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Monday Murals – Street Art from out East Coast Road Trip

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….thanks to Sami from Colourful World for hosting Monday Murals https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2023/10/monday-murals-future-river-view.html?m=1

From Sherbrooke, Que.

From Halifax

Road Trip – Days 5

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….driving through Shediac, Cormierville and Bouctouche

It was another beautiful day for a road trip.

On our way to Bouctouche we stopped by a roadside shop that specialized in antiques and wood carvings. The owner lovingly explained how all the objects that we were looking at were carved from one block of wood by her very talented husband who had passed six years ago.

Charles Bernard had a very colourful history and apparently learned how to carve wood when he was serving time in the penitentiary. He lived in Bouctouche with his wife for 15 years where they ran the wood carving shop and antiques store.

He even carved his own coffin with his life story carved into the sides
All the books are carved from one block of wood
Even the tools on this bench are carved from wood

The shop is located right on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.

….to be cont

Road Trip – Day 2

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….from Cornwall to Sherbrooke

On Saturday morning we woke up to light rain. After a good breakfast we packed up the car and headed out for Sherbrooke in Quebec.

As you can see by the photos the rain was pretty steady but when we arrived in Sherbrooke the rain had stopped and we were able to get out of the car and navigate the very steep streets of the downtown.

We found a great art gallery, Beaux des Arts, and explored two floors of art from the 30’s and 40’s by four Montreal artists who introduced abstract art to the Quebec people.

Fritz Brandtner, City, 1948
Marion Dale Scott, Anthuium, entre 1945 et 1948

After a short break we climbed up the steep streets and made our way to a quaint bar where we ordered some refreshments and a plate of classic poutine. Sherbrooke is a very French community and you will always be greeted in French first but most people also speak English.