A good winter storm

I apologize for the sound quality. The storm is on! so is the fireplace and dinner!

Unbelievable Weather and Happenings

The weather has been amazing! We still have no snow to speak of, mild temperatures (around 0 C) and many days without the ubiquitous wind. Though, before Christmas we had some amazing Nor' Easters' that brought huge winds down the tickle and moved the dock out about 4 feet on the far side.

Hugh and Colin, our dock builder were both quite amazed, and quickly gathered the necessary materials, technical knowhow and the labour needed for the feat.

Duke Kelloway of Davis Marine Limited brought cable, clamps, a chain winch, and a turnbuckle along with his brain power. He was front and center in helping, well actually he was the guy under the dock most of time! Colin, Duke and Hugh were assisted by our wonderful friends George Starkes and Lloyd Gale to fasten the dock to the rocks.



Hugh and I feel blessed to be in this lovely spot with such fantastic people who are so giving of their time, talents and strength to help their neighbours.
Thanks fellas.

It WAS a great Christmas and New Year's!

One of the things I love about living in Newfoundland is that Christmas is a fantastic party. Here the 12 days of Christmas are celebrated by lovely scoffs at one house or another from a few days before Christmas right to "Old Christmas Day" on January 6th.

Hugh and I started decorating the first week, adding lights inside and out, collecting limbs and boughs, spraypainting branches and our home made Christmas trees and stars. We celebrated with dinner parties, coffee parties and card games and of course, Joanne's personal favorite, a grand night out for New Year's Eve. We attended a dinner and dance at the Barbour Heritage Village and had a great time! Welcome 2011!!

The weather has been outstanding with a green Christmas and still no snow that has stayed. We have had some fair storms though! Good Southeasters in with winds up to 100 km and lots of rain! These storms played havoc with our dock moving it out at one corner about 4 feet. But that's the subject of Wednesday's blog!