Whimsical Tractor Seat Display (along the road to New Brunswick)
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Brightly colored fishing buoys and other items with vivid hues dot the coastal landscape. These photos highlight a few collections of such items spied not long ago around Canada’s Atlantic coast.
Buoy-Adorned Cottage, Campobello Island, N.B.
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Pink and Orange Floats, Delaps Cove, N.S.
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Cozy Lounging Chairs, St. Andrew’s By the Sea, N.B.
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Buoy Signpost, Neils Harbor, Cape Breton, N.S.
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Buoy Wall Display, Shelburne, N.S.
O' Canada 
I love the unexpected nature of most of this color.
Dan, thanks!
What a clever collection of tractor seats – I love that they painted them such bright colors and put them out for display. They are a fine example of how pleasing (and sometimes ignored) basic industrial design can be. Nice capture.
Dawn, so true — the wide array of styles and colors of these vintage seats and the manner of their display prompts admiration for the creativity in assembling this collection!
I too love the tractor seats! Perhaps my roots from rural Canadian upbringing coming out 🙂 Lovely shot.
Thanks! Tractors can definitely strike a nostalgic chord.
What an impact color can make! Love the buoy signpost photo.
Brenda
Brenda, thanks! The pricing on that signpost seems a good deal, but carrying those buoys and traps back over any distance would make a fine sight.
I always knew the East Coast was packed with colour. Thanks for the beautiful post.
Thanks! As colorful as your beautiful sea jewelry!
Thanks Brett for such a kind comment. Keep up your wonderful posts.
Beautiful colours, Brett. I love these colours. I wish we are allowed to adorn our apartment doors with different shades just like Ireland. /Perpetua
Oh, that would be cool!
Fun post–the collections have such visual punch! At this time of year, would we be more likely to see collections of snow banks and shovels?
Oh, yeah, a collection of colorful snow shovels would be great!
I love all the colour. I remember those tractor seats (Dad’s weren’t as colourful though)
Darlene, the “Toronto / Rake” seat in particular is quite common and one I’ve seen put to good use as yard art.
Wow! I love these. Now I want to hang colorful buoys all over my house.
LOVE the colors!
These are great! I love how colour is so prevalent in coastal communities, whether it’s east or west, Canada or Scandinavia . . . My theory is it’s to brighten all those foggy days, and lead the fishermen back home.
Kelda, that’s a wonderful observation and a pretty good theory! Best, Brett
I am a West Coast girl living in Toronto. I know there is a connection between the East and West. When I saw those Muskoka chairs….I felt that was the picture that brings all of Canada together. We are a simple people, I believe….as in, we find much pleasure in the little things that speak volumes to our souls. Family, nature, love and life. We encompass it all. Thanks for showing that through your photography.
Good words, well stated!
The unexpectedly bright objects in otherwise ‘usual’ settings bring out smiles. Enjoying your photographic eye!
So very true about how the “ordinary” can sometimes seem anything but!
As a Canadian who has recently moved to the UK, I miss Canada madly. I absolutely love your blog and your pictures are beautiful…thank you for representing the real beauty of Canada.
Thanks so much! There’s definitely a lot of beauty throughout Canada and I know that I only scratch the surface. Best, Brett