Posts Tagged ‘weather’
WEATHER WOMAN
A friend of ours married a girl from the mainland who says; The only thing she dislikes about Newfoundland weather is the amount of complaining Newfoundlanders do about the weather!” Like us, she believes Newfoundland & Labrador has the most spectacular environment on the planet, and together we marvel at the many misconceptions about the…
Read MoreBLOW HARD
A friend recently said that his uncle only went “Down” to Greenspond, Newfoundland & Labrador on a Northerly wind. Given the width of Bonavista Bay, we nodded in agreement, thinking this made perfect sense since he would likely make the entire voyage with only a single change in sailing direction – heading eastward to the…
Read MoreRAIN RAIN COME AGAIN
Know what a guide talks about on a rainy day in Newfoundland & Labrador? Why the rain of course! This is a watery paradise where we celebrate an abundance of precipitation and all its resource potential. Newfoundland’s seasons aren’t defined by weather – rather what we see and experience when we wake and embrace each…
Read MoreEXIT STAGE LEFT
The winter of 2020’s ‘Snowmageddon‘ was devastating for many of the traditional “Stages” and inshore fishing infrastructures in Newfoundland & Labrador. This is especially saddening since these original edifices represent an incredible period of ingenuity and architectural wonder. Buildings, wharves, storage facilities and dwellings which hang precariously from their rooted perches on the cliff faces…
Read MoreTWENTY TWENTY
The year ‘Twenty Twenty’ should be recognized as a critical juncture in the evolutionary history of man; a point in time that provides us with a state of near “Perfect Vision.” “… near perfect vision…” Looking back, we obviously see an accurately detailed world. Our history has been perfectly documented – affording us…
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