Prelude:
As always in September, except for the one year I sadly forgot, we went to the Cannon Beach Cottage tour on the second Saturday in September. This year the cottages were back in the Presidential blocks just southwest of downtown and some of the cottages also promised open gardens. A combination cottage/garden tour had not been done for years.
The main street of downtown is a lovely place to stroll, as all of the businesses are required to have landscaping.
We turn right at the south end of downtown and walk past one of my favourite cottages…an outbuilding, actually.
A little further on, we pass another photogenic cottage. Doors and trim provide the only paint colour on most Cannon Beach cottages as it seems to be the rule that they be clad in cedar shakes.
Further up the gentle hill, we must stop to smell and admire a glorious sweet pea patch.
Next, we are stopped in our tracks by this little building. Feast your eyes! I would definitely call this guy.
Allan noticed this row of birdhouses in a garden we walked by.
To get to the block with the first tour cottages, we round the corner into the bright light of the beach road, then back down an east west road to the first cottage.
High Jinks Cottage
First, we check out the garden in its formal simplicity. (The tour had been extended to include Sunday this year when each cottage garden would be shown by a tour guide. I had been glad to learn that the gardens would be open, unguided, on Saturday, saving us making two trips to Cannon Beach two days in a row. I was very excited indeed about the garden tour.)
It is always appreciated to have a seat on the porch during cottage tour, as we often are asked to remove our shoes. Now for an interesting walk to the second cottage…
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