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Originally Posted by Skip Newsom
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Great pics as always Skip! I esp. like the "River Of Life" doors that adorn our CA missions - many of which are originals! "Some carpentry work that has survived the years are the wooden doors on some of the original mission buildings. The doors at the missions were important, and were often carved with a special design. A favored design was called the “River of Life.” Pairs of wavy lines were carved from top to bottom of the door. This was an Indian design, a reminder that life is not always good and not always bad, but that life just goes on, like a river."