Thursday Doors – 01/19/2017

Door of the Collégiale Basilique Notre-Dame in the town of Beaune, the wine capital of Burgundy in the Côte d’Or department in eastern France. Parts of Notre-Dame date from the 13th century, and its style is described as Burgundian Romanesque, with some Gothic additions.doorbeauneweb_dsc0100 doorbeauneweb_dsc0097doorbeauneweb_dsc0082For Norm’s Thursday Doors

Share Your World – January 16, 2017

Cee asks us to Share our World, so here we go…

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Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? I keep them closed these days. It’s a walk-in closet and I used to keep it open until I heard weird noises coming from that direction one night and couldn’t sleep until sunrise. There’s nothing there, I’ve been assured. It was probably just some nocturnal animal trying to dig a tunnel to the house in the area. Never heard anything again, but the doors get closed every night.

Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel? No. I travel with my own shampoo and conditioner because my hair is such a snob… But I do take bad iPhone pictures when I come across some exotic hotel stuff, like the chocolate-based shampoo and bath products in Salzburg, and the beer-based ones in Munich. 😀

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What is your usual bedtime? Oh, gawd… I’m an incorrigible night owl. I can go as late as 2:00am.

Do you like to use post-it notes? No, never have and I guess I never will…

When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper? Ages ago. I don’t think I could handwrite an entire letter without going mad. My handwriting has deteriorated so much, I wonder how much longer I’ll be able the sign my whole name…

Any phobias? I am slightly claustrophobic. If I think for a second that a door won’t open, my heart starts racing. But I don’t think I would be out of my mind if stuck somewhere, unless it became clear I was stuck for the night say in an elevator, or bathroom stall… 🙂

How tall are you? I think I’m still 5’4″ but who knows? I think I’m still growing…

Optional Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? I am grateful that our family dog, the adorable Kaya, recovered well from a gastrointestinal infection that lasted quite a few days and had us all quite worried. Unfortunately, all I have to look forward to is a lot of aggravation, as the 45th president of the United States is inaugurated this Friday, starting what promises to be the craziest, nastiest, weirdest four years in human history.

16/365 – Red is King

Any doubt this photographer likes red? Well, in fact, I LOVE red. It’s not my favorite color for clothes, but it is for just about everything else: cars, all kinds of accessories, art, jewelry, decorative objects, and even some buildings. So here is an homage to red, the color of survivors, leaders, and extroverts, so they say…