July 2018 - Kawarthas - Day Three

Day 3

Heading home

through Lakefield, Kawarthas and Lindsay

9 Little Libraries

1039 Water Street, Peterborough

On our way out of Peterborough
we spotted this one by a seniors residence

Rotary Club

Charter 45999

Van Gogh theme

 

Hill Street, Lakefield

Community Board at Lakefield Youth Unlimited 

on the island at the bridge. 

Stayed to check out the boat gardens. 

Charter 24085
This LYU page talks about the gardens and the Little Library.
"High youth attended our gardens and produced a bountiful harvest of tomatoes, lettuce and parsley. This produce is sold to The Nutty Bean Café, a local restaurant in Lakefield."

Lakefield is a beautiful little town by the Otanabee River.

8 Queen Street Lakefield

 Charter 24087

 Lakefield & District Horticultural Society

Rotary Club
In a small park near the Information Centre
Flower theme

71 Rabbit Street, Lakefield
Charter 31682
Next to a trail

14 Water Street, Lakefield

A beautifully painted Little Library at the marina

advertising the Lakefield Literay Festival.

Margarent Laurence, author of Stone Angel
lived in Lakefield for 14 years until her death in 1984.

Breakfast at the Nutty Bean Cafe

Another good reason to choose Lakefield for a vacation spot.

Harrington Line, Ennismore

West of Lakefield but a 20 minute drive around Chemong Lake

Rotary Club

Dragon theme

4 Sumcot Drive, Trent Lakes, Buckthorn

By the mailboxes

Charter 25642

Rotary Club

A note from a kid pleading for more kid books

Borrowed The Eat-Clean Diet Recharge

Disney theme

 

Deacon Crescent, Lindsay

Charter 44450

William Booth Cres, Lindsay 

Charter 28008

-- Coffee break--
Boiling Over's Coffee Vault
140 Kent Street W in Lindsay

Last stop before we headed home from here. 

Summing up:

Peterborough, Lakefield, Ennismore, Buckhorn, Lindsay

40 Little Libraries

Half (20) were Rotary Club little libraries
3 Kim Zippel libraries

We picked up about 4 books (2 each) and dropped off about 10

and left a WS booklet in each library 

Coffee at: Amuse, BlackHoney, Dreams of Beans, The Nutty Bean Cafe, Boiling Over

July 2018 - Peterborough - Day Two

Day 2

3 days of walking and visiting Little Libraries in the Peterborough area.

16 Little Libraries

Farmcrest Avenue, Peterborough

This little Rotary Club library was

hidden under the leaves of a maple tree.
Can you see it?

We missed it with the first drive down the street.

Alphabet theme

Maria Street, Peterborough
Rotary Club
Alice in Wonderland theme

At the park on Scollard Drive, Peterborough
Rotary Club
Sports theme

Barlesan Road, Peterborough
Rotary Club
Outdoor theme

Elizabeth Street, Peterborough
Charter 64126

--Coffee Break--

BlackHoney
221 Hunter Street West
In the cafe district of downtown
Nice looking bakery/coffee shop.
Good coffee.
Patio in the front and in the back.
We got panhandled while sitting out front.


Afterward had a nice walk through Millenium Park.

Here's our canine companion at the
restored Esker statue

Hunter Street, Peterborough
Rotary Club
Fanciful theme

Cute cement rabbit at the base of the Little Library

Hopkins Avenue, Peterborough
Rotary Club
Dog-friendly

Peterborough had a smart promotion.
An inexpensive way to promote gardens in the city,
by giving out "Peterborough Pollinator Garden" signs.

For Canada's 150th birthday,
the city gave out 150+ signs and calendars to houses
that registered their pollinator garden.
And many gardens were still proudly displaying their signs this year.

