Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in on the fun by creating your own Thursday Doors post each week and then sharing your link in the comments below, anytime between Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American eastern time).
RIP Gaston la Grenouille – Important Note Regarding the Link-up Tool:
Our adorable froggie-friend Gaston la Grenouille is officially roadkill.
Yes friends I have decided to part ways with our Inlinkz link-up tool because as some of you noticed last week, their free version now uses clickbait/spam type ads mixed in with the legitimate links.
Ultra-annoying and so not cool, but not enough to make me spring for their paid version.
So as much as it pains me to not have all the links in one nice neat place, while I continue my search for an alternative I will simply ask you to share your links in the comments section at the end of my posts.
In the meantime here are some shots I dug out of the archives from early last spring during a visit to the iconic Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
I’ll let you click on that link above which will take you to the Wiki entry where you can read about the history of this grand jewel in the CP Hotels crown, or you can read this informative plaque instead 😉
I’ll apologize in advance for phoning it in this week. It has been a hectic week and I haven’t had time to put together anything else. To make matters worse, when I decided to go with this as my post I was certain I had way more shots to work with. Well it turns out that I don’t so yeah we could call this post: Two Doors and an Entrance With a Fancy Clock 🙂

I have no idea why they still have an ashtray beside this elevator door. It has been at least 15 years since smoking has been permitted indoors in public spaces.
And if you ever visit Toronto and you’re in the downtown area take a half hour to visit, walk around and explore the handsomely decorated lobby of this historic old building.
I’ll back with more sexy Italian doors next week.
Thanks for stopping in 🙂
Want to join in on the fun and share your own Thursday Doors post with other door lovers? Then please add the link to your Thursday Doors post in the comments section below.
Don’t forget that if you share your blog posts on social media, use the #ThursdayDoors hashtag to help others find you, and please do take a few minutes to visit some of the Thursday Door posts shared by others.
Sorry to read about the blue froggy…I had to abandon the link-ups too, for Sunday Stills…I was paying but the links were becoming an extra step that many were not bothering with. I have a doors post for March 21!
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Oh that staircase shot! Oh the clock and the circles and the shiiine! Love that, Norm!
Too bad about Gaston. I didn’t experience any unpleasant ad business, I must have been lucky. I hope you find us all a linker soon 🙂
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Thank you Joey. So sorry for the late reply. Things have been quite hectic lately.
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Same. I worked a 12-hr day today. Hopefully you’re busy in a productive, successful way 🙂
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I missed see this fabulous hotel when I visited Toronto. My loss. It looks magnificent . Here’s the link to my San Miguel de Allende door for this week. https://margosviews.wordpress.com/2019/03/09/birds-eye-view/
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Thank you and so sorry for the late reply. Things have been quite hectic lately.
By the way, I went over and commented on your post but it looks like it may have been caught up in the WP spam filter. You may need to go to the “comments” section of your WP dashboard and release me from spam prison. Cheers!
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Hi Norm – my doors this week are at the end of a long post on Egypt, specifically at Howard Carter’s House.: http://amoralegria.com/2019/03/08/journey-to-egypt-part-9-valley-of-the-kings-howard-carters-house/
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Thank you and so sorry for the late reply. Things have been quite hectic lately.
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Thank you so much for letting that frog jump away. That double-helix stairway is grand (if only someone started a spiral stairway challenge!).
Here’s my door https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/desert-luxury/
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Thank you and so sorry for the late reply. Things have been quite hectic lately.
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That staircase is definitely a stunner!
https://katytrailcreations.com/2019/03/08/jayhawk-road-thursday-doors/
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Thank you and so sorry for the late reply. It has been quite hectic lately.
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I understand hectic! No worries 😉
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Sorry to hear about the frog!! Love those doors and both the clock and staircase are absolutely stunning!
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Thanks Amy. I prefer to think that Gaston has “gone to a better place” 😉
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pretty doors and clock. Maybe they left the ashtray as a decoration.
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I think you may be right on that.
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Some comments to you made me smile – I knew some would sympathize with your decision. I wished some blogspot people would decide the same, but unfortunately links in their comments seem to give the hosts problems. When I linked here, it was waaaayyy passed my bedtime, so I didn’t see (or didn’t remember!) the clock – nice touch – I have a preference for big clocks! Thanks for hosting and don’t worry too much about how people link – if they like your challenge, they will do whatever is available!
