A dusting
The Quidi Vidi Brewery, in Quidi Vidi Village Driving through Quidi Vidi Village this morning I stopped to have a look at a premises under development which will house a series of new craft studios...
View ArticleDumb, dumb, dumb
There are so many things about photography that you can’t control. You can’t control the weather. You can’t control the actions of wild animals. Fort Amherst and the lighthouse, silhouetted by light....
View ArticleA Sorry Presentation (Convent)
Taken as best possible, under the circumstances, so as to avoid impaling myself on a fence, getting wires in the photo or including the half-demolished school to the right. If ever there was a...
View ArticleSt. Patrick’s Church
St. Patrick's Church, Patrick Street, St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada) St. Patrick and I are relative strangers; none of my family hails from Ireland, I’m not Roman Catholic, and, insofar as...
View ArticleA quick update
Cuckhold's Cove Head Today was rather full; full of running, family and sunshine. As such, I haven’t trolled through all my photos yet. These two, taken this afternoon at Cuckhold’s Cove, will have to...
View ArticleAnother yesterday….
Yesterday evening, John, Katherine, Jasper and I hiked up onto the Bawden Highlands along the Sugarloaf Path of the East Coast Trail to have a look at the pack ice and see if there were any bergs....
View ArticleOh 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...
View ArticleDreaming of blue skies….
St. John's, taken from the Fort Waldegrave battery at the foot of Signal Hill. After several days of blue sky and warm air, we awoke this morning to cold mist and clouds, presenting me with the perfect...
View ArticleVisiting Alexis Templeton’s Studio
Alexis Templeton Studio, 75 Quidi Vidi Road, St. John’s, NL A1A 1C2. Coordinates: N 47˚ 34.436’ W 52˚ 41.858’ This Saturday past, Alexis held the first of her two Bring a Friend Events. The next one is...
View ArticleLarger than Life
I wanted to take a photo of this statue, of Terry Fox, but struggled for a bit on finding a unique angle. Lots of folks have been to see it in recent weeks, since it was unveiled and getting an...
View ArticleNovelty
I bought a new wide-angle lens today. I’ve been dithering on it for several months now and, after completing the taxes, finally decided to order it. When I went into the camera store, they actually had...
View ArticleMay Day Craft Weekend
I was up to my ears in the organization of the Seconds Sale yesterday, so my deputies took the camera and went off on a Dad & Kid Exploration of the MayDay Craft Weekend. All of these photos were...
View ArticleThe Ruby Church: a roughening gem
Newfoundland is full of unusual people of exceptional tenacity and remarkable problem-solving ability. You need only look at places like Grate’s Cove, where people farmed a land which had no topsoil....
View ArticleVisiting the Quidi Vidi Village Plantation
The second floor view It’s the weekend of the Craft Council AGM and that means a Friday of Studio Tours as well as a sneak peek inside the Quidi Vidi Village Plantation. I’ve written about it before...
View ArticleCooling off in the Newman Wine Vaults
When we asked Katherine how she wanted to celebrate Canada Day this year (for Canada Day is very important to Katherines, you see), she gave us a list that was a mish-mash of the best of the best from...
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