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.
The 2025 badge contest ended in a tie. I was alternating the badge but I kept losing track. You’re free to use the combined badge or either Teagan’s or Ritva’s individual badge.
The first I ever heard of a Cow Parade was in 2000 when there were over 450 life-sized, artist-decorated fiberglass cow sculptures on display throughout New York City’s five boroughs. Our daughter had taken an art course at the Hartford Art School, and one of her instructors had painted a cow, so we went to check it out. We spent a long day in Manhattan, looking at cows. We finally found the one we were looking for, and we had a great time.
According to the Cow Parade website:
CowParade is the largest and most successful public art event in the world. CowParade events have been staged in over 100 cities worldwide since our inaugural event 1999 – CowParade Chicago. cowparade.com/
The Cow Parade returned to NYC in 2021, but the original parade in 2,000 was the largest cow parade ever. But that’s not the cow parade I want to show you.
Two weeks ago, Faith and I traveled to Old Sturbridge Village to see the Cow Parade at OSV. I’m going to take advantage of the fact that I often remind people that every picture that you share for Thursday Doors doesn’t have to have a door. I tried to photograph cows near doors, but I didn’t obsess over it. I think I have enough cows to share for two weeks, so I hope you like cows.
Th featured photo is a cow named Gardenia. She stands at the entrance to OSV and seemed to be welcoming us as we entered.
Also, I will be sharing some other information about OSV with David on Saturday, so if you like thinking/learning about life almost 200 years ago, join us at the bar.
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