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Thanks. To be honest I’m more concerned with finding whatever is most practical and least time-consuming for me. I love running this event but it does take up a fair amount of time for a hobby 😉
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I’m sorry about the poor froggy. I don’t blame you for opting out of annoying ads and clickbait but you’ve created this (albeit friendly) monster called Thursday Doors and it must be fed 😎 Good luck finding a replacement!
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Thanks. I’ll get it figured out soon enough. I’m not a big fan of all these links in the comments 😀
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I won’t paste my link here but anyone is welcome to visit me anytime. I’m always thrilled when I manage to get a doors post up. Good luck finding a new link too, Norm.
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Oh Cheryl, I thought you won’t paste your link because you don’t have a Thursday Doors post but you do! (I wonder why not but I’m sure you have your reasons.) And you link to Norm but your link doesn’t show here. Good that I checked on your blog directly because I didn’t see your post in my Reader either.
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I just tested the link where I mentioned Norm in my post and it leads here. Thank goodness!
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Yes please, post your link so that others can find you 🙂
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Sorry Manja! Thanks for your diligence in finding my post. Here is the link and thanks Norm! https://tropicalaffair.me/2019/03/08/doors-and-more/
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Fancy Norm! Sorry about Little Blue. 😞
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Thanks Cheryl. I’ll have a replacement for Gaston in a week or two 🙂
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I look forward to seeing it!
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Love the staircase photo myself. Here’s my contribution.
https://dannyjamesphotography.com/2019/03/07/thursday-doors-8/
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Thank you Danny.
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A great shot of an extraordinary staircase – it looks like something out of an impossible Escher drawing. Here’s my mundane collection of Berwick doors for the week: https://beyondthewindowbox.wordpress.com/2019/03/08/a-berwick-back-street/
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That’s a good observation about the staircase. With the stairs and the clock I could see them being used for effect in an old B&W Hitchcock film 🙂
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Beautiful collection of doors. Here’s my post which features a hotel that has been converted to a house so most of the doors are now windows.
https://sydney-city.blogspot.com/2019/03/paddington-windsor-castle-hotel.html
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Thanks Jim 🙂
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I find your second set of doors interesting for what you’ve captured around them. Here’s my contribution: https://gwhphotos.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/thursday-doors-march-7-2019/
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Thank you 🙂
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Thank you for the inspiration. I have created my first Thursday Doors post at https://wp.me/pOZOg-20A It is also my blog’s 500th post, so doubly significant!
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Congrats on your 500th post and welcome to #ThursdayDoors 🙂
By the way, I went over and commented on your post but it looks like it may have been caught up in the WP spam filter. You may need to go to the “comments” section of your WP dashboard and release me from spam prison. Cheers!
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I found it and it has been duly released from prison. Thanks, Norm.
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No more Mr. Frog, hey? I have no doors again this week – bad weather has kept us inside.
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No worries. Thanks for dropping in Jan. I hope the weather turns for the better real soon 🙂
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Nice doors and staircase Norm. I posted about a tiny door in the U.S. Capitol. https://rontittle.com/2019/03/07/tiny-doors/
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Thanks for joining us this week.
By the way, I went over and commented on your post but it looks like it may have been caught up in the WP spam filter. You may need to go to the “comments” section of your WP dashboard and release me from spam prison. Cheers!
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Yep. That’s where you were. Thanks for commenting and letting me know. I appreciate it Norm. 🙂
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Don’t worry about “phoning it in”, Norm that shot of the clock above the staircase is stand-alone genius!
I love the Royal York! Did you happen to wander into their Library Bar? Cozy little place that, you guessed it, has a library decor. They give you the bill in a book 🙂
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Yes we had a drink in there. Cozy is the right word.
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That’s a beautiful hotel lobby. Reminiscent of grander times.
[I wondered about that link-up tool last week. I hadn’t been here in awhile, and it’s none of my business, but it seemed… off. Glad you’ve given the frog the heave-ho if he wasn’t doing his best for you.]
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Yes that was ultra-annoying last week. I’m going to be deciding on Gaston’s replacement in the next week or two.
