Meandering Through Morinville

So what do you do when given a beautiful warm and sunny day. Go on a walking tour and take a few, okay maybe quite a few, pictures.
We made our way to Morinville which is a small French Canadian community about one half hour north of Edmonton. Its beginnings date back to the late 1800's so needless to say they do have some wonderful old buildings.
The landmark building in the St Jean Baptiste Church. Unfortunately when we got there we discovered that it is under going some work and the front was covered with a large canopy and scaffolding.
So I walked over to the Rectory next door. It was built in two stages. The front was built in 1895, the addition on the back was built in 1918. So I invite you to come with me this week on a short tour of this lovely community.

[KWind]

Very pretty on a gorgeous day with the green grass and blue sky surrounding it!

[Nancy]

Very nice capture...the dormer and arches are very iinteresting!

[Kerri]

beautiful

[summerfield]

that is such a lovely structure and i particularly love the railing and the steps on the right. looking forward to the 'tour'. great shot, brian.

[Anita Campbell]

Really nice, and I'm looking forward to the tour........ Like the "porch" on the left and the arches above it.

[eyeseeu (deb)]

Wonderful photo! The "pattern" of the bricks plays with the eyes.
Looking forward to the upcoming tour.

[Cathrine Mitchell]

Lovely home. Love the textures on the roof and brick walls. Great capture.

[Maggiemae]

Such unusual roof structures here! Great to see and I think we will be in for a treat this week!

[Tony]

Impressive capture of an unusual structure.

[Graham Thresher]

Great capture of a grand building.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot!

[Mary]

Lovely shot of an interesting building. Looking forward to the tour.

[Shirley Chetwynd]

A beautiful building in a beautiful setting.

[Paula W]

What a lovely building, beautifully captured.

[Andrew Nelson]

Great old building, we live not far from a place called Morrinsville here in NZ

[ZambianLass]

Lovely building

[Kareen King]

That is, indeed, a wonderful old building. Love the way you captured it.

[John]

Grand looking house

[Jessica]

what a great house! great shot as well!

[Fisher Family]

A great shot of this lovely impressive building!

Ian

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very pretty building and it looks like a lovely day there...a great day to take a walk.

[Claire]

Very stylish

[Paula]

I've never heard of this community! It looks quite beautiful.

[Sian B]

Amazing and interesting read.

[Néfertiti]

Grand batiment ancien dans un cadre magnifique,Merci pour le texte très interessant.

[Danny Davies]

Well taken bkb, like the pattern it shows on walls and roof.

[Tineke]

I love your touring around the city and your explanations, looking forward. Beautiful building

[Hubregt Visser]

Very nice shot. Beautiful colors.

[Kim]

Wonderful building, it looks very well built and well maintained. It looks like you had great weather for you meandering:-)

[ladyjane]

Beautiful old building!

[Molly]

That's a very impressive rectory!

[Katie]

Fascinating architecture and great colors!

[Shirley Banford]

Very nicely done shot.

[❀ Lynn]

Lovely old manse. I like the textures of the old bricks and the patterns they make.

[Sue]

Imagine the history here!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Beautiful home- a brick-layer's dream!

[Linda]

Beautiful architecture and the weather was perfect. Nicely composed.

[bkb in the city]

@maggiemae Glad to share it with you and I think you will enjoy the sights of this town

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont thanks Tony

[bkb in the city]

@thresheg Thank you Graham

[bkb in the city]

@elisasaeter Thanks Elisabeth

[bkb in the city]

@mcmary Looking forward to sharing it

[bkb in the city]

@http365proj Glad you enjoyed this one Shirley

[bkb in the city]

@paulaw Thanks Paula

[bkb in the city]

@andyn Interesting

[bkb in the city]

@zambianlass Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@kareenking Well I figured this way the addition was also shown

[bkb in the city]

@johnnyfrs It really is

[bkb in the city]

@jessca646 Thanks Jessica

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Thank you Ian

[bkb in the city]

@mittens It was a perfect day for it

[bkb in the city]

@claireuk you do not see them like this today

[bkb in the city]

@westcoastwallis Well I am glad to introduce you to it

[bkb in the city]

@sianb Glad you liked this one

[bkb in the city]

@montse Vous etes les bienvenus

[bkb in the city]

@dannydavies Thanks Danny, glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@tstb Glad to have you along

[bkb in the city]

@hjv The red bricks are great

[bkb in the city]

@kimshots It was a great day

[bkb in the city]

@ladyjane Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@dolphin You do not see to many of them like this one

[bkb in the city]

@archaeofrog Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@sabanford Thanks Shirley

[bkb in the city]

@lynnb Glad you like this one Lynn

[bkb in the city]

@roth One can only imagine

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann There is something special about old brick homes like this

[bkb in the city]

@grannysue Thanks Linda

[bkb in the city]

@kwind The whole thing did make for a very nice picture

[bkb in the city]

@nanderson Definitely a different style

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Glad you think so Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@summerfield Looking forward to sharing it

[bkb in the city]

@aglennc Glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@eyeseeu Looking forward to sharing it

[bkb in the city]

@cathrinemitch Thank you. Glad you enjoyed this one

[Terry]

I love the walking tours

[Rohini Gupta]

Amazing pattern on the walls. Great shot.

[Sandi]

Older rectories always look so grand, and this one definitely does, too. Is that a statue on the top? How unusual.

[bkb in the city]

@sarasdadandmom They are very interesting.

[bkb in the city]

@writingdays Thanks Rohini

[bkb in the city]

@gratefulness It is a great looking building for sure. Yes that is a statue on the top of the roof. I do believe it is a statue of John the Baptist

[Lisa]

Quite a majestic building! It looks like it was a beautiful day, with the kind of clouds I regularly see here.

[Pam Hawkes]

Very nice capture!

[bkb in the city]

@daguerre It was a beautiful day and yes this is a wonderful looking home

[bkb in the city]

@pamfromcalgary Thanks Pam

[Charlene Barker]

Such a lovely building :-)

[Diane]

What a beautiful building! Nice capture--you can see both sections of the building.

[bkb in the city]

@peacerebel Glad you enjoyed this one Charlene

[bkb in the city]

@eudora That is why I posted this one. I took a shot from the front but thought this was better

[Bankmann]

What a great house... I wonder how it looks inside...

[bkb in the city]

@bankmann I would love to have the opportunity to see inside as well