It was 2009 and I’d already decided to buy my house. During the inspection, the real estate agent and I were poking around in all the nooks and crannies when we discovered that the inside of one of the closet doors had been used, for decades, as a place to record the growth of the children who grew up here. Click on the pictures for a closer look.
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- Some of the dates go back to before I was born
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- This is the oldest one I found. Judging by height, “Peri” was a baby.
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- Of course, I had to add my own.
It’s fun to find history displayed in public places. It’s even better when you come across it in your own home.
Thursday Doors is brought to you by Norm Frampton at Norm 2.0. You can find the origin of this amazing prompt here: https://miscellaneousmusingsofamiddleagedmind.wordpress.com/2016/06/02/thursday-doors-june-2-2016/
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March 8, 2017 at 2:02 am
Nyc Job Linda…Creative mind
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June 5, 2016 at 7:26 pm
What a cool find, Linda!
janet
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June 8, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Thank you, Janet. 🙂
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June 4, 2016 at 2:48 am
Hope you have added yourself!!
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June 4, 2016 at 10:15 am
To the linky link? I have! 🙂
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June 4, 2016 at 1:01 pm
Great I was thinking though of your height on the door!
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June 4, 2016 at 1:07 pm
Haha. No, I haven’t. I’m afraid it would show how I’m shrinking with old age.
😉
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June 4, 2016 at 1:12 pm
Hee hee!
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June 4, 2016 at 1:13 pm
😀
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June 3, 2016 at 10:19 am
That’s pretty nifty to find 🙂
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June 3, 2016 at 10:59 am
It was! 🙂
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June 2, 2016 at 10:22 pm
Wow that’s amazing.
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June 3, 2016 at 10:45 am
I know, right? It’s a pretty cool house for a few different reasons. 🙂
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June 2, 2016 at 7:01 pm
That is so sweet — and that you saved it!
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June 3, 2016 at 10:45 am
Thank you. 🙂 I’m sure it’ll still be here long after I’m gone from this place.
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June 2, 2016 at 4:19 pm
And what a story they tell. I loved this Linda. An excellent original take on the theme.
I always say that a ‘House’ is just a building, a structure, but stuff like this is what makes it a ‘Home’ 🙂
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June 3, 2016 at 10:43 am
Thank you, Norm. 🙂 ‘Tis a home, indeed.
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June 2, 2016 at 4:16 pm
That’s so charming. My mother used to etch heights into a door frame. I wish I could go back to that house now and remember how little we all were, but she sold it a long time ago.
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June 3, 2016 at 10:43 am
Makes you wonder whether the new owners continued it, doesn’t it?
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June 3, 2016 at 10:48 am
I’d like to think that, but the house was bought by an investor who rented it out (it was part of a parcel with a separate 4-unit apartment building, so it did make some sense). Possibly one of the tenants might have used that same marking scale for their children.
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June 3, 2016 at 10:59 am
You never know. 🙂
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June 2, 2016 at 3:52 pm
Great doors. I have an old friend who is selling his house but he’s taking that door with him.
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June 2, 2016 at 3:57 pm
That’s one way to do it I guess. 🙂
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June 2, 2016 at 3:22 pm
A very original door contribution. 🙂 Our family had a similar door frame for a similar purpose.
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June 2, 2016 at 3:23 pm
It’s kind of sad that they’re permanent fixtures, isn’t it? If you move, you leave it behind.
Thanks for dropping by! 🙂
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June 2, 2016 at 3:26 pm
Thank you for dropping by first. My parents still live in the house with the same kitchen door frame, just the marks are gone. Without grandchildren there is nothing to measure. Dogs stay mostly the same and don’t care. 🙂
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June 2, 2016 at 3:57 pm
Haha! Yeah, I suppose dogs grow up too fast to keep up. 😛
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June 2, 2016 at 3:01 pm
Very cool Linda.
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June 2, 2016 at 3:02 pm
Thanks, Paul. 🙂
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