Tag Archives: Thursday Doors Challenge

Open Door: Thursday Doors, Feb. 19, 2016

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It suddenly occurred to me that I’ve been only taking photos of closed doors, but open doors and what they lead to is often more interesting than the door itself.

This statement by okcforgottenman written as a comment to this photograph is so true and so related to this photo that I must reproduce it here:

“I marvel at how Mexican businesses (and some homeowners) build doorways so differently from what I know in the U.S., where our doors are rigidly defined, narrow, and usually closed (even if they automatically open). There in Mexico, the doorways to the shops are usually wide enough to drive a car through, and they stay open, inviting, during business hours. They blur the distinction between being in the shop and being just outside. Viva Mexico!”

And, in case you are wondering what lies obscured by shadows in this photograph, here are two more views:
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La Playa–Thursday Doors, Feb 5, 2016

La Playa–Thursday Doors

This is the street entrance of a beach palapa restaurant a few doors down from the house I rent in La Manzanilla each year.

 

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La Manzanilla Doors: Thursday Doors, Jan 28, 2016

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For such a small town, La Manzanilla has a disproportionate number of little grocery stores.  Dalia’s and Lidia’s are two of the best stocked and certainly the most colorful.  Watch for other doors from La Manz on upcoming weeks.

 

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Art Deco–Thursday Doors, Dec. 31, 2015

Art DecoIMG_0875 I loved the art deco details  of this theater in Peoria, Arizona.  The movie it led us into was fabulous as well.  See “The Danish Girl.” I think there will be at least one Oscar in the works for this one!  Brilliant acting (effervescent!), writing and camera work.

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Thursday Doors Dec. 17, 2015

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This is the door to a residence in Ajijic, Mexico.  The shadows are unfortunate.  I need to try to take this again in the morning some time!

 

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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

The Hummingbird Door: Thursday Doors

The Hummingbird Door

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Remember this image published a few weeks ago? I promised then to tell the rest of the story later, and here it is, below!

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Thursday Doors on Friday

Thursday Doors on Friday

Version 3 IMG_7840 IMG_7841 IMG_7834In a place where square does not rule the day anyway, it was very hard to get a square take on these doors without having the door blocked by the very ugly black street sign.  The more ornate older sign added to the view, but the ugly black one definitely didn’t!!

https://miscellaneousmusingsofamiddleagedmind.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/thursday-doors-november-5-2015/

Open and Shut: Thursday Doors Challenge

OPEN & SHUT

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