church doors

Peering through the doors of St. Bart's church
to Park Avenue beyond.  From peaceful
and quiet inside to bustling and noisy out there,
the difference is like night and day.

[To see more b/w pics, visit Dragonstar's meme. 
Also linking back to inSPIREd Sunday.]

au nom de la rose

This flower shop in the Marais features
roses and more roses, all beautifully
and inventively displayed.  And yet the
thing I chose to focus on here was
this old door.  If it were yours, would you
paint it or leave it as is?

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]

inSPIREd Sunday

Unlock this door and enter the 17th-century church
of Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes, in Paris.
(Marie de Medicis laid the cornerstone in 1613.)
Next time, maybe I'll be able to go inside, see chapel
altars by Bernini, and visit the crypt to see the heads of
priests killed there during the French Revolution.

[To see more churches from around the world, go here.]

photo Hunter — "broken"

Was leaving my building to go to work

one day, and I got here to the front

door about 20 seconds after it just kind of 

spontaneously . . . exploded!

I'd like to thank my own good timing and 

whoever invented tempered glass!