By Guest Blogger Lorraine Burch
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.
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
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.
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
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