Numbered (Thursday Doors)

I used to look for certain numbers.  I considered them strangely fortunate although I never quite figured out the secret to tapping into their luck.  For instance, eleven and all its multiples.  I especially liked twenty-two and eighty-eight.  But recently fifty-five is gaining steam.  In fact there it was, captured by my camera, just last week.

Other numbers were undesirable.  Unpleasant.  They appeared to be defective.  One hundred thirty-one for instance.  Fourteen.

And then there was twenty-nine.  Twenty-nine, like forty-two, was extra special.  It contained what I was seeking, even if I had no idea what that was.  It was imprinted in my mind, expectant, like a quivering magnifying glass waiting to reveal its secrets.  It created a colorful aura around anything it attached itself to.

Unfortunately I’ve been missing its magic for some time now.  Almost four years.  But I expect I’ll run into it again any time now.

like the Fool I leap
from day to day, year to year,
always on the verge

I decided to go back and photograph the fourth house from last week’s grouping of Thom and Wilson-design brownstones, Number 55. It proved worth of close examination.

The ornamentation above the doorway includes an angelic figure in the center and two guardians at the top of the columns. I like the way the curves flow into the window above as well.

The garden level window has a dragon, and is framed by a curve at the top. And the fence metalwork is also lovely.

Even the balusters to the front steps have guardians–two creatures I can’t quite identify, one with wings.

More dragons, I think.

You can blame this haibun on Lisa’s dVerse prompt which asked us to leap, (with some help of course). I used the Random Word Generator.  I haven’t visited Oracle 2 in awhile now, but she’s as abstruse as ever.  Still, she provided the word camera.  She knows me well.

Look for more doors, as always, at Thursday Doors, hosted by Dan Antion.

I know I’ll be on the lookout for more 55s.