Flowers from PEI

Hello Everyone! Today for your viewing pleasure, I have some flower pictures that I took during our travels down east. These were all taken at the Bottlehouse attraction when we were there...They have an awesome garden! Sorry a lot of these are the same colour--can you tell what my favourite flower colour is?

Anyway, I don't know the names of all these as I'm definitely not a gardener, so I hope you enjoy them all the same!

Enjoy!

Out and About...

in PEI and NB! These are shots that include some family members that I thought were fun!

1st-Keturah as Anne (taken at the visitor centre when we got to PEI)

2nd-Kevin as Anne

3rd Pic-Brooke in Summerside, PEI

4th Pic-Emily in Summerside, PEI

5th Pic-Green Gables House, Cavendish, PEI

6th Pic-Keturah and a bateau, St Stephen, NB

7th Pic-Kevin at the Potato Museum, O'Leary, PEI

8th Pic-All the girlies "caught" in Summerside, PEI

9th Pic-Posing with the Giant Lobster in Shediac, NB

Well, I'm off to get ready for our turkey dinner (at my sisters)! I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving weekend!

Enjoy!

More Scenes of PEI

Here are a few more scenic shots taken when we were out and about around PEI. Yep, we drove ALL around the whole province...it is one of the smallest ones! We saw a lot of great sights along the way. You could drive from one end of the province in less than 1 hr. But we like stopping a lot and torturing our kids to look at things they wouldn't get to see in Ontario, like potato museums, lighthouses, etc! They moaned and groaned a bit, but I think they enjoyed it!

1st & 2nd Pic-was taken between Cavendish and Kensington as we were out driving..the sky looks a bit dark as this was taken right before a storm came in

3rd Pic-taken by the Cape Egmont Lighthouse...Just this protrusion of sand sticking out into the water with this "hole in the wall"--reminds me of the one on Grand Manan Island

4th Pic-North Cape Wind Energy Centre---pretty cool sight with all the windmills and museum. This is the most Northern Point of PEI

5th Pic-Tignish Beach-it seemed to go on for miles

6th Pic-West Point Harbour--the tide was really low here (awesome light though)

Enjoy!



Landscapes of NB & PEI

I'll keep this short today as I'm sick with a head cold..thanks to my darling daughter for sharing her germs with me!

Here are some scenics taken along our journey through NB and PEI.

1st-St John River-taken while we were standing in the middle of the Hartland Covered Bridge

2nd-New Argyle Beach-taken because of the light

3rd-New Argyle Beach as the sun was setting

4th-East Point Light House-taken at the lookout beside the lighthouse

5th-Cavendish Beach-love that red sand

6th-Cavendish Beach-love that view

Travel Tip: I ALWAYS take a journal with me when we go on long trips, so I can remember what we did each day as well as the names of the beaches (in this case) or any other sites that we visit! It really helps me with this blog and identifying my thousands of pictures I take too!

Enjoy your week!

The Bottle House of Prince Edward Island

Here are some shots from a place called "The Bottle House of PEI". Here's a bit of history:

Over 25 000 recycled bottles ingeniously cemented together to create the Bottle Houses, a must-see tourist attraction situated in Cap-Egmont, Prince Edward Island, Canada. They were built by the late Édouard T. Arsenault. He gave birth to these houses after having received a postcard of a glass castle from his daughter in 1979, an attraction she had visited on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. That same summer, he started collecting bottles from his community, mostly from a local restaurant, community dance halls, friends, relatives and neighbours.

He spent the winter in the basement of his home, cleaning bottles, removing labels and dreaming of his project. In the spring of 1980, at the age of 66, he began his construction, a mere hobby yet. As his six-gabled structure was taking form, visitors started coming in. Impressed by his work, they encouraged him to continue and to advertise it as a tourist attraction. And so, in 1981, the first Bottle House was open to the public.

From 1980 to the spring of 1984, he cleverly cemented over 25,000 bottles of various shapes, sizes and colours, into three fantasy-like buildings.

The site offers a multitude of angles for the photographer to capture the wonder of what an individual built out of recycled bottles. It is also truly an inspirational spot for anyons who cares for the environment.

Visit the website at: http://www.bottlehouses.com/ for more information!

Now on to the shots....

1st and 2nd shots-the first bottle house, outside and inside respectively
3rd and 4th shots-the second house, outside and inside
5th, 6th and 7th shots-the third house, outside and 2 inside shots
8th shot-a sculpture made out of bottles too! They had a beautiful garden to walk through as well (I'll include some of theses shots another time!)
9th shot-this is a huge bottle at the entrance to their property! Cool!

Lighthouses Pt. 2

As promised, here are some more lighthouse shots from PEI and NB:

1st Pic-North Point Lightstation -this one was found at the most northern tip of PEI

2nd Pic-Tignish Run Lighthouse-theres a nice beach here and cafe

3rd Pic-Indian Head Lighthouse (near Summerside)-this one was out in the water, but you could venture out on those rocks if you dare! We didn't! It was getting dark and the kids were back at the hotel, so we didn't stay long.

4th Pic-St. Stephen, NB-I'm not sure if this one was real or just for show!

5th Pic-Pendlebury Lighthouse-St Andrews, NB-It is being renovated at this time.

6th Pic-East Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Campobello Island, NB-Saw this while on the whale watch cruise!

Well, that's it for Lighthouses..not sure what I'll include next time--maybe some scenics and/or red beaches!

Have a great week!

Lighthouses of Prince Edward Island!

This trip down east saw us searching for and visiting lots of lighthouses (the kids groaned whenever we mentioned there was another one on the map!) I loved shooting them with my camera-- as you can see below, no two are alike and the sky ends up being different in all of them as well--depending on the weather that day (or should I say minute- as the weather is known to change quickly there).

These are a portion of the ones I shot in PEI-- from one end of the Island to the other. We even toured through a few of them as well..yep all the way to the top..the stairs really hurt my calves as they are fairly steep!!

1st pic-Victoria Seaport Lighthouse (a fairly small one)

2nd pic-Panmure Head Lighthouse (the beach nearby had the ninja crabs)

3rd pic-East Point Lighthouse (giftshop and cafe here too)

4th pic-Shipwreck Point Lighthouse (in the middle of nowhere and kind of plain looking!)

5th pic-Cape Egmont Lighthouse (love the sky and weather this day!)

6th pic-West Point Lightstation (& hotel-you could sleep in this one, but it was full when we were there!)

I'll add more next time with a couple from NB too!