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
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 --
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.
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
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
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