In Praise of Ordinary

Temperatures outside have been unfit for any creature and I’ve been laid up at home nursing a nasty cold. To entertain myself, I have been poking around in my photo library doing some ‘housekeeping’.

I had hoped to find some hidden gems and a forgotten story to wow you with, but found instead some plain and ordinary doors that had somehow repeatedly dodged my various purges.

Swan Lake, Markham

The one thing they had in common was that they all reminded me of much warmer days.

I decided to toss them all together into a warm hardy stew of doors – no theme, no stories, just plain doors and gates hoping for a bit of attention.

The Mill Restaurant, Cobourg – there has to be a story here. These doors are just too odd.

Still in Cobourg, I found a row of townhouses that all had the same front entrance. I loved the colour, and the door framing, but the winged-dragon light fixture was the winning feature.

Ok – I lied. This was taken at Fort York earlier this month, but compared to the -30C (with windchill) we have right now outside, this was a balmy warm day.

What’s the sign say on the door, you ask?

Coyote warnings were posted everywhere around the site. They must have been shy the day I visited – not a single sighting.

I have a friend whose sister owns a large stable in Aurora. We had a lovely walk around the grounds on a sunny April day.

With a face like that, how could I resist?

Hope you are keeping warm enough through this polar chill …. unless you are in the Southern Hemisphere, and then I hope you are keeping your cool on.

This post is inspired by Thursday Doors, a weekly photo challenge hosted by Norm Frampton at Norm 2.0.