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Hi Norm and thanks for hosting Thursday Doors! This week I have a photo from the doors to the United Methodist Museum for Social Justice. It’s located in Los Angeles, California: https://wp.me/p4doQv-1X2 Thank you, Norm! Cher xo
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Thank you Cher 🙂
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Merci beaucoup, Norm! Cher xo
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I often cut through the Royal York. It is under extensive lobby renovations at the moment.
https://junkboattravels.blogspot.com/2019/03/thursday-doors.html
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That will be a good excuse for us to back and check it out after the renovation. That reminds me they recently completed a major reno of the Queen E here downtown and I still haven’t been down to check it out.
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Poor frog! Gaston, this looks like the end of a beautiful friendship. My link: http://marianallen.com/2019/03/corydoors-primitive-rustic-thursdaydoors/
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Thanks Marian. I’ll find us a replacement for Gaston – maybe not as cute mind you 😉
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Rather posh hotel, with a wonderful dual helix staircase. Here is my link, Norm for those who do not follow me. https://drprunesquallor279704606.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/uncle-buck
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Thanks Ian 🙂
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As good as the doors are, the staircase is sublime, her is mine for the week: https://pictureswithoutfilm.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/two-for-the-price-of-one-thursday-doors-march-7-2019/
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Yes the staircase and clock are something special.
By the way, I went over and commented on your post but it looks like it may have been caught up in the WP spam filter. You may need to go to the “comments” section of your WP dashboard and release me from spam prison. Cheers!
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What a gorgeous spiral staircase and clock. Did you post the same elevator door twice on purpose, Norm? Or is it a glitch in my laptop? I thought it might be a spot the difference test and I didn’t find any, lol. Here’s my link for this week, thanks. https://jeanreinhardt.wordpress.com/2019/03/06/thursday-doors-126/
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Thanks for letting me know about the double-post. The glitch was with my brain, not with your laptop. Don’t know how I managed that one but it’s fixed now.
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Doors are nice but the staircase is the centerpiece
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Yes indeed, the staircase and the clock are stand-out features. Thanks Alice 🙂
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Here is my contribution: https://chava61.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/thursday-doors-march-7-2019/
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Thanks for joining in.
By the way, I went over and commented on your post but it looks like it may have been caught up in the WP spam filter. You may need to go to the “comments” section of your WP dashboard and release me from spam prison. Cheers!
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Not sure how do that but I will try to find out.
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I don’t see your comment in the comments section of my WP dashboard.
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Check now as I found the comment and approved it.
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Bingo! I don’t know why this keeps happening but hopefully you won’t have to go digging for me again – thanks 🙂
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It happened to me also a while back and I had to get help to fix the problem from WP support.
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Hi Norm,
Alas poor froggie must’ve got mixed up with the cane toads and met its end on a country road up near Byron Bay. As terrible as it sounds, running over cane toads which are toxic and kill our native wildlife is actually taking care of the environment.
Here’s my link to the unmentionable…a toilet door.
https://beyondtheflow.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/the-unmentionable-door-thursday-doors/
Best wishes,
Rowena
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Thanks Rowena. I’m working on finding us a replacement for Gaston and I hope to have that settled in the next week or two.
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Here are my doors from a little Slovenian village in Istria. Oh thee, blue frog, RIP!
https://manjameximoving.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/thursday-doors-7-3-19-nova-vas-ii/
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The boardroom door is grand but the stairs take the cake.
My contribution: https://port4u.net/2019/03/07/snow-gate/
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Thanks Sherry. Yes the staircase and that clock have been iconic elements in that lobby since it was first built.
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Forget the doors and just let me drool over the staircase, Norm. As for the froggie guy, forget him if that’s what’s going to happen with the free version!! We can do our links here if nothing else comes up. Enjoy your week!
https://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/thursday-doors-doors-plus/
janet
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Thanks Janet. I haven’t given up the search for a replacement for Gaston. It may not be as cute but I should have something in place in the next few weeks.
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I’m not worried about it, but it’s irritating that they went the way they did. It was working so well.
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Pretty stately doors, Norm. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you 🙂
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I am well familiar with the Royal York and have always loved this grand old building. Your shot of the staircase with the clock illustrates perfectly why I love this lobby so much.
RIP little grenouille.
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My link to Thursday Doors … https://mylifelivedfull.wordpress.com/2019/03/07/thursday-doors-secrets/
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It may take me a week or two but I’ll find a replacement for Gaston.
I’m really disappointed, I was sure I had a lot more shots from inside the Royal York.
