On April 1, I made a post of photos from Leaskdale where the author of “Anne Of Green Gables” lived from 1911 – 1926 with her clergyman husband.

Now, three weeks later, I drove to Norval Ontario to see where she lived from 1926 to 1935.

Rev. Ewan MacDonald was the minister at this church in those years:

At noon on this day, the church bells rang out with several hymns.

Lucy, her husband and two sons Chester and Hugh lived at this house, the church manse:

There is talk of turning this eventually into a museum:

Lucy wrote this in her journal on May 26, 1927: Norval is so beautiful now that it takes my breath. Those pine hills full of shadows – those river reaches – those bluffs of maple and smooth-barked beech – with drifts of white blossoms everywhere. I love Norval as I have never loved any place save Cavendish. It is as if I had known it all my life – as if I had dreamed young dreams under those pines and walked with my first love down that long perfumed hill.

Nearby botany:

Views of Norval:

I stopped in the empty parking lot of “Nashville North”to have a look at the Credit River.

I wasn’t alone. Normally I see Turkey Vultures soaring high in the sky:

But here were two sitting beside the parking lot:

As I approached, they took to the air:

By a nearby pond, I spotted a few other birds:

NATURE POETRY

Down home to-night the moonshine falls
Across a hill with daisies pied,
The pear tree by the garden gate
Beckons with white arms like a bride. – Lucy Maud Montgomery

Miles Hearn