Prince Edward Island Treasures

We just got home and I miss it already!

I always forget how insanely gorgeous that little island is.

(A little "me history": I grew up spending summers in PEI with my family. I haven't been back in six years, but thought it was high time Michael get a taste of the Island charm!)

For those of you who haven't visited, it's a MUST for the vacation "to-do" list :)

I just had to share some memories with you before they are all

lost in the mounds of work waiting for me at home!

Here's some highlights from our ~~Vacation~~ Holiday

{I just love how Canadians and Europeans say "holiday" instead of vacation. Michael and I practiced saying "Ohh...we're just here on Holiday" with a very FAKE English accent many more times than I care to admit! }

I won't bore you with TOO many pictures... but I will show you my absolute favorites AND some treasures that we picked up along the way!

The trip began with these guys waiting for us at the cottage for our Welcome to the Island Dinner!

I truly did try to love it! But the big guy's beady little eyes just kept staring at me . . .

I couldn't do it!

Michael had to polish both of them off and I'm thinkin' he was QUITE OK with that arrangement :)

Our first FULL day on the island was the perfect beach day!

High of 85 (which the islanders refer to as a "corker".... I guess that means it's hot!??)

and a cool breeze coming off the ocean!

PERFECTION!

I gave Michael a little tour around the island...

We saw:

Charming Fishing Villages

Where we just HAD to stop for a photo op!

The color of these flowers was so bright it almost hurts your eyes.

We found out later that it's actually a soy plant!

Soy or not, it was STUNNING!

Lots of lobster traps!

And a picture perfect lighthouse

(My favorite one on the island)

With cliffs that will take your breath away!

Not a bad way to spend our first PEI day!

The week all sort of melted together after that .... I love that about vacations!

You lose track of time and even days and just enjoy BEING!

I just had to take a picture of the sweet little barn with the TURQUOISE door!

That's my kind of farmer :)

Then there were the long runs on the beach and

the red clay roads leading home!

And we can't forget about the dune jumping:

(Michael didn't get a picture of my jump, but I can assure you that it was not nearly as graceful!)

We took a day trip to Dalvay by the Sea

(some of you may know it from Anne of Green Gables but most recently it was the destination of the Royal Couple)

So elegant!

I, of course, turned into a total tourist and whipped out my camera to capture these doors!

I think this home dates back to the 1890's!

We saw so many sunsets, but this one took the prize hands-down!

God was putting on a show!!

We saw so much more, but this would be the never-ending post if I showed you everything...so I'll just let you watch this video that was prepared for the Royal Couple before they visited the Island :)

But I can't leave without showing you just a few of our Island treasures!

I loved these old wooden fishing floats and had to grab as many as I could

(I went back for more after taking this picture)

The color is the perfect faded driftwood shade.

I think they'd look so pretty in a glass cylinder or bowl!

Gorgeous old doorknobs that would be beautiful as hooks or even just as art!

And then there was a Demijohn!

A WHAT??

Demijohns are those big bottles that you're probably seeing everywhere around flea markets these days! I would buy every single one of them if I could.

Originally used to transport liquids.... wine, olive oil, cider - you name it, a demijohn probably carried it!

This one struck my eye, though, because you hardly EVER see them still encased in the original straw packing and wicker!

LOVE a good treasure!