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).
A Few Doors in Kingston, Ontario
On the eastern edge of Lake Ontario at the mouth of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a little more than halfway between Montreal and Toronto you’ll find the town of Kingston.
With a population close to 150,000 it is a fair-sized small city. Being at the heart of the Thousand Islands region I knew it was a pretty waterfront town of historical significance and lots of interesting things for visitors to discover, but I have to admit that up until now Kingston was always the town I’d drive past on my way to somewhere else; usually Toronto.
Recently I got to take a few days to actually stop and explore Kingston. I was more than pleasantly surprised with what I found, so much so that I’m already looking to go back for more.
Here’s a quick peek and some of the lovely homes and interesting architecture in Kingston’s old historical district.
A (supposedly) haunted Inn
The mini-castle next door
A church that welcomes everyone
Plain yet fancy garage
Door within a door, framed by doors on each side!
And a few sets of twins that were separated at birth?
As always, thank you for looking 🙂
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That haunted inn is pretty. That mini-castle is cool. Nice doors.
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One of my best friend’s husbands hails from Kingston and he always raved about its welcoming beauty. Now I see what he was on about
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Wait, one of your best friends has multiple husbands? Sure, why not? 😉
Kidding aside, yes Kingston was an even more pleasant surprise than we were hoping for.
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😂😂😂
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Swooning over the door in the ivy-trimmed tower — with gorgeous lamps and metal trim. Wow! Great dooring, Norm!
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Thanks Joey. It was one of my better recent doorscursions.
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That top Inn is gorgeous and my favorite! WOWZA!
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Thanks Deborah. Yes the Inn was amazing to see up-close.
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Fabulous door series. Love these colorful doors. 🙂
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Thank you Amy and welcome 🙂
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After a long hibernation, I am starting to rub my eyes and hobble back into daylight. Here is my contribution to Thursday Doors – hopefully the first of many.
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Thanks and welcome back. I’ll swing by to have a look in a little bit. In the meantime I hope you’re seeing my comments on your Window posts. WordPress keeps sending my comments to spam on some blogs…
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Thank you Norm. WordPress is getting to be a crotchety old lady, but so is Google. I hope to be a little more active online. My many blogs make it appear that nothing much is happeing, but I am still kicking.
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Bonanza! I don’t know if I’d rather stay in the haunted inn and look out at the castle, or stay in the castle and look out at the haunted inn!
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Got so excited, I forgot to leave a link to MY Thursday Doors post! http://marianallen.com/2019/08/luchadoor-and-landfill-thursdaydoors-waterfrontgrdns/
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No worries. Glad you joined us 🙂
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Wonderful fun! Beautiful place, beautiful doors! Mine has less doors this week, but it was a beautiful church: https://amoralegria.com/2019/08/09/caens-church-of-saint-pierre/
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Thank you!
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Those are some great doors, some are very colorful . I like the ivy-covered buildings as well.
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Thanks Linda 🙂
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My first attempt.
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Yay!
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Hi Norm,
There’s some incredible architecture there, Norm and that supposedly haunted inn reminds me of something straight out of the Addams Family.
My post this week is a Street Library at Pearl Beach, just North of Sydney Australia and about a 15 minute drive from home.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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Thanks Rowena. Addams Family yes! I can almost picture Morticia standing at the door welcoming the guests 😉
BTW I went ahead and added your link to your comment – cheers 🙂
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Love those rainbow steps! I have no doors to share today….
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Thanks Jan 🙂
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Lovely photos of doors; some look like attached to castles but they are from other beautiful buildings.
I’m traveling and it took me some effort to learn how to post from my iPhone but hopefully this works. My delayed post.
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Thank you!
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today your doors have WOW factor… I’m late, but here I am https://dymoonblog.com/2019/08/08/chop-suey-thursday-5/
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Thanks you!
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This was well worth the trip! It may be a small town, but rich in doors and buildings.With the climbing plants, and pillars and porches to give extra touches! These are all stunning – impossible to choose a favorite:)
Permalink: https://thejeshstudio.wordpress.com/2019/08/06/another-way-of-l…summer-or-winter/
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Thanks. This part of town was just so pretty. I have to go back for more 🙂
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Looks like an awesome place to visit. Great shots!!
Here is my link for this week, just one
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It was indeed a terrific place to visit. All too brief though, so I’ll have to go back for more.
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Beautiful doors!! My contribution is Boldt Castle – Children’s Castle. https://supperplate.com/thursday-doors-childrens-playhouse-boldt-castle/
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Thanks Bernice. I’m glad you were able to join in this week. I went over to check out your Boldt Castle post but I think the WordPress spam filter ate my comment again. You may need to fish me out of your spam comments box 😦
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Thanks for the reminder to check my spam. I have not done that in awhile.
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What a beautiful town and gorgeous doors! How nice that you were able to explore it more. I love that not only does the church welcome everyone, it placed the services sign in a lower, less conspicuous position so it didn’t mar your door picture. 🙂
My doors are from Canada too:
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Thank you 😀
We had a lovely time in this area. The whole 1000 Islands region is so pretty.
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Love the Rainbow Door Steps!
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Yes, it makes the place seem so welcoming.
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The haunted inn looks the Hollywood part. Beautiful building.
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Thanks. The Inn was beautiful inside too 🙂
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Your third and fourth photos are my favorite, I adore greenery growing on or near doorways. I find it very inviting, but I know there can be issues with this as well. I recently had some growing vines removed from house, sigh, that I loved but they had to go. Better off without them, but they sure were pretty. I enjoyed my walk around Kingston this morning, thanks Norm!
