There are some places that our family “field trips” return to over and over. Burnaby Village is one of those amazing venues, and although I have shared about our previous visits both in summer and winter I can’t stop taking photos every time we go! If you live nearby and haven’t visited, please go! It really is incredible that this slice of history is just minutes away from our daily life.
On our most recent visit we had the chance to see the village with fresh eyes – we were there with family friends who had travelled half way around the world. This made us even more aware of the culture that we are lucky to inherit…
The farmhouse and the heritage dahlias in the garden…
The schoolhouse…
The heritage garden…
…barber shop…
…drugstore…
The vintage kitchen…
… 
…the general store…
…the music studio…
…and of course my favourite drygoods store (where all of the hats would look amazing on me, I’m sure, but the grey one is just so lovely…)
This is the house I thought I would live in when I grew up. (Still might happen.) This is the house I imagined with every Nancy Drew mystery I read…
On this visit the embroidered linens were hanging to dry in the kitchen…
The “lady of the house” was amassing her trousseau…
Every time we visit I leave wishing I could stay. Just past the village is Deer Lake, which offers a contemplative space …
…and a musical interlude to bridge the gap back to our here and now…
“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.” (Virginia Woolf)
martinistyle 
I never tire of Burnaby Village
LikeLike
Me neither. So many memories are still alive there! Plus it changes with the seasons, so it is alive in new ways too…
LikeLike
Wow! So many amazing images from the Village! Thank you for visiting and documenting the Village so beautifully!
LikeLike
It will always be one of my favourite places. Thank you for making it so amazing!
LikeLike