Welcome to another death-defying display of photographs I took while driving. That means slowing down as much as traffic would allow, pointing my phone and clicking, and hoping for the best.
This first one is the best, even though it looks like I shouldn’t have been driving. I assure you, I was stone cold sober. Here’s a house in my beloved Storybook Style, with two — count ’em, TWO — catslide roofs (rooves?).
This one, although two doors are visible, I really took for the keystone windows. Love them babies!
There is a door in there, but it was the roofline that caught my eye.
I’m not even pretending this is about a door, unless you consider entrance posts as doors. I just love the look of this entrance to Audubon Park, which is not a park, but a residential area.
Thursday doors is the brainchild of Norm Frampton, photographer extraordinaire. Visit his site, enjoy his wonderful photographs, follow his directions, and enter a world of doors.
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Write about a sliding cat.
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Dan Antion
October 22, 2020 at 7:55amThese are great drive-by doors. I love that entrance.
Ally Bean
October 22, 2020 at 10:58amI like your first photo. It looks like the opening shot for a horror film. What lurks within that house!
Marian Allen
October 22, 2020 at 12:51pmGingerbread and red-hot ovens…. Okay, now I freaked myself out.
Jean Reinhardt
October 22, 2020 at 2:47pmThat first one is gorgeous. Love the roof design.
Marian Allen
October 23, 2020 at 10:01amIsn’t it great? I love that style of architecture.
kirizar
October 22, 2020 at 3:39pmWhile I should chastise you for photo-while-driving, I’m guilty of it myself. Though, I much prefer to pull over and snap about a thousand and one shots, my son is not a fan. You did manage to find some extraordinary structures! I liked the first one and last one best–they seemed to have stories to tell. And you made me look up key-stone windows as I was unfamiliar with them.
Marian Allen
October 23, 2020 at 10:03amI’m very careful when I photo-while-driving. I do pull over sometimes, but if I don’t, or don’t just stop if there’s nobody behind me, I slow wa-a-a-a-ay down and snap without looking and hope for the best.
kirizar
November 4, 2020 at 3:43pmI actually snapped a picture of a funny voting-related bumper sticker…and then it struck me that was a stupid way to die and I stopped trying to get a non-blurry copy. I’m hoping Darwin would approve my eventual good sense.
Marian Allen
November 5, 2020 at 8:38amYes, Mr. Darwin called and said, “Well done, you!” đ
sustainabilitea
October 22, 2020 at 5:04pmNice drive-by’s, Marian. I’ve been known to take photos while driving, albeit almost always on the highway and taking great care that a) no other cars are nearby and b) that I have one hand on the wheel and am not looking away from the highway. Thank goodness for “delete!”
janet
Marian Allen
October 23, 2020 at 10:04amI know, right? I’ve taking more pictures of bushes, trees, and telephone poles than I have doors. lol
sustainabilitea
October 23, 2020 at 5:45pmMaybe we should start a challenge for delete-able (vs. delectable) drive-by shots and put all our misfit photos there. đ
Marian Allen
October 24, 2020 at 9:56amHa! I would have too many! đ
sustainabilitea
October 24, 2020 at 9:59amOf course you’d only pick the best of the worst…or maybe the worst of the worst, who knows? đ
RAAckerman@Cerebrations.biz
October 22, 2020 at 6:43pmSo, you are switching from doors to roofs… Moving on up?
Marian Allen
October 23, 2020 at 10:05amYeah, I’ll be doing chimneys, next. đ
Pistachios
October 22, 2020 at 9:42pmI know you said you slow down to take these photos, but I certainly got a feeling of high speed driving as I scrolled through your photos! This looks like it would be a pleasant place for a late afternoon stroll đ
Marian Allen
October 23, 2020 at 10:06amHa! No, no high speed. It’s like movie magic, isn’t it, where the bear is cuddling the actor and Sound Effects puts in all these growls and snarls and gasps. đ
Norm 2.0
October 23, 2020 at 1:18pmWow, all of this drive-by dooring is making me dizzy đ
Kidding aside you come across some pretty fancy building during your outings.
Marian Allen
October 23, 2020 at 2:45pmYou and my fellow dooristas have sharpened my eye for them. đ