I’ve been having a bitten-off-more-than-I-can-chew kind of week, so I didn’t think I would have the time to put together a post for this week’s Thursday Doors – that is until I was inspired by Norm’s post about a long-forgotten door. You can read about it here.
So here is my hastily put-together contribution for the week – with very little story behind them.
The rack of swords beside a phantom door struck me as interesting.
This abandoned entrance belongs in a spooky tale about sorcerers, magic, and the battle between good and evil.
The bricked up entrance to a former German bunker on the cliff overlooking the English Channel … it really was in a battle between good and evil.
I am however at a complete loss to explain the scoring on walls.
Sometimes abandoned, long-forgotten doors are simply the most intriguing.
My Life Lived Full 
Some very different doors here. I am a fan of doors too but rarely post doors anymore. It is nice to stop by and see yours.
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Thanks 🙂
The challenge I’m having with doors now is that I’m getting really picky. There has to be something different to capture my attention. Sadly, many doorways are simply utilitarian now.
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It sounds like you have covered quite a few?
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More than my fair share 😉
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I especially love the third but am afraid that evil has found a way past that barrier because is getting all ‘crazy’ again.
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Isn’t that the sad truth!! I feel like the crazies are in charge right now and are just warming up.
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So I am so intrigued by that final wall with the ‘scoring’ as you called it. I’ve been looking at it for a good several minutes trying to imagine its purpose. My only reasoning is camophlage from the air or afar? It is the outer wall of a German bunker so kind of makes sense? Whadyathink?
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That was my first thought too … except I thought it drew attention to the structure rather than diverting it. I probably wouldn’t have paid any notice to this building if it hadn’t been for the marks in the wall.
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Ok, more detective work needed!
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not sure how to reach you.. I am a friend of Donna’s and she suggested we meet when I am in Toronto next week. Ann
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I just sent you a message with my email address through the contact page on your site. Hope to hear from you soon 🙂
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There might be a problem with the contact me plug in as I did not get your message. Could you try again?
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Hi Ann – I’ve sent a second message. If it doesn’t work again, my email address is blazesisco@gmail.com.
My week is pretty packed but hopefully we can find a time and place that works. Joanne
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HI Joanne. My email is placerdig@gmail.com
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Email should be placerdog@gmail.com
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Ha! I love this creative take on the Doors, Joanne. A bricked-up door is still a door! These are very intriguing. Well done. Hugs on the wing.
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Glad you liked them. We think alike – a ghost door is still a door 🙂
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Hi Joanne,
You always manage to put together something very interesting!
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Thanks 🙂 I try!
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Seeing the bricked up doors really creates a feeling of mystery and intrigue. With the swords beside the first one I have to wonder if what went on inside involved the use of the weapons. Gulp!
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That’s where the imagination takes over and then anything is possible 🙂
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That last one in France is fascinating. I’d love to know what the scoring is all about. – Marty
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I’ve pretty well exceeded my research abilities with google, but I keep hoping that someone will figure it out!
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I love doors! Even without a lot of prose, they’re fascinating:). Hope your week slows a bit!
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Actually, it’s just the opposite. Things are really starting to ramp up as the nicer weather settles in. I have to cram in a lot of outdoor activities in a few short months!
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What a fascinating trio of portals. Thanks, Joanne!
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Thanks! 🚪(that’s the best door emoji I could come up with. I know, it’s rather lame …)
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They are intriguing, aren’t they? And to know the stories behind them would be cool Perhaps mundane, but perhaps…
Hope your week calms down, Joanne. Have a great weekend. 🙂
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Thanks Diana. I hope you have a nice weekend too …. and Happy Mother’s Day 🙂
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Those are definitely intriguing!
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I’m glad I got to use them in a post 🙂
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Hi Joanne, These doors are amazing. The spooky door already feels spooky to me. I suspect there is an aura of mystery about them, especially when you are only a few feet away. After reading your Thursday doors posts, I definitely pay more attention to doors everywhere.🙂
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I think I’ve said it before – once you start noticing the doors around you, it becomes addictive!
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Never mind if the walls could talk – if only these doors could talk! Each one prompts a story in its own way. Love it, Joanne.
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I can just imagine the stories!! … and I suspect some of them aren’t pretty 😳
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Dang, I was going to ask about the scoring on the wall… where’s the Time Team when you need ’em, eh?
