Oh, the people you’ll meet!

I love Newfoundland, not only for the scenery, which is gobsmackingly beautiful, but also for the people you find here. The other evening it was beautiful and warm. This may be one of the few things of which I am not particularly fond in this marvelous place; the weather. It was 20ºC (which is about…

A surfeit of sunshine

Well, maybe not a surfeit, but certainly a whole lot more than we’re used to as of late. It’s day three of more or less continuous sun (except at night, of course. We’re not that far north) and I’m ploughing through the list of stuff that needs doing on nice days. Unreliable weather can be…

Distractions

It’s Easter break for the kids and I have more of them around than is usual, despite a clay camp for Katherine in the mornings. Coincidentally, the weather deities have decided that we are to be allowed (at least on a limited basis) some spring-like temperatures. Several days of 10°C weather have made us delightfully…

Oh so snowy

Update: General consensus among my bird-watching friends who have reviewed the pictures and assessed the plumage is that this owl is probably a “she” and not a “he” as was originally written. I concur and add that this owl was larger than I was expecting, having seen other male snow owls, which adds credence to…

Spring

The snowdrops are blooming now and crocuses are just starting to show their heads. Spring is clearly on the way. I have two days-worth of photos (beaches, dogs, bridges and owls) to edit and post and an working through them now. Stay tuned!