Catching up on recent "adventures"

"Adventures" in parenthesis, because it's not like I was away somewhere exotic or even doing anything "adventurous."

Flowers outside a little shop.

However, I'd had a day trip on the 18th to Merrickville, a tiny, touristy village northeast of here, my first-ever time visiting. While the pic below shows only one side of the street, that is, in fact, about all there is to Merrickville! Even so, there were tons of tourists and lots of neat little shops and cafés, so I see why it's a popular spot.

A few snaps of some of the shops, below. Of the (presumably machine-made) quilts in the image, my favourite is the middle left one. Good thing it was a king-size, not a double or queen, otherwise I'd have been mightily tempted.

Below: About half the case of home-made fudge. I'm not a big fan of fudge, so it was easy to pass on buying any. I was more tempted by the homemade chocolates in the ice cream shop, but I managed to pass on any of those too. Though I didn't pass on a scoop of ice cream.

A restaurant's garden, below. I don't know what the pink/purple flower is in the second pic of the garden.

Merrickville is right on the Rideau Canal, and the old Block House (now small museum) is open to the public. There was only one staff member on duty when we popped in, so we couldn't go upstairs.

An old side-saddle, below, with its claim to fame being that it atypically has two stirrups.

  

A couple of views of the Rideau Canal, below, at the Blockhouse.

It's worth the stop if you're anywhere in the region and enjoy poking around quaint villages and towns with plenty of rambling antique/other shops.

I was going to post a few pics from my lovely walk yesterday morning (Sunday the 25th), but this already has become far lengthier than I anticipated, so I'll leave those for another time.

Peace.