This week for Thursday Doors, I want to feature “open doors” as my theme. An open door can be welcoming and seems to invite you in to stay a while. Or it can be a little creepy like last week’s cold storage door.
I discovered however that I actually have very few open doors in my photo library, but not to be deterred, these are a few I’ve managed to find.
From the opulent and ornate …
… to the very plain and purely functional ..
Come on it and stay a while!
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Thursday Doors is a weekly feature hosted by Norm 2.0. Coincidentally, Norm also features an open door! Drop by and take a look.
Hello Joanne, I came in and stayed, opened a few more doors and poked around while sprinkling likes in my wake. I loved my visit and am sad that you have to cancel your Thailand trip. I seem to recall that, and maybe it was mooted back when I visited last – yes, I am ashamed of myself! I’m glad you are on the mend and the ice floe looks less likely. Take care.
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Thanks for the smile this morning … I’m glad I’m not ready for the ice floe yet too 🙂
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Great post! BTW, haven’t see your usual comment on my blog lately, is all ok? Check in…
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Definitely a different approach to get people to visit your site …
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Joanne, the open doors theme is great, and I especially like the Black Creek Pioneer Village door.
In reading the comment previous to mine: I hope you enjoyed your Martini, and I also hope you are continuing to heal!
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Thanks Laurie – I’m doing pretty well. It’ll take a while, but I’m slowing getting there 🙂
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Love the idea of the opened doors – 🙂 – and fav is the cathedral you were married in (congrats on 33 years too)
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Thanks 🙂
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Such contrasting doors, Joanne. I actually like the simplicity of the plain wooden doors.
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Thanks Ruth. I didn’t have many open doors, but the fact they were so very different was rather interesting to me 🙂
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Open doors- what a lovely inviting thing- now, I just want to see what is upstairs in Black Creek!
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We have the same instincts!! I would have loved to peek upstairs 🙂
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What an eclectic and great selection. I’ve been snapping doors for the last few weeks. Can’t stop photographing them.
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Addictive isn’t it? 😉
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yeah…what is that about?
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We have just come back from Italy, and went to the Vatican….crazy with people! I had been to Rome when I was young and it was really interesting, now it is a struggle to get through…I felt sorry for my husband as this was his first visit. Enough already with the crowds!
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It’s rather a shame because the heavy crowds can really take the glow off an experience that should be a happy memory.
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Okay, I’m curious now….I know you are super organized and I would like to get there one day as I do like organization, but how do you store your photos to be able to find pics with open doors among the many you have collected?
Do you keep them off the computer on drives, store on the computer…and if so, how big is your computer…please share…please!
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I have a separate external hard drive where all my photos are stored.
I use a software called Lightroom which provides both photo management and photo editing capability. I’m sure there are other softwares, but this was the one I discovered a lot of bloggers were using.
I’m not going to lie – the software was expensive (about $200 cdn if I remember correctly) and I had to take a couple of courses (through my local camera store) to learn how to use it (I still fumble around a little)
I love the software because I can tag photos with key words (whatever words makes sense to me) that allow me to retrieve photos later.
I currently have almost 17,000 photos stored and tagged in LR. For the doors post, I simply chose the key word “doors” and all the photos I had tagged with ‘door’ come up.
Just to give you some perspective, my external hard drive is 1 terabyte and only about 10% of it is currently used.
Hope this helps 🙂
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Yes this helps tremendously. I bought an external hard drive for back up purposes but could never figure out how to retrieve the files after I saved them. 😦 Which hard drive do you have?
I have heard of Lightroom and had thought about getting it at one point but I really don’t do a lot of editing and I am completely uninterested in Photoshop. I just don’t have time for a lot of editing. Other projects are a priority…digitizing my 35mm negatives before they degrade too much. I do like the tagging idea and that is something I could start implementing and it would certainly be a better tool than racking my brain over which flash drive did I put it on.