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That scoring is so intriguing. It’s clearly deliberate – but for what purpose?
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Love your finds. The german bunker and castle are very interesting forgotten doors.
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There is something about a ghost door that seems to grab my attention. Glad others seem to agree 🙂
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Great pictures, Joanne. The last image in particular stands out for me.
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There’s just something very compelling about it in spite of – or maybe, because of – all those the straight lines.
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Hi, Joanne – I am so glad that Norm inspired you to put this post together. These “forgotten” doors are incredibly intriguing. I agree that they would each fit seamless in a frightening tale!
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I wish I was a storyteller. As you say, these doors are begging to be featured in a good hair-raiser.
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Very unusual collection of doors, Joanne.
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Thank you! Mission accomplished 🙂
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I’m wondering if the scoring on the wall was intended to serve as some sort of camouflage. I love the step back in history, with these fantastic photos.
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I wondered about that too, but for me it seems to do the opposite … it grabs your attention rather than diverts it.
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These are wonderful, Joanne. I especially like the ‘please check your swords at the door’ photo. And the arched doorway in the second one…..For a quick slap-together, you did great!
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You come up with the best captions! That’s a good one!
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That last one is intriguing! So no more apologies: the doors ARE the story:) Thanks for looking at mine!
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I thought they pretty well talked for themselves too. Thanks!
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Unique doors especially if you slapped them together fast!
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I love it when inspiration grabs me and I can pull off something that works very quickly 🙂
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I was liking the wall in that last one till I realized what it was. What a time in history that was. Nice post.
Pat
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That wall still puzzles me to no end. We saw many old bunkers along the Normandy coast, but this was the only one with these unusual lines.
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Wonder what that was all about.
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I agree with what others have said, ghost doors are pretty cool. These are great.
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Have you ever noticed though that sometimes you get strange looks from people when photographing something like a ghost door? It’s a look that says something like ‘whaaaat?!’. I distinctly remember getting one of those when I took the photo with the swords 😏
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I got a look like that when I took pictures of a ghost window next to the High Line in NYC. It was bricked-up and still had iron bars over it. Who wouldn’t take that picture?
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The iron bars were just begging to be noticed!
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You did good! I haven’t taken any door shots in so long, I’m embarrassed every week when Thursday rolls around. 🙂
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I have the opposite problem, Judy. I have SO MANY photos and so many ideas for posts but my days are too packed with other stuff to put the thought and energy into my blog. I’m not complaining though 🙂
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These are definitely unique, thanks for sharing!
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Thanks 🙂
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You are welcome!
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A picture is worth a thousand words. Love the second click! I have been following your door posts. I have been a bit silent but I have been visiting. Doors are lovely to photograph!
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Thanks so much for the comment 🙂
I agree that doors are quite intriguing and once you start photographing them, they become a bit addictive 🙂
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Great doors! I do like the swords…so unique.
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I don’t remember exactly which room this was in but I think it might have had something to do with torture 😳
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Lol! No doubt! 🙂
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Not bad for just pulling something together! Bravo.
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Thanks. With inspiration, it’s remarkable how quickly something can get pulled together 🙂
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I like those swords…surprised no one takes them.
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I suspect that case is not so easy to open.
It would be a rather unique thing to mount on your living room wall 😉
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Yes, I knew people who had an assortment of Mexican swords displayed in their living room.
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Well, when it comes to strange things in living-rooms, I have a paddle, a Masai spear, and a sword … not sure of its pedigree 😏
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Very Cool!
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Thanks 🙂 My friends and family just think we’re odd 😏
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I’ve always had a soft spot for the odd ones! 😉
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I do like ghost doors and having been to Normandy/Omaha Beach/et al, I can appreciate your others as well. A battle between good and evil indeed! Unfortunate that one of our allies was an even worse devil than the one we were all fighting (and had to fight, of course.)
janet
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A different time with different challenges 😕
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I’m with Norm. I like ghost doors, too. I think your photos are lovely and speak for themselves. Nicely done.
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I gratefully accept the applause 🙂
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Ghost doors have always been among my favourite kind of doors. The stone work on the first one almost blends in seamlessly, and the last one give me shivers for what it once was.
See it’s never too late to slap together a good doors post 😉
Nicely done!
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Inspiration comes at unexpected times and it when it does, throwing a post together is effortless. Thanks for the nudge 🙂
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