From a young age I have always been interested in topical collections. My first memories from childhood include collecting matchbook covers and swizzle sticks. My matchbook covers were usually collected on the streets near home. Swizzle sticks often came from further afield, including vacations with my parents, when we would be served drinks with a swizzle stick for stirring – usually just a Coke for me!
Later on, I started to collect stamps with a common theme. My choice was to collect stamps from around the world that pictured airplanes, which evolved to include rockets and satellites once we entered the space age.
In photography, my first topical collection was based on circles, and I printed many black and white images of circles, which I mounted onto cardstock. Those prints are long gone now. More recently, I have been collecting digital images of front doors during my travels.
Doors can vary in design, size and colour depending where you are in the world. I have included a few images of residential doors that I have discovered and enjoyed in England and Ireland.



Hello Nick. I found this by doing a tag search for doors.
These are lovely – especially that first blue one with the porthole. You should know that you are not alone in your love for doors.
On my blog I host a weekly feature called #ThursdayDoors where several dozen of us get together each week to share some of our favourite door discoveries.
Please feel free to swing by and add this post to our link-up list. Just look for the blue button near the end of my post. We accept entries each week between Thursday morning and mid-day on Saturday.
Cheers 🙂
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Thank you for your comments Norm. I will give Thursday Doors a try. Who knew that there were so many doors fans?
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These are stunning! The painted vine decorating the red one is super.
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Thank you Candy. The red one is less about the door and more about the “trim”.
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The picture of the red door is a showstopper for sure, but all these doors are gorgeous!
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Thank you for your kind comments. I have more doors to contribute on future Thursdays.
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Oh yes, please do, share your doors with us! Looking forward to your door collection!
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Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm!
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Fantastic set of doors, love the porthole door. :>)
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I am pleased to hear that you also love the porthole door. Thanks for your comments.
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I love that red door with it’s mural surround. I hope you participate in Thursday Doors, I bet you have lots of interesting photographs to post.
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Thanks for your comments Jean. I don’t have a warehouse full of doors, but I plan to make regular contributions to Thursday Doors over the coming weeks.
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Wonderful doors!
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Fabulous photos. I look forward to seeing more. This week was my first attempt at Thursday doors – a subject that has fascinated me for a long time – and obviously a lot of other people too.
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I am glad that you liked my door photos. Having a regular topic such as doors will help to keep the blog posts happening on a more regular basis. Cheers
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Nice collection! Welcome and have fun joining Norm’s TD.
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Thank you Gordon. I am looking forward to sharing some more shots of doors over the coming weeks.
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Your photos are beautiful. I only realized, upon second glance, the red door has the floral emelishment painted around it. Stunning!!!
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Yes, I had the same reaction when I first walked by this doorway – double take!. Glad that you like my photos.
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Very much indeed. Looking forward to the next installment.
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