The beauty of doors!

So here is a quick little run down of some of the really cool things I see in my neighborhood and on my way to class every day! So this is a makers date on the end of the building that is across the street from me. In case its a little hard to see, it says A.B. J.B. 1884 around the base of the trefoil. I assume that it is marking the date of the build and perhaps the architects initials, but I could be wrong. 

    I am really fascinated with the number of cool doors that there are along the way on my route to and from the university. This is one of the cooler yet plainer ones. Its a little hard to see in the image of the full door so I included the close of the obscured glass that makes up the center of the door. Its a vaguely celtic knot design but modernized really.

This door on the left here is a favorite of mine and has an awesome Mackintosh inspired design in their stained glass. The Mackintosh roses are really amazing to see and as winter progresses I am sure to see more and more of it backlit from the chandelier inside. Over on the right is a typical pair of over door stained glass headers that have the house numbers in pretty gilded lettering among a smattering of geometric glass.





All along King St., from about Orchard St and along to the end of the St Peter's Cemetery there are a whole bunch of B&Bs which often have beautiful and distinctive doors along with signs to tell the guests where they need to come to stay. They seem to have a pretty decent business going as I most often see them with 'No Vacancy' signs hanging pleasantly in the windows. I'd love to see the inside one of these days.




                         

And yes, Chrismas has come to Aberdeen, at least in the window of this beautiful B&B! The lights move and sparkle happily in the window and make it feel like the season is well on its way. Really its not very cold yet, maybe settling in around the high to mid-fifties, but the sun is already setting in the early afternoon and I end up eating 'dinner' at around 4:30 or 5 because it is totally dark and I have been out running around to class and all that all day. But the very very grey sky has certainly made it look wintery!