Picking up where we left off yesterday, there's a big beautiful Sugar Maple outside that art deco house we stopped at yesterday. I backed up a little and waited for traffic to pass (there wasn't much), and snapped a photo of the entire tree.
I don't think I go past any other Sugar maples this large.
Across the street is this enormous old house. The design is remarkable, and it sold 2 or 3 years ago so I presume the new owners have been fixing up the interior.
Down in the next block is the large First Baptist Church, the only larger church in town that is not wheelchair accessible as far as I know.
And finally we reach the library, my most common destination downtown. I personally think the renovations they did to the old grocery store to create a library were very well planned This building is totally wheelchair accessible, right down to the washrooms.
After that I reach the harbour, if I'm going that far. That's the bench I usually stop at to just relax a bit.
Heading back home I ride back up the same street usually, passing this nondescript building beside the old library. It's the townhall. I presume they're using the old library for office space.
Across the street is another old stone church, one of the smaller ones, which became the Rotary Club's Thrift Shop, and then they purchased the building and host the local food bank downstairs. A great use for an older church in my opinion and a good project for our local Rotary Club.
Such nice, old buildings. I imagine the ride back up that hill must be something though.
ReplyDeleteMy last job with the library system was to make all 10 locations accessible, right down to the placement of toilet paper holders. I think that of all the things I did, that project is the one I am most proud of. As I get older, I appreciate what this must have meant to our patrons even more.
Oh I love that big old house.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter's home near Woodstock is big and old like that. Love the character.
ReplyDeleteI also love that church.
The maple is spectacular! But my favorite is the old stone church, what a beautiful building, and it's wonderful it is being put to such good use.
ReplyDeleteThat last, the old stone church, is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteThat's an impressive sugar maple, especially for one that was planted as an ornamental. I've never understood why most commercial buildings have flat roofs, they're almost guaranteed to leak -- cost of construction I assume. Yes indeed, that old stone church is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great use of an old church, putting the words spoken there into practise.
ReplyDeleteThe bench by the harbour looks a good place to stop a while.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan