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Picturesque Lunenburg is one of my favourite small towns to visit in the east coast Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Located about an hours’ drive south of Halifax, Lunenburg was a hub for both the fishing and the shipbuilding industries for well over 250 years. Because of its historical significance, in 1995 the entire town was named a UNSECO World Heritage site – the only entire town with this distinction in North America.
I’ve done a number of previous posts from this gorgeous little seaside town on our last visit there in 2015.
Despite coming away with enough doors for at least four or five posts last time, this year I still managed to find loads more lovely and interesting doors to capture and share.
Here are some of my favourites:
These are from one of several historic old churches in the town
Though obviously not a door photo
I had to include their unique cod-fish weather vane in this collection.
An old coal or ice chute door perhaps?
Classic red and green…and texture.
And my absolute favorite of this batch – yellow on dark grey
As always, I thank you for looking 🙂
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I love a classic coastal-looking town and that one sure seems to fit that part perfectly. That yellow against the gray is definitely a stunner!
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Love the weather vane. I have a weekly Weather Vane Wednesday photo challenge. If you like link back to this post in the comments any time. I’ll include a link to your post in the following week. I see more and more weather vanes now that I am looking for them.
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YAY!!! I love the ‘Burg!! It’s so fun to see the town through your eyes. Looking forward to more posts. 😉 (ps NO ONE uses their front doors in Lunenburg County haha!!)
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Thanks Janet. I just love Lunenburg. By the way, we did go to the gallery to check out your paintings while we were there: very impressive.
And thanks again to you both for taking time to meet with us in Halifax, it was fun to connect in-person 🙂
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It was! We’ll do it again!
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Glad you are back.
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Thank you. Looks like you just missed the noon Eastern deadline to get this onto our weekly link-up list. I’ll try to add it to next week’s list so you can hopefully get a few more views.
Cheers 🙂
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The yellow against the grey is an unusual choice, but it looks great.
I’m also a fan of the first picture, the green door with the white windows either side is nice. With that planter on the doorstep though…looks like no one uses this door 🙂 🙂
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Apparently it’s rather common around there to encourage people to come in through the side/back door.
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Welcome back, Norm! This is a great set of doors. I tend to like the rustic ones, but each one has its charms!
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Thank you! The break did me some good but it’s fun to get back to our little group 🙂
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I like the grey door. And I like that church door. A high step to get into number 24. I normally don’t like yellow, but that does look good with the dark grey.
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Thank you 🙂
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from plants, missing steps and double doorbells (at 216) the closing two images – red to the yellow – are my favs.
tasty post, Norm
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Thank you!
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Wonderful doors with great character in a lovely seaside town! I think my favorite is the yellow one as well. =)
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Thanks Brenda. It seems that the yellow one has a lot of fans 🙂
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Thank you so much for introducing me to Lunenburg, Norm. I haven’t heard of it before, but might’ve seen it in a movie or similar. I also liked the yellow door and couldn’t help but wonder whether it inspired a product we have here in Australia called: “Little Fairy Doors”.
While the yellow door was beautiful and very striking, no. 24 had a rustic charm which won me over.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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Thanks Rowena. It you ever make it to eastern Canada, Lunenburg is one of the towns you’ll want to see.
By the way, I think my comment on your blog post was caught by the spam filters. You may need to go to the comments section of your Admin dashboard and free me from spam prison.
Cheers and thanks again for playing along this week 🙂
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Oh dear! Spending eternity in spam prison sounds like a fate worse than death. Like a true blue hero, I am on my way. Liberation is at hand.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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I’m a fan of peeling paint.
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As long as it’s peeling paint on something that I’m not responsible for, then I’m a fan too 😀
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Welcome back, Norm. Yes, the bright yellow door is one of the best! Love the first photo of the charming town.
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Thank you Jennie it is a charming place indeed 🙂
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You’re welcome, Norm.
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The fresh, bright yellow door is certainly eye catching and lovely. I have to say that my eyes are really drawn to the doors with the peeling paint and the secret histories.
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Thanks Leah. As a photographer I always say that peeling paint looks great so long as it’s not on anything I’m responsible for 😀
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I definitely have to pay more attention to door after see these and Janis’ doors!
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Thank you and welcome!
We meet here every Thursday through Saturday so please feel free to join in if you find any doors worth sharing.
A word of warning though, once you start noticing doors, it can become rather addictive 😉
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I will join up and you will inspire me to walk with an eye to door going forward. I know I’ve really enjoyed Janis’ posts on Mexican door. I just passed her site to a fellow blogger who likes Mexico. I told Janis that I wrote a post awhile ago called “Wreathed in Smiles” and took pictures of some doors on a street in the city where in live. The bigger houses had some elaborate wreaths … this was my post, but I could certainly go back again.
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I looked on Shutterfly to see if I saved my photos I used for the collage back in December 2015 and I did not – I had too many pictures and the collage got too crowded so I eliminated most of the photos. But, I also take pictures of harvest decor on my walks and always Halloween decor. People decorate their doors for Halloween sometimes. Hmmm, I must stray from squirrels and go to doors. 🙂
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Ah I would have a great time walking through this town – there’s a different atmosphere/ambiance here. Even though Gothic style is usually my preference, that yellow door really pops – stunning! Thanks for sharing Lunenburg with us
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Thank you for the kind words. I have no doubt you would love it there. Artists are drawn to natural beauty and this area has so much of it. In fact there’s a thriving artistic community in the region.
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Great collection of doors! The yellow one seems to be a crowd favorite but I really liked the one that was missing a step… or two. Fortunately, it looks like there’s enough stuff in front of it inside that no one will mistakenly walk out and find themselves airborne.
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Thank you. That watch your step door would be me second fave from this batch and yes, I think you’re right, it looks to have been blocked off properly to avoid mishaps.
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We stayed in Lunenburg when we visited the east coast a few years back. Such a beautiful area to explore!
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I know, eh Lynn? This time we also went out to the small village of Blue Rocks about 10 minutes up the road from there: Gorgeous!
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Nice selection, Norm. The bright yellow door was my favorite too. Interesting that the entire town was designated a UNESCO site.
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Thank you 🙂
Yes the yellow one seems to be the winner this week.
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215 is my total favorite, even though it isn’t usable. Plus: arches and more arches! Lunenburg is just the gift that keeps on giving!
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Thanks Marian. It is such a special place 🙂
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Lovely. Is no 24 a high door or a low window?
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It’s a high door I believe. Missing a few steps 🙂
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Lovely selection but the most striking thing in this post is that this is the only UNESCO World Heritage site town in North America. 😮 How can that be? I can see why you keep going back.
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It’s a place that just keeps calling me back.
I think it’s pretty rare that an entire town gets listed by UNESCO. It normally requires the place to be quite ancient and we just don’t have much of that here.
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Ah Lunenburg, our oldest Lutheran church in Canada is located in Lunenburg, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. Perhaps you have seen it. German Lutherans settled there in 1753. The first church edifice dates back to 1772. The present day church dates back to 1890 and was built in the High Victorian Gothic style.
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I’m pretty sure we stopped in front of this one but for some reason I don’t think I have any pics of it. There was another old church in town that I took a bunch of pictures of. I’ll be featuring that one next week.
Amazing that for such a small community they have at least three 18th century churches still going strong.
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Love the bright yellow door
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Yes indeed, it really catches the eye. Thanks Colline 🙂
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Those world heritage sites as such a treasure! Enjoyed this bunches 🙂
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Thank you. Glad you enjoyed 🙂
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Our old house was #24,
Been to Lunenburg, gorgeous place.
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Thank you Jackie. It is a special place 🙂
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I like 24 and then that yellow one. I was wondering about the plant in front of the door, too, but Judy’s explanation makes sense. I can see why you enjoy visiting here so much.
janet
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Thanks Janet. It’s such a pretty place I don’t think I’ll ever be in that area and NOT want to make a detour to visit there again. It’s a place that just calls to me 🙂
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The yellow door 😍
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Yes, my thoughts exactly 😀
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The last one is the winner of the batch, but I like the red ‘floating’ door on the white house in badly need of a paint job. The off-kilter numbering is what caught my eye. It makes me want to rearrange the letters on my house right now 🙂
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I hadn’t noticed the off-kilter numbers until you mentioned it. It’s a good thing that it’s such a long drive or I’d probably go back and try to straighten them up 😀
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hahaha! No! – I like the off kilter numbers 🙂
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I’m sure glad you returned because Lunenburg has to be one of the most wonderful towns anyone shares. It is scenic, historic, and beautiful. I love all the doors and especially smiled at the gray house with the yellow door. My neighbor across the road has a white house with a bright yellow door. Happy Thursday, Norm. 🙂
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Thank you Judy. We go back there every time we visit our friends in the Halifax area. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of the pretty scenery 🙂
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I love the red door in need of a stair, and the Presbyterian church doors. I can see why this town is a favorite place, Norm. I’d love to spend some time walking through there.
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Thanks Dan. It’s such a pretty peaceful place, we’re drawn to it every time we visit friends in Nova Scotia.
I’m sure you’d love it there too 🙂
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That last yellow on gray house is stunning. But I’m more intrigued by the first door with the planter in front of it. Why?
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I’m sure Norm will have the reason, but here in New England folks do the same thing when they don’t want you to use that door. In most cases, there is a side door, and they prefer you use it. 🙂
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Judy, that makes sense. I’ve never seen that before. It looks like the pot is intentionally put where it is, so I wondered…
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thanks – now we know! right on
(as I put pots around ALL the doors – jk)
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I’m pretty sure Judy has it correct. It does look odd though to block what we think should be a valid entrance but I guess it gets the job done.
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