Thursday Doors: New York City

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I have had more doctor’s appointments in NYC and found another wonderful door to share with you. I’m not sure exactly where this was, but it’s not far from the Public Library.

Thanks Norm 2.0 for giving me something to look forward to when going to the doctor and for so many beautiful door photos.

New York Botanical Garden: Thursday Doors

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We went to the New York Botanical Garden (NYBC) yesterday and it was glorious. This is a small, unidentified (as far as we could see) building at the rose garden tram stop. I will probably have more than one post about the rose garden. It was a sensual feast. So beautiful and fragrant!

Here is my rose garden teaser. This isn’t exactly a door, but it is a lovely passageway.

There is a Chihuly installation going on all summer so the conservatory door is hidden. I’m ok with that. He is a glass genius. If you can see his work in person, go. To watch the light and environment interact with his work is such a beautiful experience.

Here are one of the side doors to the conservatory and the library door. If you are a door enthusiast or are just curious about the world check out Norm 2.0 for the Thursday Doors challenge.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge: Gillette Castle, CT

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On my way to the Certified Zentangle® Teacher seminar I took a little side trip with my husband. We went to the Hilltop BBQ in Moodus CT to hear a band called Someone You Can Xray on Saturday evening. Mike had met them camping last year and they were fantastic! They recommended that we check out Gillette Castle before leaving the area so on Sunday morning we did. What a place! On the way to the castle we saw this sign.

I really love this graffiti and it made me think of Cee’s Which Way Challenge. “This challenge is all about capturing the roads, walks, trails, rails, steps, signs, etc. we move from one place to another on. ” This side trip provided an interesting variety of a few of those!

The castle has the main building, a shelter called “grand central station” and up the road a little bit there is a pond with a lovely bridge. The castle is more strange than beautiful, but it is so very interesting.

The ladder to the roof mystified us. I’m certainly never going up there! The stone awnings for the windows were another interesting touch. We wondered if people climbed this castle with or without permission. These views of the castle also include the highly inconvenient and interesting vegetable cellar. I have reserved a few photos for my Thursday’s Doors post.

Here is the structure that was called “Grand Central Station.” I love the cat sculpture on top of the ramparts. The views of the Connecticut River are quite lovely.

There was a young couple having photographs taken on the bridge and around the pond and a few families enjoying this lovely setting. You can have a wedding ceremony at the park, but no receptions are allowed. I would imagine it is a popular place for all kinds of photography sessions!

This place really had a lovely selection of paths and stairs and ways to go from one place to another. I hope you enjoyed my tour of this odd gem. For more photographs of wanderings check out Cee’s Which Way Challenge.

Cherry Blossoms

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I hope you like cherry blossoms as much as I do. Turns out that New Jersey is the place to be in spring if you love cherry blossoms. This series of photos was taken at the park adjacent to our little local library. Tomorrow husband and I are going to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Newark and I am EXCITED!!!! But until then…

The photo of the tree and the sky is from where I sat and did a sketch that I will be putting into my art journal. I included a picture of the library that is the home for the window that provides such a lovely reflection of the trees. For more flower photographs check out Cee’s Blog!

I hope you have a beautiful day.

Thursday Doors: The Morristown New Jersey Tour Continues

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This week’s post features the Church of the Redeemer on South Street in Morristown, NJ.

This is my 4th post of doors in Morristown. To see the other gorgeous old stone buildings with interesting doors check out week 1, week 2, and week 3.

For doors from all over the world check out Norm 2.0 who is the host of Thursday Doors.

Doors of Morristown, NJ: Part 1

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I have a whole bunch of lovely door photos to share with you all! Thanks Norm 2.0 for providing us with a venue and community of fellow door lovers. I have been admiring quite a few of these doors since we were first looking for a house in this neck of the woods. I’m happy to report that I got some mid-day pictures and hope to go back for some golden hour photos in different seasons.

I’m going to start with one of my favorite places in Morristown, the library. The main entrance is a little mundane, but it has some wonderful alternatives.

It doesn’t look like much from the street, but there is a vestibule before the door that has some interesting views.

Here is a view of the whole building. The older part of the building dates back to Dec. 13, 1917. It has an interesting history if you want to know more click here.

The sunny side of the building has a really wonderful door. I took some closeups so you can really appreciate it.

The quote on the door is from Wordsworth:

“Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know,
Are a substantial world, both pure and good:
Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.”
― William Wordsworth

Did you go somewhere beautiful recently?

Happy New Year from the Jersey Shore

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Yesterday was unseasonabley warm and we took advantage of the beautiful day to explore some more of our new home state. We totally fell in love with Island Beach State Park. It is a long, skinny spit of land that acts as a barrier between the Atlantic Ocean and the coast of New Jersey. It has some beautiful undeveloped land and is a nesting site for ospreys. We will definitely be heading back in the spring. There was evidence of Hurricane Sandy in the state park and in many of the communities along the coast. The sand dunes were moved substantially as you can see from the now covered pathway. The foxes on the island have mange and aren’t as beautiful as foxes can be, but it was lovely to see one in the wild. I was surprised to find holly on the beach. The juxtaposition of sand and holly really intrigued me.

Happy New Year!

Rainy Day on Patriot’s Path

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Another Lighthouse in Maine

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I have not yet run out of photos from our trip to Maine last weekend. I hope you are enjoying them as much as I enjoyed taking them!

This is the Portland Head Lighthouse. There was a Pleine aire painting workshop going on there and that is something I’m adding to my bucket list. It is so beautiful. I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

Have a beautiful day.

 

 

Thursday Doors: Albany, NY and Portland, ME

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This door was from a church that seemed to be under reconstruction. We discovered it as we got lost going from Albany into Vermont. Fortunately we had to turn around and go back so I was able to check this out a little bit. If you love door photos like I do, check out out Norm 2.0. This week he features photos from a really lovely Abbey in Quebec.

I ran out of steam looking for interesting doors in Portland. I kind of overdid it this weekend and my migraines got pretty bad again. But I was happy to find this lovely red door to share with you. We definitely want to go back to Portland, Maine to explore more!