This is my inaugural Thursday Doors post! After enjoying the photos of others FOR.EV.ER. I FINALLY got my act together and posted my own! Check it out! 

I’ve driven past this shop a thousand times. It’s a shoe store in a teeny town it seems that time forgot. The florist nearby has been in business for decades, though. Will flowers ever go out of favor (or will big box stores find a way to outsell them)? The pizza shop seems to change owners weekly, but it remains (and probably will). The laundromat is closed — I guess nearby residents managed to all get in-house washer/dryers.

He sold family shoes. He then switched to specialty shoes (work boots, ortho).

“I wonder how he stays in business,” I thought every time I passed.

The other day, passing through again, it seems he can’t.

Now, he’ll sell no shoes. It’s closing time. Another mom and pop shop bites the dust.

This post is part of Thursday Doors by Norm Frampton. Check out other doors on his weekly linkup and/or on the Twitter at #ThursdayDoors.