Blues (Thursday Doors)

“There is something about the summer / That makes me moody”
 – “Summer Mood,”  Best Coast

the relentless summer heat
leaves me without context–
loose ends everywhere–
the days have lost all form–
filled with disembodied blues

This oppressive summer heat-and-humidity indeed makes me moody and unfocused, even blue, so this week I decided to look through my archives for some blue doors. There were quite a few doors without context that were blue. I have no idea where the above doors are located, and I did not even photograph the whole building they reside in, but at least I noticed the stair guardian on the door with the blue stairs. I’m sure the stairs were what first attracted my attention.

I think I may have used this door before in a post, but I don’t know where it lives.

I remember that this door is on the east side, near the Cooper Hewitt. I need to go back and find out more about it. It looks like it might be a school building.

I know exactly where this door is, and I don’t know why I never photographed the building and looked for its history. It’s a handsome entrance I think.

Here’s another door that’s only 15 blocks away from me. I keep meaning to go back and photo the whole church.

This belongs to a school that seems to be in use even though it has also been under construction scaffolding for years. I think that not only people in wheelchairs need to go to the entrance to the right.

Colleen asked us to write a summer poem inspired by one of the song lyrics she provided for this week’s Tanka Tuesday. I chose the Best Coast song for my gogyohka

And Dan Antion hosts many more doors every week at Thursday Doors.

I’m taking next week off to finish my POPO postcards. For all who celebrate, Happy 4th!