honey, can you open the window?

i really must say over and over again that i am no photographer, but i am quite crazy about doors and windows. how ugly and beautiful and old and somehow amazing they can be! people paint them in all these fantastic colors, and in some cases, they don't paint them at all. all that wear and tear. those signs of someone living in there. years and years of no maintenance. i definitely adore the strange rules of aesthetic that apply around here. what makes one nail that thick piece of wood next to those thin pieces? why does the frame (what frame?) seem to be about to fall into the ground?