Roberta Writes – Thursday Doors Writing Challenge and Tsukiji Hogan-ji Temple in Tokyo #floating #whitedoors #photography

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Two more poems for Dan’s Thursday Doors writing challenge which you can join in here: https://nofacilities.com/thursday-doors-writing-challenge-2025/

Picture caption: This is my own photographic entry for Dan’s Writing Challenge. It is an artwork by Louise Bourgeois which I saw at the Mori Art Gallery in Tokyo

Floating (shadorma)

ideas float

finding nothing to

adhere to

candy floss

thoughts, discombobulated

and quite meaningless

Picture caption: This door photograph is contributed by Dan, our challenge host

White door

“You want to keep the door white?”

“Absolutely, it’s so pristine and clean”

“I have to rethink this marriage –

I don’t want to spend my life with someone

who wants a white painted door”

“I don’t understand – what’s wrong with a white door?”

“It’s clinical, sterile, and it just looks wrong.”

“Okay, well, what colour door would you like?”

“Buttercup yellow with a blue postbox.”

“You’re right, we need to rethink this marriage.”

Tsukiji Hogan-ji Temple in Tokyo

Picture caption: Tsukiji Hogan-ji Temple in Tokyo
Picture caption: Doors to the Tsukiji Hogan-ji Temple in Tokyo
Picture caption: A peep through the temple entrance door
Picture caption: A man doing the cleansing ritual before entering the temple
Picture caption: The alter at the Tsukiji Hogan-ji Temple in Tokyo

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    1. Thank you, Dwight. It is about hubby and me in a way although no marriages were ruined in its creation. It is more of a compromise situation with us, the black and white stripped accountant and the multicoloured accountant – grin!

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  15. “We need to rethink our marriage” – ha. Perhaps pre-marriage counseling should include the question to each member of the couple, “what color front door would you want?” I adore your two poems, Robbie, and the visit to Japan. Thank you!

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    1. Hi Pam, it seems to me that such things as the colour of the front door can indicate a deep incompatibility between people. Of course, TC would want a white door and I would paint it yellow with a blue postbox. He always gets used to it – haha!

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      1. 🙂 We’ve always had regular wooden (brown) doors on our homes. No, one was gray with light blue shutters. I liked that. If I had my say …. I’d go with a soft blue door. It says, “peace and relaxation to all who enter here.” ❤

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  21. A fun post and great images of Japan a country I would love to visit…white doors were very popular in the UK at one point…and no I have never had a white door…Why would you? Luckily like you if my hubby ever had a penchant for white doors it wouldn’t happen and I would deal with the fallout without the divorce…haha… 🙂 x

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          1. Many of our old building are temples and one in paricular dates back to the 14th Century however it is in bad shape no effort is made as a general rule to restore buildings the Thais just build another one such a shame xx

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          2. The best think about the UK is the preservation of historical and cultural places and items of interest. The whole of Europe is like that. In South Africa, nothing is maintained, and everything is starting to fall apart now, 30 years after liberation. It is a great shame as this has happened throughout Africa, and it is unlikely to ever be restored. The Western world has too many of its own economic problems now to worry about developing countries.

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  28. Funny you should mention candy floss (here we call it cotton candy) at our friend’s movie night they had a machine that made that – I didn’t have any – as I’d had enough sugar with ice cream, frosted cake – I also had some fruit salad too!

    Interesing about door colors. We used to have a red door, now it is more of a grey/tan. Hubby just put in a new outside light over the door – the old one – to me was up too high.

    Thank you for sharing all the door photos. I think one day I’d like to visit Japan. Might not be for a few years yet. I think our politics have to settle. And being retired… hubby doesn’t travel for work now. But we’ll do some local things this year (I hope).

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