Hello again and welcome back to those of you who've come along with me on this jaunt through Lunenburg. Connie and I walked just one of the streets- the next one up from the sea- Montague- to get a feel for this amazingly well preserved world heritage fishing town.
An unusually subdued colour, No 9 has some remarkable mouldings that elevate its simple shape.
Colour is the name of the game here.
The crazy slope of the streets that go down to the sea are what kept us from venturing further by foot.
A kind stranger offered to take our picture. This young man from Halifax was touring with his wife and another couple. The wife of the other couple approached Connie and said, "I think I know you." Connie got the surprise of her life when this lovely young woman turned out to be someone she used to babysit back in mid-northern Ontario. I caught the excitement of this crazy stroke of serendipity and we marvelled over it long after. Of course pictures were taken and it wasn't long before Connie got a message from the young woman's mother as part of the celebration.
Connie poses for me outside the Dockside restaurant and inn.
more restaurants along this colourful street
an unusual assortment of windows on this grey clapboard
Here's a cobalt charmer with its plaque reading " Built for Eli Hopp 1868"
Upon closer inspection we see it also has a number plaque and a sweet little anchor for a door knocker. Fabulous door mouldings and sidelights make this little house so much grander.
Upstairs hides a secret, a model schooner
and the street post at the road is adorned with an iron ship and a gearbox/compass looking sort of thing not to mention a most handsome fish.
To its right is a gated access down to the back with a glimpse
of Lunenburg Harbour
Connie in purple poses with this house in purple
A skin care company Fiore Botanica has taken over this fabulous mansard roofed house at the corner of Cornwallis Street with a side patio for the husbands, I suppose, to wait.
Still on Montague, another charmer, set on the steep angle of Cornwallis Stree.
An eye-popper with a sandwich board outside that reads :
seafood salads burgers wings donairs falafel poutine shawarma licensed
That should cover most bases.
Next door, or perhaps attached, more delicacies,
with a sign in the window offering local honey for sale.
a pretty side of a house with a fire escape that hmm... must offer some level of privacy.
We head back to the car, to do a driving tour of the higher streets.
I've always had a little crush on this house though not on its location between two streets,
somewhat like a little boat itself afloat on a sea of pavement.
Our rented car was brand new, a real treat, and had Sirius radio in it which was tuned to 1940's music that went so well with this fun afternoon. Connie videoed our tour of the higher streets though I think she missed our squeals as we turned to go downhill at one point, sure that the car would roll over.
While it's still November, I will try to do catch-up from that first week that she was here with all our little adventures to the sea.
Please join me again. It's great to have you to share it with.
with gratitude for the myriad of good things that happen to us in a day
without any investment, preparations or deserving on our part
just because we are.
2 comments:
What a beautiful, fascinating seaside town!
Isn't it! Even the houses that aren't as old, have a charm worth recording. I must do that some day though one has to be more discreet on those outings as you already know LOL.
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