a little Lunenburg walking tour

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.

by the sea: through Mahone Bay to Lunenburg

Well, how-d'ye-do! I'm back already.
I knew I had a lot of pictures to process from our travels with Connie so I though I'd devote some hours to fixing up my pictures from November 3rd:

our trip through Mahone Bay to Lunenburg

We started out from a balmy day of summer weather and arrived on the south shore to the cool damp of the Atlantic. Across the bay to the village of Mahone Bay.

The tide was somewhat out, coming or going I don't remember.

I thought I'd try out a panoramic shot of the bay.

Just beyond the parking lot something like sedge seemed to be growing in the loose soil.

We didn't stay long in Mahone Bay. Most places were closed and Lunenburg was calling us.

a grand old mansard-roofed house in Lunenburg as we approached the docks.

As soon as we got there I found my favourite picnic bench to eat our lunch. It was pleasant if you don't mind the salt spray of the fog rolling in in your face. Connie did, and turned her back to the wind. A dog walker found me changing my sandals over to socks and shoes and commented, " A little cold for a picnic."  It was a funny understatement.

As we strolled along the docks we found real fishermen doing repairs

and more sailors also doing repairs,

the latter two on the deck of...

the Theresa E. Connor.

looking back at the dock in the last picture

more boats moored

a boat launch overgrown with seagrass

a bird, probably a seagull, flying over the foggy harbour

boats in the mist 

and more

Connie found a whalebone on the dock; there were a few more laying about.

Quintessential Maritime colours of Adams & Knickle

Founded in 1897 by Harry W. Adams and Captain Alexander Knickle, the company quickly established its niche in the booming salt-fish trade. The company began as the partnership of Knickle & Co. and changed its name to Adams & Knickle Ltd. in 1907. On April 21, 1943, their fishing schooner, Flora Alberta,collided with the Fanad Head  about 140 kilometers from Halifax. ThFlora Alberta sunk within a few minutes of the collision and twenty-one crew members died as a result. The company was incorporated on July 30, 1945 and continues under this name as of 2009. 

During the early 1950s, the salt-fish trade began to dwindle, and a new scallop fishery emerged. In 1954, Adams & Knickle purchased Lunenburg’s first deep-sea scallop dragger, the Barbara Jo, and within the next five years, the company launched eight more wooden scallop vessels. By 1962, the offshore fleet had grown to 44 vessels, and to 77 by 1980. On July 31, 1980, their fishing trawler, Margaret Jane, collided with the Cape Beaver about six kilometers from Lunenburg. The Margaret Jane sunk within two minutes of the collision and four crew members died as a result.

thank you Wikipedia

I thought it was important to remember what a dangerous business the fishing trade can be as much a I enjoy the colourful beauty of this designated World Heritage fishing town. There is a memorial to fishermen on the Lunenburg docks.

Across the street there is a large old inn called Smuggler's Cove Inn. 

We began a walking tour of the next street up before it started to rain. I'll share that another day.

thank you as always for caring to visit and share your comments. So appreciated.

snuggling in on a rainy afternoon here

peace

Lunenburg in August- Part Two

Thank you for dropping in on Phase Two of our Lunenburg afternoon two Saturdays ago.

Building mostly with a few animated  and somewhat barely animated shots. You'll see what I mean.

Front Harbour Marine was solid, somewhat subdued in colour almost identical to its red neighour

Another old working marine building

Corbels anyone?

Nothing like an East Coast picture of laundry blowing in the wind

Some of these sad old Victorians still have a few redeeming features like this huge building that would love a coat of fresh colours

like this charming building

right up to the sidewalk, another simple boxy house that benefits from overstated mouldings and corbels at every possible corner

built around 1827 for Captain Jacob Moser, Master Mariner

Switch those colours around and they still work on this next house

I step back to get a better shot as Wally carries on toward the Foodland just beyond

We were getting hungry and it was too far to walk back to the car to get our picnic

so we bought a few goodies and sat on the stoop of the Clearwater Fishing headquarters, close for the day, and rested a while out of the sun

Just to our left, looking back toward the bay we saw this quaint sight

This dock is signed as "Railway Wharf" clearly leftover from another generation

As we enjoyed this idyllic sight, a fishing boat came tootling in

making its way to "safe harbour"

Wally thought this would be a good time to capture the moment

Then we headed back to a crossroad that would take us up to the next level of town

and as we rounded the corner of the old blacksmith shop we saw this charming scene

Across the way, we saw this house for sale at 202 Pelham St.

Just for fun, I looked it up and found that the asking price is $389,500,

substantially higher than some of large houses around the province

dead or snoozy? Definitely snoozy

Baby Blue and- Corbels!

1884 Built for Capt. Simeon Hebb former home of Mayor Lawrence Hebb

touching up a beauty

one more sweetie

a whale of a knocker (hee hee)

a neglected oldster, big for its day

and that's the end... my camera battery died. ho hum. and there was so much more to see.

well, thanks for coming along for the ride.

There's a whole lot of beauty around us

Let's continue to enjoy it all.