Good Friday 2017 - Kitchener-Waterloo Little Libraries

13 Little Free Libraries
2 K-W neighbourhoods: Frederick and Belmont

2 coffee shops (tried 5--2 open):
Public Market
and
Smile Tiger

8.5km of walking (about 12,000 steps)
Forgot to take a Fitbit photo, you'll have to trust us

The Frederick area of Kitchener is a beautiful area to walk. It has a welcoming, artsy feel, quaint old homes, a local convenience store turned into a neighbourhood yuppie hangout -- fresh baked goods, cream-top milk, free-range eggs, take home meals, local artisan crafts, and quality coffee/espresso.

We started our walk on Filbert and Victoria.
The books that went into the LFLs were donated by WS-S.

Filbert Street easter bunnies.
Or are they?

Cute mushroom door knob
on the first little library we visited on Filbert.

Made new hygge-theme covers for our booklets

Another little library on a stump on Filbert 

Left the Alberta coffee table book and booklet

Stopped for coffee at the Public Market
on the corner of Frederick and Filbert.
(Not my photo)

A little library by a Quaker house on Frederick.
The doorknob is a peace pole.

Left a kitchen gifts book

Chestnut Street

A brightly painted little library at
Lancaster and Mansion.
Made by J. Gordon (news article)

We saw a LFL sign in the window of this building,
but no little library. :(
It was probably a shelf inside.

Mansion Street

We loved the title of this book.
 Dogs, Houses, Gardens, Food & Other Addictions 

Left a WS booklet and
Arizona coffee table book

Oh the humanity!
A dog-eared page.

Queen Street N

We passed the Kitchener Art Gallery.
It had what looked like community gardens on the lawn.
A closer look made us think they were experimental gardens,
with sponsors' names on the retaining walls.
Monsanto was a bit of a shock.
But maybe this a political art piece. 

Finished walking the Frederick neighbourhood. 

Decided to try for coffee at Sabletine's Bakery.

Mary  Allen Park, Waterloo
We spotted this as we were driving over.
WS-D pulled over, we hopped out, and went all giddy
over the cute window boxes on the red and white library. 

Sabletine's was closed for Good Friday.

Vincenzo's, around the corner, was also closed.

So we tried Berlin Bicycle Cafe in the Belmont

neighbourhood. Closed.  So we walked instead, enjoyed

seeing the beautiful houses in the Belmont area

and found a few more little libraries.

Claremont Avenue

Avondale Avenue

A Kitchener church cookbook

Corner of Avondale and Union

Roslin Avenue S

Woo hoo! We're millionaires!

Camping hygge on an Avondale front lawn

Severn Street

Peace pole on Union Blvd.
Peace Poles were first thought up in 1955 in Japan.

Smile Tiger Coffee.
It's next to the GO train station on Victoria Rd (Hwy 7).
Not my photo. I forgot to take one, so here's one from the internet.
We sat out on the patio and enjoyed the amazing weather. 

Our last stop was the Belgian Nursery
on Victoria (Hwy 7) between Guelph and Kitchener.
Open year round with an amazing cactus room.
(Not my photo)