During our 2 day stay in Gruyères, we happened to experience both spring and winter. The first day was a rainy and cold spring day in April, like the ones we had just witnessed in Zürich, and we went to sleep imagining the weather the next day would be similar. (I was secretly hoping for sunshine.)
When we woke up, however, it was May and the ground and trees were covered in a thick white layer. I couldn’t believe my eyes! It had snowed! Overnight, it had become winter again, just like that. No one even asked us. By evening, though, the snow had turned back into rain.
So here’s a double set of pictures: the same door during two consecutive days.
I like how massive the stone building looks compared to the door and the green vines add an extra something. It looks old. The door is very modest compared to the rest, which makes me think this was built to be a farm house, storage house, or maybe a monastery of some sort. That the people who went through that door didn’t need (or didn’t get) anything fancier.
27 replies on “Thursday Doors: Two-Day Drama”
The green vines could have been painted on there by Van Gogh!
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Maybe they were? Hahah. Just kidding… But yes, it does look very Provence-y. Maybe that’s what I like about it 😉
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Nice. I love the enhancement in the black and white 🙂
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Thanks so much for your comment! 🙂
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I love that shot too – it really works well in B & W 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂 I couldn’t choose so decided to use them all… it’s a solution, right?!
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Impressive. How did the vine fare?
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It didn’t seem to mind the snow…
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Gald to hear that. Have a nice week-end.
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You too! ☀️
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Wow, can’t even imagine the surprise! It’s so funny that you use ‘drama’ for snow because this is the exact same word amore has for it too. 😀
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I must be Italian at heart 😉
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Hihih, SSW, must be it!
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Now I want to see the door up close. To feel its texture, its weight, its solidity. I want to open it or peek through a crack to see what hides behind it.
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Well described – now I want to be there, too, peeking behind that door… I’m sure the door hinges will squeak, when we slowly push it open…
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I can hear it now… and feel the resistance from the rust on the hinges…
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Oh my goodness!! Well this would be typical for Finland 😉 Great that you got to capture both even though the snow might not have been so welcome, LOL!
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Yeah, Switzerland and Finland had that in common for sure – the unpredictable weather!
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Just normal, in this weird season weather is getting crazy: yesterday heavy rain, today pale sun, tomorrow hurricanes… ahahahahahhhhhhh… need a moon flight 😛
Ciao
Sid
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You’re right. We just had the coldest winter in over 50 years and then we had the warmest month of May in over 50 years! And now, in June, it’s only 9 C and the cold, strong wind is piercing… For a while there, in May, it was quite nice
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I love those massive stone buildings and yes, they remind me of buildings I’ve seen in France. I really like the B&W for this shot.
janet
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Thanks for your input! 🙂 Interesting to hear people like the B&W the most, I prefer the one with the green vines.
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great photo! the nature is a fickle:)
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So true! Thanks!
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[…] by Sue Ranscht’s comments on a recent post of mine, where she made me feel like I was right there inside the photo, pushing open a heavy door, […]
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Two seasons in one go – can’t be bad. How great for photographers, like you, too. The door does look rather tiny, set in that towering wall. I really like the enlarged b/w picture.
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Thanks, Millie! 🙂 Gruyères was very pretty! As I was expecting it to be. It didn’t disappoint!
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