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Monday, November 28, 2011

A Portal to a Another World...





These magnificent doors were not a church or a special building in Quito...
They seemed to be doors leading to somewhere special,
set in a regular cement building in the downtown...

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11 comments:

  1. Pat TillettNovember 28, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Whatever they are for, they are beautiful! The kind of craftsmanship you only see rarely on new items.

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  2. Louis la VacheNovember 28, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    Beautiful doors, Kathy, and your description seems quite apt; a welcome contribution to Monday Doorways.

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  3. TheChieftessNovember 28, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    Thanks Pat! They were quite stunning!

    Thanks Louis! My first Monday Doorway!!!

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  4. LesleyNovember 28, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    I wonder if that carving is symbolic for something?

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  5. TheChieftessNovember 28, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    Good question Lesley...one that I do not have an answer for!

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  6. MargaretNovember 28, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    Gorgeous.

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  7. Gerald (SK14)November 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    lovely panelling.

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  8. VirginiaNovember 28, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    So hard to believe they grace a humble cement block building. marvelous catch.
    V

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  9. TheChieftessNovember 28, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    I thought so too Margaret!!!

    It is isn't it Gerald?!!!

    I agree Virginia...don't know what the doors led too...but must have been something lovely!!!

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  10. Petrea BurchardNovember 28, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    I love that attention to detail--beauty for beauty's sake.

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  11. TheChieftessNovember 28, 2011 at 10:42 PM

    I agree Petrea!!!

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