Category Archives: Thursday Doors Challenge

“Come on in the Front!”: Thursday Doors, Oct 13, 2016

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My friend Dianne Hicks Morrow would be the first to call her hundred year old farmhouse on Prince Edward Island a “crooked little house,” Trying to square it up by cropping proved to be impossible.  The floor in the kitchen slopes by inches from side to side and when I gave their grandson a top, it continually whirled in the same direction—down the floor in a straight line from the sink to the wall on the other side of the kitchen.

The front door pictured is, I think, an original. I didn’t do a very good job of  photographing it, but wanted to share it nonetheless.  She’s written a book about this house she and her husband Andrew love so much entitled, “Fixing Up the Farmhouse,” which is a most enjoyable read.  Almost as enjoyable as my week-long visit there in early September, 2016.

For the Thursday Doors Challenge.

Nova Scotia Doorways: Thursday Doors, Sept 8, 2016

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Thursday Doors: Sheridan Inn, Sept 1, 2016

IMG_0532I doubt that these are the original doors to the historic Sheridan Inn, a hotel/restaurant built in 1893 and once managed by Buffalo Bill Cody who would hold auditions for his Wild West Show on the front porch.  The hotel, bar and restaurant are still in operation in Sheridan, Wyoming.


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Mint Bar: Thursday Doors, July 7, 2016

I first saw the Mint Bar (Sheridan, Wyoming) fifty years ago when I came home with friends I met at the University of Wyoming, and it was an old bar then.  Here’s the front door.  If you want to come inside, I’ll show photos tomorrow.  Curious???

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Tile House: Thursday Doors Challenge

Entrance to the Tile House
Fraccionamiento La Floresta, Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico

IMG_9164.jpgIf you think this front door is wild, you should see the rest of the house! Although I was told  it was built by John Robert Powers who founded the Powers Modeling Agency, I later received this comment from Adriana Cornejo, who seems to know much more about the house than I do.  Thanks, Adriana. One of the things I like best about blogging is how much I’ve learned from comments expanding or pointing out misinformation in my blogs. Here is what Adriana says: 

Walter Thornton the owner (not John Robert Powers, who was his competitor) spent 30 years building this house. He bought the house when it was under construction and added many rooms through the years. He traveled to Guadalajara very often to buy tile and had it delivered to the house. Then he worked on the designs, his hands where always blistering from the cement. He employed 2 to 3 people at all times, all this while raising 6 kids. He wanted to build 6 bungalows, one for each kid, but he died before this could happen. The property has 3 bungalows. You can check his bio HERE.

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Look below at barbwit’s comment if you’d like to see another fantastic tile house in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

https://miscellaneousmusingsofamiddleagedmind.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/thursday-doors-december-3-2015/

Dykstra-Brown, Tile House

All Doors Lead to Home: Thursday Doors 8/20/15

All Doors Lead to Home

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