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I’ve never managed to take a good photo inside the Royal York.
Isn’t it funny how we forget about photos we have, and think we have others we don’t 😏
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Wow! That staircase is something else! I’ll see you in Italy! Here is my post this week! https://thecadyluckleedy.com/2019/03/07/thursday-doors-at-the-cobo-winery-ura-vajgurore-albania/
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Thank you 🙂
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The staircase and the clock are a wonderful sight, Norm, but I have to laugh a little about the Board Room doors. I’ve been to so many meetings where I have tried to get a photo of the closed doors to the meeting room, but people keep wanting to go in or out. One of my friends once told several people, “hang on a minute, Dan needs to get a picture of those doors for Thursday Doors.”
My doors today are at: https://nofacilities.com/2019/03/07/the-ride-home-thursdaydoors/
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Thanks Dan. Yes I have had the experience of wanting to take a pic of a high-traffic door that keeps opening; it’s hilarious isn’t it?
I think it’s awfully nice of your colleagues to recognize and accommodate your door addiction 🙂
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They might be considered enablers.
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I love that when they enter that door, what people will see is this gorgeous staircase. Here’s mine for this week. https://withjacktech.travel.blog/2019/03/07/thursday-doors-march-7-2019/ 🐸
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Thank you. Yes they do a good job of getting the guests’ attention straight away upon entering.
By the way, I went over and commented on your post but it looks like it may have been caught up in the WP spam filter. You may need to go to the “comments” section of your WP dashboard and release me from spam prison. Cheers!
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How do I do that?
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The steps might be slightly different depending on the device and operating system you’re using but generally when you log in you are taken to the main dashboard. On the left side of the dashboard there’s a list, down the side of the page, of topics each user can manage, personalize, and configure on their blog. “Comments” is found between “Media” and “Feedback”. Click on it, then select the “Spam” tab. There’ll probably be actual spam in there that you’ll want to delete, but every once in a while a legitimate comment gets caught. Just ID it as Not Spam and it shouldn’t happen again.
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Has it been resolved. There’s no spam left in it now.
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Yes it seems to be resolved.
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Pity about the frog link, blooming annoying really.
I seem to have a great many busy weeks where I struggle to organise door pictures so I know how challenging it can be. I’ve done some lazy ones this week at: https://scooj.org/2019/03/07/thursday-doors-64/
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I’m pretty confident I’ll have a replacement for Gaston in the next few weeks. May not be as cute but as long as it’s functional it will work for me.
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The (for now, temporary, return of the only D800 in the hameau. http://theonlyd800inthehameau.com/2019/03/07/thursday-doors-beverley-revisited/
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Thanks!
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Peace to the frog and here’s hoping you find a replacement. Handsome doors, and we all understand a busy week.
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Thanks Judy. I expect to have a replacement in the next few weeks 🙂
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Aaaaa! The frog is dead! No link-up! This is one deadly winter! Those were really pesky ads though. I hope you find another solution. Good luck with that! We could look through links in the comments, sure, like we do in other challenges, but Thursday Doors have spoiled us rotten.
I wouldn’t know that you were phoning in your doors if there wasn’t the same photo posted twice. 😉 The last photo is so glamorous! Excellent! Must be a grand feeling once you’re inside.
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Thanks for the heads-up, I don’t know how I managed to post the same photo twice – there wasn’t even any wine involved 😀
I’m hoping to have a replacement for Gaston in the next few weeks.
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I’m sure you know of it but if you don’t, there is https://www.blenza.com/linkies/. Over at dVerse ~ Poets Pub they use this one.
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Thanks I’ll check it out, and no I was not aware of this one.
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Great doors and wow, what a staircase. That is a great shot – you can see people coming through the door who may have no idea what is awaiting them!
This week, I’ve got some Brooklyn doors for everyone to enjoy: https://travelwithintent.com/2019/03/07/decorated-doorways-in-brooklyn/
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Yes that lobby is designed to impress upon entering and it does a great job 🙂
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That staircase – stunning design! Do you know V20linkytool.com? It’s a yearly subscription for $2 a month. My Thurs. Door https://wp.me/p9EWyp-D3 – will came back later in the day.
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Thanks. I’m looking at a couple of options. I really don’t like having the links in the comments so I’m hoping to make a decision on an alternative soon.
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