Wednesday Quiz

OK kids! Let's see who has been paying attention to my blog. Look at the above photo. Look carefully. Based on what you see in the photo, what was this house's address before house numbering existed. See my blogs of 5 May, 21 April, 14 April and 8 April for help if you can't figure this out, but I'm sure you can figure it out without looking. Come on, you can do it...I know you can!!

A Door with its own Angel

This beautiful and well-cared for big door doesn't enter directly into a building, but into a courtyard...and this time I was lucky enough to have been walking by it when the smaller door was open (because yes, the whole thing does open...that car didn't get in there through the small door, afterall!).

Here is a peek at what is behind this wonderful door. I like the open sky places, the repetition of the arches and to have a tree and some garden area smack in the center of the old part of Prague? That IS heavenly!! And speaking of heaven, I like the angel above this door...even if you aren't a big fan of angels you have to admit that this one just might charm you!

Not Bethlehem

This is another of those big doors that leads to who knows what and where exactly...a corridor? a courtyard? a garage? Once again I will venture a guess. Given that this is one of those doors within a door, I would say that if we could turn the handle to this door and walk through it, we would find ourselves in a corridor and within that corridor we could continue back towards a courtyard or we could access to the rest of the building via an internal stairwell.

What I find intriguing about this door is not so much what is behind it, but what is above it...this painting:

Given the angle that I was looking at it from the street and the fact that the painting was covered with a nice layer of city dust, I was not able to make out exactly what is in the picture other than a very Mary looking woman and another woman (oh! or is that a man?!) and donkeys. Actually, it looks like a manger scene. But why is this painting over this door? I don't know the answer to that question.

As always, I had to zero in on the door accessories (as I call them). I love the strange and well-used/loved collection of handles (including one with a regal lion's head! of course!) and the battered key-hole guard that has been attached using a variety of screws. This is one of those mish-mash situations that brings a smile to my face!!

This door may not be terribly loved, but it sure has had it's share of use!