Five Frames of Doors from Mesilla

This post is dedicated to my brother, David, who professes to like door photos. In late July of 2019, David, Cheryl, Kathryn, and myself headed over to Mesilla, NM to have lunch at La Postada de Mesilla and do a photo shoot in the picturesque area near the square in downtown Messilla. Here are five frames of doors.

Doors of Mesilla – 1

I was processing photos of doors from my various travels and planning a door post from cities around the world when I realized I had five frames just from Mesilla. So I went with that. Of course, this means that there are doors left over for another post!

The door in this shot is opening onto a courtyard. What’s in there? Should we go in?

Doors of Mesilla – 2

This is a door and window on the side of the Basillica de San Albino. The mission of San Albino was established by the Mexican government in 1851, making it one of the oldest missions in the Mesilla valley. The original church was logs and adobe. The current building was constructed in 1908. The church was made a minor basilica in 2008 by the Vatican.

Doors of Mesilla – 3

This is three doors in one! You can see all the way through the building and out the back. The implements and supplies of construction add interest to the scene.

Doors of Mesilla – 4

I envision this as the meeting place of a secret society. There’s no sign, so you have to know that the absence of sign demarks the meeting place of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Martini. There is no door knob, so supplicants must know the secret knock: knock-knock-knock-Pause-knock-pause-knock-pause-knock-pause-knock-knock-knock. The door will only open at the “happy hour”, betwen five and six pm on Fridays. Cover charge is $10, first two martinis are free.

Doors of Mesilla – 5

Here’s a blue door and two blue windows. The door looks like it has been retired (the iron grate is the giveaway.) I bet the two windows are dishing on the door for becoming, well, a window.

Other posts with door photos are: Five Frames of Hidden Art from Boston, Five More Frames from Alpine, and Five Frames from San Francisco.

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All of these photos were taken with a Canon 6DII wearing the Canon 24-70mm f2.8 zoom. The photos were processed from RAW files using Darktable.