To some that may look like a badly taken picture of a brick up against a door, to me however it is a revelation! You see that door never shuts properly, the slightest breeze and it is open, and when I came here I mentioned this to the landlords man who shrugged and muttered and left it alone. The indication was he was a busy man and this was not important.
Since then I have sat here constantly pushing the door shut in winter or leaving it wide open in summer to avoid the draught that hurtles through attacking my back. I have been here over twenty years and only this morning it came to me that I could place a brick (we all have them lying around in case we feel the need to throw them at someone) against the door and force the brute to stay shut. Therefore I placed a brick against the door and the door has happily obeyed in spite of the wind whistling though here and there and refused to open.
There is however still a draught!
There is something about the starkness of trees standing against what light there is in the evenings. My bleary eyes found myself staring at the trees over yonder as the darkness began to creep in and the trees became silhouetted against the cloudy sky.
The sky being what it is changes colour of you look around ever so slightly. This is the tree next door and the sky is slightly different yet the starkness remains as does a slight tinge of the colour of dying leaves. This always catches my attention, the stark outline of the branches and the hues behind.
I could of course just be daft...
I came across this coin the other day at the museum and was taken aback as I did not know such as this existed. In my day coins were coins of the realm worth a vast amount of cash, well things were cheaper then, and today they appear to have all sorts of crazy drawings all over them, sometimes only parts of a drawing! It's all very strange to me. Mind you after several attempts to photograph it the coin is even stranger, I must try again to morrow and get it right this time.
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I've got a little wooden door stopper that does the trick for me...used on one of my doors. It works well and won't break my toe/s if it falls on my foot! :)
Lee, You think I am that daft...don't answer that.
I do wonder sometimes. I mean, about having a brick lying around and not using it to keep the door shut for 20 years....
Jenny, Well yes, I see it that way also...it's worrying.
You could, of course, fit a catch yourself. Or improvise or eve (shudder), buy a little rubber wedge, made for just that purpose. A brick is inefficient overkill.
Soub, Inefficient? It works, Overkill? It's useful when robbers invade.
I have seen some people cover their brick door stoppers in fabric to make them part of the decor. You need one of those long snake like draught stoppers that sit along the bottom of your door. I usually see them on those craft stalls that have sewn goods. In fact the draught stopper might even stop your door from opening.
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/254132376/black-window-snake-door-snake-draft?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_au_en_au_d-home_and_living-other&utm_custom1=9cc10086-7bc5-4857-b06d-1a9a53ffe5d5&gclid=CjwKEAiAmo_CBRC9qbGQssjqi28SJABYTgZxxQo005PHjjmgBSkuaVIK2yrMRRSMoHja2mhEa3uMlhoC_SDw_wcB
Carol, Those things look ideal! I need one for the windows also, filled with bricks!
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