For a long time, I had the idea of photographing interesting old doors...of which there are many in Ottawa.

Finally, on Saturday, I volunteered my wife (who is a camera bug) to come with me ...after breakfast at the Glebe Café-the bribe!-

We spent a couple of hours taking photos...and meeting some interesting people, who wanted to know *why?*

I'm not sure why---i just like interesting doors, and it seems that every renovation simply discards some really nice ones....so I thought I would start making a picture record of the ones that are left,before they disappear!

We met an interesting Scot lady who was part of a volunteer gardening crew at a Church building. She told us something of the history of the building, when she found out what we were doing. And we talked to an Egyptian man who coincidentally, likes to photograph doors. He said when he was last in Cairo for a visit, he was doing just that. People were offering him their beautiful carved old front doors, for the equivalent of 10$us! It seems in modern Egypt they all want brand new (boring)doors.

Other interesting hobbies: I seem to collect squirrels. They hang around my birdfeeders, and I have fed them peanuts for years. If I leave the screen door open, they come in, reminding me it's feeding time...

Rich McCarthy