So a rainfall warning is covering New Brunswick. We knew it was coming so planned indoor attractions for today. We were soaked every time we ran from car to building, and at home, watched the pools of water collect on the golf course - seagulls and ducks have taken over the entire 13th hole!!
We had an interesting tour of the NB Legislature. We've read and heard different stories about how Fredericton was chosen as capital - political maneuvering seems to have entered into it but the politically correct version is that its position away from the coast made it safe from attack from the Americans who were very much a threat at that time. Saint John was the obvious choice for every other reason but the naming the city after the King's second son might have also worked in Fredericton's favour....I then walked across the street to the Lord Beaverbrook Art Gallery for an hour or so while Bill had coffee in the neighbouring restaurant (favourite of the Members of the legislature we were told).
Our landlady just texted us and hoped we hadn't lost power.... The rain is expected to carry on until early morning and there is a wind now too. But Fredericton is used to being flooded. We've seen many pictures showing people travelling down streets in their boats in past floods. And that doesn't compare to the stories about Hurricane Arthur (2014) that knocked down centuries old elm trees and explains the blow-down we noticed in Odell Park the other day. A woman in a small store told me about the snow that has been so high the last few years she had to keep raising her OPEN sign from the window sill to the middle to the top of the display window to keep it above the drifts outside. They are a brave lot these Maritimers.
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| Legislature - renovated to reflect original Victorian decoration |
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| Central staircase built of cherry wood with no supports |
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| One of two crystal chandeliers - fell while being cleaned, it took two years to find replacement crystals. |
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