is my post for this week. I can never stop at one door it seems. https://darlenefoster.wordpress.com/2023/04/20/thursday-doors-the-united-arab-emirates/

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  27. I enjoyed your gallery, especially the warm light in the first photo, the mural, and that office building.

    My post is fresh from last week in Slovenia. For today’s poem we had to imagine what the future would say about us and our ways. I recently had the same thought as I crossed a certain bridge. Have a look: https://manjameximexcessive6.wordpress.com/2023/04/20/day-20-thursday-doors-20-4-23-aliens-and-little-men/#Ljubljana#Slovenia#bridge

    As for the writing challenge, I noticed that you have included both my last week’s photos. I think there is no need for both to be among the offered doors as they are quite similar. Please, choose the one you prefer, and if you agree, replace the other with today’s green door. You’ll know which. I love the collection gathered already! Plenty of choice and character.

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    1. I’m glad you liked these, Manja.

      I wasn’t sure which of your doors to use, so I took them both. I snagged the green door and I’ll swap it out later. I think that will make a nice addition to the group.

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      1. Very good, Dan. If I were to choose I’d say keep the second photo, where the door is seen from the side. Thank you!

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  28. Vinal is final. Except you still have to clean it. I will take a slightly dusty porch and a warm day and somehow skip ahead to the beer part even though it is not Saturday…

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    1. Everyday on the porch is Saturday, John ;-)

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    Dan, the first photo is spectacular with the sunlight giving the buildings a bronze cast….but those birds take the prize!

    I love the turrets and dormers, arched windows and doorways. I like the arched windows and the porch on the home where they introduced multi-colored vinyl at the gable ends, but I don’t like that feature at all. Looks so out of place to me.

    Sorry to see so many closed businesses. Same thing here. Same thing everywhere!

    The blast of sunlight on that sunny yellow house is perfect.

    Ginger

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    1. I’m glad I included that sunshine house, Ginger. It just screams spring. I know what you mean about the multicolored gables. The house is interesting, but I’m not sure I’d like it. I sure wouldn’t want to paint that porch, but I’d like to sit on it on a cool evening.

      The birds were all over the place that morning at the river. The area in Hartford where most of these photos were taken rises and falls. By this time next year, someone else will be trying to make their fortune in one of those buildings.

      I hope you have a great weekend.

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  31. […] I saw this door in Thessaloniki. If you want to see more doors, click here. […]

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  32. Your photos show beautiful ordinary doors that are unique to me.

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    1. I think that’s what I love about doors, Ally. So many and most all of them are unique.

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  33. That first photo is so pretty–what a way to open a gallery! And that blast of color in your last photo–fabulous, Dan! You know, I think I could happily live in a turret. I’ve no idea what they are like inside, but they look beautiful.

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    1. Give me a turret and a front porch and I think I’d be happy, Lois.

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  34. […] Family had found the sculptures above the entrance door of the jagamohan. The nine figures represent the navagraha, the nine planets. These include the […]

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  35. It may be just a random selection, but it has a few really nice ones. The light in that first photo, the mural in the second …

    From me this week: https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2023/04/20/love-and-war/

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    1. Thanks. I do like the light in those photos.

      I very much enjoyed your post today.

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  36. I love the turret homes, especially the first one. So much character!
    And the doors on the writing challenge page are really growing. Several of them are caling my name, but I no I won’t have the time. Still….I love looking!

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    1. Thanks Mae. I’m beginning to wonder why all homes don’t have turrets.

      Keep looking at those photos. Maybe one will call your name louder – you never can tell.

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  37. The sunrise over Hartford that morning was gorgeous.
    I have always like the Victorian turrets and dormers and big porches. You’ve got a lovely collection of doors and buildings in this post. The eyebrow window was a nice bonus. 😃
    I hope you all have a lovely week-end!

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    1. Thanks Deborah. Those details are so appealing. I wish I could add one of each to our house, but then I’d be “that guy” ;-)

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  38. A great collection. I love turrets and porches.

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  39. Dan, I didn’t realize what a big turret fan I was until visiting this site. I really have come to appreciate them and now keep a lookout for more when out and about. I just think that’s a very cool architecture design.

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    1. They are a wonderful feature. I wish we could add one.

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  40. So many great doors to choose from already! Plenty of inspiration. (K)

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    1. Thanks! I hope you can join us.

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      1. I’ll do my best.

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  41. Some wonderful houses in your gallery today, Dan. Not every door can be unusual or exquisite so everyday doors are good too.

    Thursday Doors…miscellaneous California doors

    janet

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    1. There are so many that I pass on a regular basis. I need to collect more.

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  42. Lovely doors, Dan! I missed the challenge last year. I won’t miss it this year. Let me find a door or two to submit!

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    1. I hope you can join us in May, Miriam. You don’t have to contribute a door to participate, butthe more images we have, the more likely people will find one (or two or three) that resonates.

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      1. Sure, Dan! I’d like to find a door or two to contribute.

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  43. I love these Dan. So many amazing houses and porches! Boy you guys love your porches haha. I really like the smaller house, almost cottage looking that once had a porch but could now be a bedroom. I’m still working in my doors as we were out enjoying the sun all day yesterday (it’s a rare thing in Ireland).

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    1. I wish we had room for a large open porch, Wayne. We have a small one, but it isn’t the same. I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying some sun.

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      1. Oh I would love a porch of any size Dan 😊

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    1. Those are beautiful.

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      1. Many, many thanks 😊

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  44. Hi Dan – well I admire you for setting out this challenge … I must look in on some of the entrants. I’d rather live in an interesting building … not a square box … my father had an interim house at one stage ‘he called it the biscuit box’ – it was! These are a great selection – the one with the red cross box flummoxed me for a while … but always interesting – cheers Hilary

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    1. Thanks Hilary. The doors provided so far (there are more to come) are certainly inspiring. The writing contributions will start soon.

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  46. A very nice collection of doors, Dan. I like the house with the slim turret (I wonder what it’s like to live and furnish a round room) and the symmetry of the house where the front room was once a porch. Here’s my contribution this week: https://natalietheexplorer.home.blog/2023/04/21/outside-the-box-people/

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    1. I don’t know about most people, Natalie, but I’d love to have a small desk in a turret room. I think it would be a great place to write.

      Thanks for the fun group of doors you shared!

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  48. I love the one with the turret as well as the yellow house which has a burst of sunlight.

    Here is my entry for this week: https://mywanderings.travel.blog/2023/04/21/cruden-farm/

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    1. I’m glad you likes the burst of sun, Teresa. I almost left that out.

      Your photos are beautiful!

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  50. Your feature photo with the bird flying overhead and the colors hitting the buildings, That one is pretty great.

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    1. Thanks. I was there at the right time. The birds were everywhere that morning.

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  51. Of course I love that last shot the best!

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    1. I’m glad I included that one.

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    1. Thanks Robbie. Great post. I hope you’re enjoying the weekend.

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      1. I am but I’ll have to work tomorrow. The corporate siren song 😉

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  52. A truly awesome collection of doors! Love all of them!

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