Green Gables...

Today was our last day in Prince Edward Island.
After a Tim Horton breakfast, we headed to the Mecca of Anne Shirley sites, Green Gables.




It's really a beautiful, whimsical park property.
Designed to look exactly how it was described in the book, it's a fully functional house.




Lucy Maude Montgomery based Green Gables on the house where her grandfather's cousin lived. It sat on this spot and looked similar to the this house. The Canadian Preservation Society renovated the property to look like the descriptions from the books.
Next to the house are the Lover's Lane and Haunted Forrest.
The authors former childhood home is through the Haunted Forrest and we walked through it to see the foundation of the house. While we were there we met a lovely lady whose husband was Lucy Maude Montgomery's cousin. She told Jeannie a lot about the history of the area and personal stories about the author.




After that, we walked over to Lucy Maude Montgomery's gravesite.
We then walked back to Green Gables and Jeannie took a last few looks at the house.
To her, this was the best part of the trip. She really loved seeing the house and walking through the rooms and hallways of the special place she had been imagining about ever since she was 8 years old.








We then went to the gift shop and that's where my fun started. Look at all the things you can sell as Anne Of Green Gables paraphernalia.




Chocolate suckers.




Wind chimes.




Tiny Spoons. (These are not functioning spoons)




Letter openers.




Napkins. Seriously, there were napkins everywhere. One packet of 8 cost $6.99. Apparently you're kinda not supposed to use these napkins either. They're decorative (paper) napkins.




Weeds. You can grow your own Anne inspired weeds.




Toenail clippers. Really.
This wasn't in the gift shop, but I'm scared of what they are asking for in this sign.




Jeannie said it was a magical day and I enjoyed walking around and seeing everything with her.
She really enjoyed her birthday and said the whole trip was very special to her.
That's all that matters. I'm so glad she had such a good time.
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