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Toutons and tea!

2/7/2018

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By Guest Blogger Lorraine Burch
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To celebrate Canadas 150th, Don & I joined his sister Janet & hubby Howard ( from Calgary ) for a week in Newfoundland -- Janet and Howard had never been there. We decided to focus on a small section and do it well with lots of time to travel to the ends of country roads.

So as the song says .... "Fogo, Twillingate, Moreton's Harbour, all around the circle" was where we spent the week. It did not disappoint

The tea cozy gift idea was born from a desire to capture one particularly special day as a way to say thanks for the memories.

It was typical windy overcast Newfoundland day. We were out exploring when we ran into a heavy downpour that turned into a major hailstorm. We pulled over on a secondary road to wait out the storm--the car rocked back and forth the whole time, the sky was dark as pitch, the wind was howling and the sound from the hail stones was deafening .  Yikes !! Thankfully the storm did pass in about 15 minutes.
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We decided to carry on down the side road ....it ended up on a bluff overlooking Greenspond. Hard to describe the beauty below ...a typical Newfoundland village, brightly painted houses, boats bobbing in the protected harbour, a wee patch of blue overhead .....and a bright rainbow off to the left .  Blueberries, bearberries and bakeapples at our feet (they're called bakeapples because when the sun shines, they smell like apple pie);  wild flowers in the meadows leading down to the water. Perfection!

Janet and Howard love their tea, so the cozy was a perfect fit. We enjoyed many cuppas in Newfoundland...and, one day,  even had toutons with our tea. A special treat indeed!  If you can check out the Split Peas singing Toutons & Tea. The Split Peas are an all-female signing group--they have been singing and playing their instruments (including the ugly sticks) in & around Twillingate for over 25 years.

I am making a tea cozy for Don and I  -- a view of Moreton's Harbour. Another just so perfect Newfoundland village

To listen to the Split Peas song - Toutons and Tea click this link and turn up the volume!     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzCxtHiEImE

 

6 Comments
Lorraine
2/7/2018 01:08:28 pm

Well Christine .. I thought you were going to fancy up my words with your amazing flair! Thanks for putting my story out there and for including the link to Toutons and Tea ! Newfoundland is a giant gem waiting to be explored ! Can’t wait to go back !

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Christine
2/7/2018 08:14:31 pm

I thought your words were excellent, they didn't need fixing.

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Judy
2/8/2018 05:33:57 am

Thanks for this post. I’ve been wanting to see Newfoundland ever since seeing the play Come From Away last year. Even more determined now. Also enjoyed the song, reminded me of the music from the play.

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Heather Mills
2/8/2018 05:49:26 am

A lovely story and I enjoyed the Split Peas

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Gardenia
2/8/2018 07:30:02 am

Beautiful

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Rhoda
2/8/2018 07:30:35 am

Nice story. NFLD is a great place.

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