An escape to a remote island off the coast of Donegal was just what I needed last weekend. A chance to recharge the batteries and indulge in a much needed phone detox.

But I did have my little Nikon with me because I’m always on the lookout for interesting doors, among other things.

As you can see, there’s a modern house built alongside this old house. I assume the old part is just used as sheds, but would have been someone’s home once upon a time. I like the way they keep it all nicely painted and tidy on the outside.

I’m pretty certain this house is derelict. I first noticed it on our first evening while we were walking back from the restaurant to our holiday house. It was almost dark and the house was so hauntingly inviting; I wanted to go inside. But no one would come with me and I wasn’t brave enough to go alone. Besides, maybe it is occupied.

I returned the next day to get a photo.

I got my feet soaking wet traipsing across wet grass to get a pic of this house. It doesn’t even have a door, so yes, I’m mad in the head!

I can never resist a red door, especially on a white house.

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Set in a gossipy small town in Ireland at a time when marriage is for keeps and sexuality is repressed, Secrets in the Babby House is a family saga over three decades that starts in 1956. It is a story of love, deception, and stolen diaries filled with sins and secrets.

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