Sometimes, Charlie drives when we go to Louisville. I like that, because I can snap pictures of interesting doors as we whizz past. It doesn’t make for good focus, and it doesn’t make for good composition.
I do have a couple of nice ones, though.
Who would have thought they had fires in Dreamland?
And my favorite:
OMG, I love Storybook Style!
There is so much Storybook architecture in Louisville! If you don’t know what Storybook Style is, I highly recommend this book or this website.
Thursday Doors is the brainchild of Norm Frampton, photographer extraordinaire. Visit his web site, enjoy his beautiful photos, click on the blue frog link, and enter a world of doors.
A WRITING PROMPT BASED ON MY POST: Write about a Storybook Style house.
MA
Dan Antion
April 19, 2018 at 7:16amI suppose the fires happen on Nightmare St. in Dreamland.
Marian Allen
April 19, 2018 at 8:36amLOL — That makes sense. Or … Elm Street!
Norm 2.0
April 19, 2018 at 9:10amSo you guys were driving downhill then? Kidding!!! đ
That’s some serious chimney on that second one, maybe that’s the reason they need the fire dept.
Marian Allen
April 19, 2018 at 1:14pmYes, and it was downhill both ways! đ Good point on the chimney/fire department. Makes sense, that.
Linda G. Hill
April 19, 2018 at 9:33amThat really is a beautiful house! I’m impressed – I’ve never managed to get a good photo whilst whizzing past in a car. đ
Marian Allen
April 19, 2018 at 1:15pmI love Storybook Style houses. Just seeing one makes me happy. đ
joey
April 19, 2018 at 12:32pmI love storybook style too. I think of you loving them every time I see them. There are lots here, too. Ever been in one though? Tiny. I dunno that I could live in one. I have a bungalow and I think this is as small as I could go.
We looked at one in particular when we moved here, fab galley kitchen, but just about no closet or storage space at all, and Moo’s room would be like Twin Bed. Nightstand. Moo. All Full. LOL Ah, but ever so charming!
Marian Allen
April 19, 2018 at 1:20pmNo, I haven’t been in one, that I recall. Some are tiny and some are larger. Probably the ones built in the 20’s and 30’s are miniscule, because they were first built by and for soldiers returning from WWI; Europe is where they saw vernacular houses and brought home elements of them in their heads. People lived smaller then. So I’m not surprised when you tell me they’re small inside. Maybe I’d rather live across the street from one.
joey
April 25, 2018 at 9:49amYes! That is surely why the ones in the 20’s and 30’s are so small! I’d never even thought of that. Which is funny in a way, because I live in a community that is largely ‘post-war housing’ of the 50’s.
I agree completely that the house across the street being a storybook type would be pleasant. And then you could visit and see if anything magical happens đ
janet
April 19, 2018 at 1:18pmI’d like to write a longer comment, but I have to go get my neck fixed so my head is straight again. đ Loved the storybook house.
janet
janet
April 19, 2018 at 1:18pmI’d like to write a longer comment, but I have to go get my neck fixed so my head is straight again. đ Loved the storybook house.
janet
Marian Allen
April 19, 2018 at 1:21pmOh, my gosh, get that head on straight! Ouch!
Deborah
April 19, 2018 at 3:44pmI like the storybook cottage too! I am terrible at taking photos from a moving car! You did way better than I do.
Marian Allen
April 20, 2018 at 8:54amThose are the best of many. The others were HORRIBLE.
Roy A Ackerman, PhD, EA
April 19, 2018 at 9:49pmI missed those doors on my quick trip to Louisville. Thanks for sharing.
Marian Allen
April 20, 2018 at 8:53amWish we could have met for coffee or sumpin. Another time, maybe!