My computer is almost full so I have to take photos off of it for now. Between photography and genealogy my computer groans a lot.
Still haven’t decided on a replacement computer. I have the general specs I need for my purposes but I’m not so thrilled with the current options available.
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I have 2 hard drives – both of them “My Passport” bought at Costco. I use one to store all my photos and the 2nd one is for running backups.
I just did a quick search and discovered there are actually free software tools for photo management that you might want to consider
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/10-free-photo-managing-software-you-should-at-least-know/
#9 (Preclick Gold Photo Organizer) in particular looked promising because the short blurb actually included the use of keywords for quick search and retrieval.
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Thanks so much! Hmmm, I think I have a My Passpor. Like I said, I stopped using it because I couldn’t figure out how to retrieve the files. I guess I need to do a bit of Googling and find a video on how to do it. I see a light now at the end of the tunnel. 😀
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… I don’t understand. Retrieving your files should be very easy. You are selecting the Passport to save your files to … your computer has assigned a Drive to it.
Reading from that same Drive should be the same thing.
Am I missing something?
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Probably not…but I surely was missing something. I will take a look at it with new eyes, then I let you know if I have any confusions.
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I tried looking at My Passport again. I was able to open it but had to open quite a few files to get to my photos. I think I’ll get another one just for photos. Thanks for the help!
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Glad I could help 🙂
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Nice theme with the open doors, Joanne. They are all beautiful, even the plain wooden wooden ones, but my favorite is from Oslo. Such lovely ornate work. Must have taken the craftsmen extra effort to finish.
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I’m sure there is some kind of story behind this door. Sadly I don’t even know what building this door was on.
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That’s okay, Joanne. I’m pretty sure when you were in Oslo, you weren’t thinking someday you’d need the background for a Thursday door post. Right?
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Exactly 🙂
… although now I’m getting much better at finding out background information on stuff I’m photographing!
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And are you like me? Seeing an open doorway I have to have a peek inside… much to my OH’s chagrin. He usually bumbles off in the opposite direction pretending he doesn’t know me.
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hehehee!! Of course! That’s why the door’s open, right?!
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Great idea to go with open doors this time! My fave is the brown door next to the cute green staircase 💕
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That one’s turning out to be a heavy favourite 🙂
I could not have predicted that!!
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I love the shot of the simple door paired with the simple green stairs.
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I agree. There is something very appealing about the simplicity of this setting 🙂
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Open doors are often irresistible, aren’t they? When I go on walks with my 3-yr-old grandson, he has to visit every shop with an open door and talk with the salesperson. Great photos, Joanne. They brought a smile 🙂
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I love 3-year-olds. They are just so precious at that age 🙂
… but it’s so true – open doors are an invitation that even a 3-year-old recognizes!
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These are nice contrasting yet complimentary images, Joanne. The Oslo door looks similiar to St. Peter’s Jubilee Door.
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Thanks … I had been thinking the same thing. Before I posted this, I actually went back and looked at the Jubilee Door in comparison.
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I’m with Heather I can’t seem to keep up with what day of the week it is! I will admit the sight of the Vatican door and the crowds made my hands sweat. The Oslo door looks like a whole story to be told and that one might need to be a weight lifter to open it. 🙂
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I didn’t particularly enjoy the Vatican for a number of reasons – that being one of them. I wish I had taken more photos, but quite frankly, the longer I was in there, the more stressed I started to feel.
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I hear you. We literally ran to the gates at 5pm and got in. We didn’t see everything but there aren’t any crowds.
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I didn’t see everything either because … well, crowds
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Those tourists:)
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Some let the warmth out and others seem to welcome in a warm “Hello”
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🙂
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Beautiful open doors Joanne. I sometimes wish I could go up and close doors to get a better photo, but I always like seeing open doors on a church. The barn doors at the bottom are my favorite. It seems so welcoming.
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I really like the barn photo too.
