We left Friday morning in sunshine and blue skies always makes me much happier to be driving 3 hours if it is sunny out! Problem was darn school break week!
And then Gord pulled a big upside down smile β he did not want to drive 67 km out of the way to go junkin!!! WHAT β is he nuts! But I gave in and instead we drove right to Peterborough secretly I kept hoping we would run into a few antique or good junk shops en route but Gord was flying down that highway so fast my eyes were watering!
Soooo, off we went to the Canoe Museum. Now I have to admit, I was not reallllly looking forward to looking at a bunch of canoes but Oh My God! Amazing history of the canoe in Canada β from West Coast dugout canoes to stunning birch bark canoes from Ontario and Quebec to hide covered kayaks of the Inuit. This museum is sooooo well done, so informative and has beautiful displays of antique and modern canoes and kayaks.
Saturday morning we headed over to the Fibre Arts show location β it was lovely β bright, well lit with perfect temperatures for hordes of shoppers! If I had brought my bathing suit I might even have been tempted to sneak in a few runs down the water slide!!! Some of the beautiful rugs that were for sale and I believe that is John Boorman with one of his framesβ¦.
This vendor did absolutely beautiful wet felted scarves, hats and other pieces and I loved her booth setup β I wanted to move in she made her wall out of 5 old doors and had antique tables etc. It really was a great festival! Thanks for spending so much time with me to pick out the colours for my fish tych. I am glad that you got to be a tourist too. The Canoe Museum is fabulous. There is now a meeting place for rug hookers in Peterborough. This is a new hobby and creative art form for me.
