Focus on Life Week 9 ~ Knock, Knock

First of all, this week I found it very interesting and coincidental that Sally characterized Week 9's challenge with a quote from Temple Grandin :

"A door opened and I went through it". 

Not only is Temple Grandin a hero of mine (see my National Inclusion Project involvement...), but could that quote not describe ALL of our involvements in this challenge?? 

Sally says "Let's open some doors to see what awaits us on the other side..."

I spent some time early this week to see what door I wanted to open, and made a decision that I was excited about...but unfortunately, Mother Nature has chosen not to cooperate once more. My chosen door "lives" about 30 miles away and it has snowed for the fourth day in a row today, so the roads are just not conducive to day tripping. 

SO.....I've kept with my original theme and used a photograph which I took in October of last year, on my trip to Washington, DC:

This is a door which leads to the entire world.

 I am a lover of history, and this door to the Smithsonian Museum led me to several days of exploring the world, its people, its cultures, its jewels, its shoes, its dresses, its dark days and its brighter ones. Thank you indeed to James Smithson for his philanthropy and his foresight! I loved it!

A couple of examples:

What you might eat from if you are invited to dine at the White House:

Part of the original funding:

Hilary Clinton's inaugural ball gown:

The actual counter and stools where the Greensboro NC sit-in took place in 1960.

The rest of my Washington pictures are HERE if you would like to see them. 

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