{Our Time in PEI} ~ Anne of Green Gables Chocolates

I told Mr. Husband that I was doing a blog post

on the store that is in Avonlea Village.

Oh you are going to write about a tourist trap?

He quipped.

Well... let's just say we were both excited to 

get some special food things there for our

friends and family... :)

There is also a store in downtown Charlottetown... 

Yes, Anne is 'big business' there but if you think

about all the things published today

and in the last years for kids,

I would myself be mighty glad that 

Lucy Maud Montgomery books are still well loved!

And that there are places that are trying

to preserve the past and promote it.

There is no century I guess that is what we want it to be,

at least from my perspective

as in with beauty, modesty, Christ-loving, peaceful

but should we not at least appreciate the beauty 

that is still to be found and the times where it was

harder in many ways,

out houses, older equipment for laundry, dishes,

farming was a real man's job and not at all easy

(not that it is today but you know what I mean,

horse and buggy verses tractors etc).

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Anyway,

I don't find these things (stores) to be a totally bad thing...

I love Matthew and his quiet love of Anne.

A red fizzy drink, much to some people's dismay ;)

I did not buy the hot chocolate, 

knowing I would be in Ottawa shortly there after

and could get camino chocolate there...

and when I am not using that, Fry's cocoa... 

Anne and Diana dolls :)

Cute, eh?

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They had really great jams, chocolates and other food 

all made in PEI, so it was a special treat that

we passed on to many :)

{Our Time in PEI} ~ Belmont School where L. M. Montgomery taught

The Aveonlea villiage, while a fictional place

of L. M. Montgomery's books, 

is authentic in terms of gathering items of the time 

Anne of GG heresy; clearly Gilbert loves Anne ;)

Ink well in desk...

my Uncle said to me that he remembers used desks

with ink wells...

King and Queen;

how Canada has changed...

My Uncle, he was with us in the school room,

said that he went to a one room school house... 

How times have changed...

I do wish for the order I see in these days

and the modesty in dress....

{Our time in PEI} ~ a few more pictures of Green Gables

Loved this light.

I kept coming back to this beautiful airy light and simple room!

A carpet bag like Anne's.

Not many things out, a very lovely decorated room

for Anne!

{Our time in PEI} ~ Anne's Room (as it were)

A delightful sunlit room.

Of course this is a bit of theatre as Anne is a 

fictional character and the author's cousins lived in this house.

Nonetheless, it is a beautiful room,

and I love the light in it...

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A book I got on the house Green Gables

alludes to how this room

has changed through the decades as different curators

have pictured it differently.

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I found it a bit funny however that all the other rooms

clearly have beautiful chamber pots and this one

has none that I could see.

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When one reads the book Anne of Green Gables

with love, the life and youthfulness of Anne,

the infectiousness of it all comes quickly.

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It was lovely to see this room and think of 

how it points to a book that so many of us love.

{Our time in PEI} ~ the Grounds of 'Green Gables' ~ a visit with family

Green Gables is a federal site seeing place on PEI.

A cousin's house of Lucy Maud Montgomery where

her famed books on Anne of Green Gables is

situated and taken from.

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I had a lovely walk there with Mr. Husband. 

Who could not walk down "lover's lane" while there with

one's best friend, one's husband?

So beautiful.

I could of spent a lot more time there

being quiet in these woods.

I heard this gentle stream... 

I can't help but wonder how the author's 

church experience could of been better....

nature is for sure a beautiful healing place

but I can't help but think of how my understanding of

Orthodox Liturgy in contrast to this.

The red clay of PEI.

Beautiful, so verdant, so well kept.

This was a new stove made to look

old and is a place that Mr. Husband and I bought

a bowl of ice cream to share.

We sat on a bench outside eating with two spoons;

a woman with children said she had not seen

anyone do this is a very long time

and that it was romantic.

This was lovely but even more lovely was just that

what we were doing was merely simple and comfortable.

I am so glad for my Mr. Husband.

Lots of flowers here, a beautiful spot. 

I am grateful that our lives included this day.

We were with my Aunt and Uncle and my 

cousin and her son that day,

who were also holidaying in this part of Canada.

It was a very lovely day.