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Thank you Denise. Yes, I hadn’t thought of it that way but you’re right; sometimes things growing on walls is not a good thing for the building and can lead to expensive repairs down the road.
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Some excellent examples, especially the red and black Georgian doors.
Here is my contribution…
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Thank you Andrew 🙂
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Wowsa! Cool doors and so bright & cheerful. Gorgeous.
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Thank you Ally 🙂
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A treasure trove of buildings and doors, Norm. I love the inn! Here’s my entry for the week, which somehow got posted yesterday and I was here searching for your post to link to, that’s how confused I was. 🙂
janet
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Thank you Janet 🙂
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Very impressive doors – I love all the pops of colors you shared. I’m excited to share that I finally have some open doors to share with you. Hope you enjoy the road trip to a brewery I took recently. https://www.quaintrevival.com/a-curved-road-trip-to-new-glarus-brewery/
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Thanks you Shelley. So glad you were able to join us this week 😀
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Oh wow, I love that mini castle. Those colourful steps are certainly eye-catching. Nice selection, Norm. Here’s my offering this week, thanks. https://jeanreinhardt.wordpress.com/2019/08/08/thursday-doors-goodbye-dublin/
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Thank you Jean 🙂
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I love the haunted Inn but hopefully it is not true 🙄 Here is mine for this week. https://travel-with-tech.blog/2019/08/08/burgos-and-its-doors/
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Thanks. Yes the Inn is a beautiful structure. I’ll planning to look into the haunted part of its story a little more. It may lead to a follow-up post at some point 😉
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Hopefully not a scary one.
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I particularly like the adjacent red and black. More from Perigueux this week: http://theonlyd800inthehameau.com/2019/08/08/thursday-doors-even-more-from-perigueux-2/
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Thank you!
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Nice set. I like that last photo; twins dressed differently.
My entry for the week: https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2019/08/08/several-shades-of-blue/
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Thank you 🙂
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Wow! These are beautiful, Norm.
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Thank you Maggie 🙂
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I like the 2 doors at the end – interesting to see the changes given by their owners.
This week, I’ve gone old door and a peek inside 🙂 https://travelwithintent.com/2019/08/08/inviting-door-church-teodor-stratilat-soroca-moldova/
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Thanks Debbie. Yeah I wonder if owners/neighbours get together to discuss and co-ordinate their renovations.
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The first words that came to mind were “delightful and enchanting!” I love brick and stone houses, and the ivy growing on the buildings is stunning. I want to go see for myself someday! =)
Here are my doors for this week, then I’ll be taking a few weeks off packing and preparing for my big move. I’m really looking forward to the new doors that wait to be discovered in France!!
https://brendasrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2019/08/08/thursday-doors-queens-road-east/
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Thank you Brenda 🙂
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Must be an awesome church! 🙂
Link: https://katytrailcreations.com/2019/08/08/john-speer-farmstead-site-thursday-doors/
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That was my first thought too 😉
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No. 2 is my favorite.
Here are mine for this week: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2019/08/08/doors-of-draculas-castle-in-transylvania-1/
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Thank you 🙂
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Gorgeous photography, gorgeous doors!
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Thank you Deb 🙂
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Like you, Norm, I have to admit I’ve never spent much time in Kingston even though it’s fairly close. I’ve usually sailed in and sailed out without much of a nod but now I’m thinking I’ve really missed something worth seeing. This entire neighbourhood you’ve walked through looks gorgeous. The doors say it all.
You KNOW I love the mini-castle, and the rainbow stairs, but my favourite is the door-in-a-door flanked by doors. You hit the jackpot!!
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This week I’m remembering to put my link in here 🙂
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Thanks Joanne. If you get a chance and have the time I’d suggest you spend a few days in the Kingston area. It really is much prettier and way more interesting than I ever would have imagined. If you’re not convinced, then just stay tuned, I have a few more posts lined up in the next few weeks.
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Every summer Kingston has been on my list. I really must make it a priority!!
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These are amazing doors, Norm. I love the arched door with the curved bottom to the arched transom. That flows so well, it really is more a work of art than functional. The door within a door is perfectly done, and the other wooden doors make me smile. The mini castle is quite an amazing building. The church is very nice, and nice to see it so welcoming. I think the crown jewel today is the haunted inn. Interestingly enough, I have a supposedly haunted building in my group today. They’re over here:
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We actually stayed a night at this Inn Dan. It’s even more beautiful inside than out. Lots of cool nooks and crannies but not too many interesting doors though.
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Still, it seems like a very cool building
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Norm, the first five doors all look like they lead to haunted houses…It is fun when one discovers something or somewhere previously overlooked and finds treasures.
My last Nepali doors: https://drprunesquallor279704606.wordpress.com/2019/08/08/thursday-doors-in-nepal-9/
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Thank you Ian. Yes I’m glad we finally decided to stop driving past this town and stop to explore instead 🙂
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What a marvellous town, judging from your excellent photos! That Inn and castle and especially the welcoming church get all my love! ❤ ❤ ❤
As we've established I'm having a busy break, but what would life be without doors? Here are some from Piran with a mouth-watering invitation:
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Thanks Manja. Yes I wondering if we needed to remind you that when you’re on a break, you’re supposed to slooooow dooooown 😉
No matter, I’m always glad to see your posts 🙂
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Looks charming and has some fantastic doors.
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Thanks Sheree 🙂
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Some great doors, especially the door within a door (my faves). Certainly looks like a nice place.
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Thanks. Yes the entire 1000 Islands region is so pretty.
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Here is my contribution from my new photography blog: https://chava61photography.photo.blog/2019/08/08/thursday-doors-august-8-2019/
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Thanks for playing!
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