Anne of Green Gables

On Wednesday, Sonny and Billy decided to find other things to do while those of us interested in the story of Anne Shirley in "Anne of Green Gables" went off to find out more.  This is the house that the author used as a model in her story. It actually did belong to a member of Lucy  Montgomery's family.

After Anne of  Green Gables and a Chinese lunch, we dropped Donna and Dottie at the campsite,  Merrill, Kim and I continued scoping out the island beaches and lighthouse  hunting.

Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a children's novel since the mid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town.

Since its publication, Anne of Green Gables has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into at least 36 languages. Montgomery wrote numerous sequels, and since her death, another sequel has been published, as well as an authorized prequel. The original book is taught to students around the world.^[4]

The book has been adapted as films, made-for-television movies, and animated and live-action television series. Musicals and plays have also been created, with productions annually in Canada since 1964 of the first musical production, which has toured in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan.

Merrill and Dottie, Donna and me.

"Anne of Green Gables" is a a sweet story about growing up and working through the "issues" of life. Anne became a
teacher and raised a family.

The house contained period artifacts from an 1800s farm house.

This is a miniature wood cook stove.
Meals could be cooked on it and then
kept warm in the oven up above.

Every bed had a hand made quilt.

Kim took a turn  wearing the "Anne" hat and sitting in the buggy.

Since it was  fall, many flowers had gone by but there was
still some interesting color left.

Looking at the front of the house.

Kim, me and Donna

This building was the actual home of Lucy Montgomery
at another site.

This was a small store beside Lucy's home.

Crazy Quilt.  We have one in our
family made from old dresses that dates back to the 1800s.  There are no squares, just hand stitched and then colorful
embroidery was added.

This is a third house in the
Montgomery family.  I liked the old
fashioned screen door.

This is what lobster pots look like some years ago.  People make coffee tables out of them or decorate the porch.

The barn yard wishing well.

Very specific as to who can park here.

There are many pretty white churches on PEI.

Kim and Merrill at an overlook

Beach cairn. Such pretty red dirt.

Trying to catch Merrill snoring in the back seat.

These cairns look easy to construct since the rock is generally flat.  Looking down the beach- we were trying to get to the  arch but the tide was against us.

This was really the only light house we could find in the 

area we explored.