Mount Community Centre
Monaghan Road, Peterborough
Rotary Club

Cute fairy door on Monaghan Road

Rosedale Avenue, Peterborough
Rotary Club
City lights theme

Charlotte Street, Peterborough
Rotary Club
Little Mermaid theme

King George Street, Peterborough
A Kim Zippel shed style little library
Borrowed Five Quarters of the Orange

Lock Street, Peterborough
This little library is a little goofy

Scholars Education Centre, Peterborough
An indoor little library

Romaine Street, Peterborough
On the porch of a house turned restaurant
Rotary Club
Finding Nemo theme

Douglas Avenue, Peterborough
A large Kim Zippel shed style little library

Western Avenue, Peterborough
Charter 38157

--Dinner Coffee Break--

Dreams of Beans
138 Hunter St W, Peterborough
Downtown. Sat on the patio.
Nice service. Nice lattes.

We headed back to the hotel after our Dreams of Beans visit.

July 2018 - Peterborough - Day One

Day One

We spent 3 hot sunny days walking and visiting Little Libraries in the Peterborough area.
18 Little Libraries
Coffee at Amuse (and Starbucks)

Stenson Boulevard, Peterborough

Built by Kim Zippel

We found several Kim Zippel roomy shed-style boxes

We made a short run of Peterborough-theme booklets. 

This cover is an old postcard of the town hall.

Next up, Crestwood Avenue

A head at the house next door 

to the Little Library

Crestwood Avenue, Peterborough

A Rotary Club Little Library.

Peterborough and the Kawarthas

had mostly Rotary Club boxes of

this shape and size.

Each is painted

with a different theme.

The club installed 25 libraries back in 2015,

as a 25 year anniversary project.

The Rotary Club sign

1965 copy of The Federalist Papers

Fun summertime reading

This Peterborough-theme booklet cover is

an old postcard of downtown George Street

Ridgewood Road, Peterborough

 

Weller Crescent, Peterborough

A Rotary Club Little Library

Rocketship theme. 

Earlwood Drive, Peterborough

Earlwood Drive, Peterborough

A found a woodworking site

that gives instructions for

building this Little Library

Crowley Crescent, Peterborough

Rotary Club

Mushroom theme

Wellington Street, Peterborough

Charter 25635

Rotary Club

Water/island theme

Martin Yan's 

The Joy of Wokking was inside.

He was the TV chef of the show

Yan Can Cook on PBS back in the 1980s

On the way to Victoria Avenue we spotted 

this kitchy front porch filled with 

signs and wind chimes

Victoria Avenue, Peterborough

Beautifully painted with blossoms

Charter 27594

You can see a copy of Two Fat Ladies cookbook

through the door window (lower shelf).

They had a popular TV cooking show

in Britain (broadcast in Canada) in the 90s.

-- Coffee Break --

Amuse Coffee Company

We found a nice coffee shop with outdoor seating

at  641 George St N, Peterborough

The service was great and very accommodating. 

We had cold Matcha lattes with macadamia nut milk
 and gluten free cheese muffins.

Sat outside on patio chairs.

Water Street and Edinburgh Street

The Goose Pond Little Free Library
On a grassy path near the water

Inside The Goose Pond Little Free Library.

I convinced Sister S to take the

Louise Penny book Dead Cold

since every Canadian must read at least one

Quebec-based Louise Penny mystery novel. 

Waterford Street, Peterborough

Rotary Club

Unicorn theme

Aylmer Street North, Peterborough

Rotary Club

Smiley theme

This friendly grey guy came by to greet us

Aylmer Street North, Peterborough

Just a few doors down from the Smiley theme little library

Adam's Little Library

A children's little library

Weird children's book

Aberdeen Avenue, Peterborough

Just down from the libraries on Aylmer

was another Little Library.

Rotary Club

Dunlop Street, Peterborough

Rogers Street, Peterborough

The door was missing

but the books were in good shape.

I had to have The Book of Awesome, 

I saw it in Chapters last week and thought

about buying it. I figured this was serendipity.

Sherbrooke Street, Peterborough

Rotary Club

Fall/Winter theme

Park Place, Peterborough

Rotary Club

Abstract art theme

Pearl Avenue, Peterborough

2 storey house shaped little library