When I took the photo, I was initially annoyed at all those people in the door way ‘messing up’ the scene, but later when I looked at the photo again, I realized the people are what I really liked about it.
… and that’s what gave me the idea for this post 🙂
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That’s pretty cool. I like knowing those details.
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Me too! I love hearing the back story on a story! 🙂
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Joanne, the ornate doors leave me in awe while the simple ones, represent time passing with heritage displayed. Hard to choose, so will proclaim appreciation of both styles and periods in time!
Hey, I was showing off your Ironman photographs to my running brother. 🙂 He is able to run marathons but has only entered a few “half-Ironman’s!” He was quite sympathetic about your railroad accident. Anyway, hope you are healing up and will not face pain for long. . .
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Thanks Robin, that’s very kind ❤
I tried to get on my bike on the indoor trainer this morning, but it was a mistake. Definitely not ready yet!
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No, you must not juggle the head, neck nor collar bone. Too sore, Joanne! 😦
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I love this theme! What a gorgeous idea. I follow several “door” accounts on Instagram. Always inspirational. Now I have a cozy place to come on Thursdays, too.
I hope you’re having a great summer, Joanne!
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Hope you’re having a great summer too! 🙂
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Think even I might have to duck for that 4th one!
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Interesting … I had to go back and look at the photo again because I didn’t remember it being a short entrance way.
It’s funny how the photo does seem to make it look very low … but it wasn’t.
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Oh how interesting – guess must be the stairs that is making me think that!
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I’d say you did pretty well!
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Thank you kindly 🙂
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Great variety of open doors. I like barn doors.
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There’s just something very … wholesome … about a barn. I can’t help but be attracted to them. Not enough to actually want to go in though 😉
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I love the Open Door theme this week! My favorite is the plain brown panel door next to that lovely green staircase. Green is my favorite color and that shade of green is lovely. The patterns of the panels, stairs with that bucket of kindling make a lovely composition.
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I love this photo too for exactly those reasons. For me, this scene is just very inviting.
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Ooh! You really did run the gamut today! I like the old wooden pioneer door best, especiallynext to the spare green staircase. Well done 🙂
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That one seems to be winning today. I love the simplicity of this scene 🙂
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Me too.
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Wow, impressive collection! I like the Oslo door best, which building is it from?
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I’m embarrassed to admit I really don’t know. I’m a terrible tourist … half the time I have no clue what I’m looking at.
I was kind of hoping someone would recognize it and let me know!
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Joanne, if I’m not mistaken, those are the front doors to Oslo Cathedral. I even found a link for you…. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/74706099
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Wow! You’re good! 🙂
Thanks 🙂
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A lovely eclectic collection Joanne. I can imagine it’s almost impossible to take a picture at the Vatican that doesn’t include other tourists trying to take pictures 😉
The Olso one is my fave.
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If you don’t like crowds, the Vatican is a special kind of hell. I considered not including this photo, but decided that crowds simply are a part of being a tourist in Rome.
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I like the door from Oslo. Nice carvings.
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Thank you. I wish I had paid more attention and knew exactly which building this photo comes from. I’m sure there is a story behind these markings.
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I like all the doors here! And I like how you chose to include open doors, it’s welcoming 😊 – Michelle
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Thanks 🙂
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The frequency with which these door posts are appearing is freaking me out. Not that I don’t love them, I really do, and this is another lovely one (love the Oslo door) but geez, is it Thursday again already??
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Funny – I was thinking the same thing.
I’m not doing a whole lot of anything right now, yet the days are falling away from me. I’m afraid to blink for fear July will disappear.
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And I’m already at the end of it! It’s nearly Friday! Crikey!
(I realise it’s somewhat illogical to be exclaiming “It’s Thursday??” when I should have been aware of that by now. I guess it’s realising how little time it seems since last Thursday.)
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YAY! It’s almost Friday … aka Martini Day 🙂
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I’Il drink to that! *hic*
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Soon. Very, very soon 😉
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