SEA MIST AT TWILLINGATE-THE FACE OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES OF THE ISLAND |
THIS IS THE 700 PAGE TOME-EXPENSIVE AND HARD TO READ BUT VERY COMPLETE |
THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ANY VISITOR TO NEWFOUNDLAND-IN PAPERBACK AND EASY TO READ |
ONE EXAMPLE OF NEWFOUNDLAND PRIDE AND HUMOR |
YES THERE REALLY IS A DILDO, AND A SOUTH DILDO AND A DILDO POND |
ROAD TO DILDO |
LOCATION OF A DILDO ON A DORY |
THIS IS AN ACTUAL DILDO ON A BOAT-ONE THEORY AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THE TOWN |
THE IS THE FAMOUS ST JOHN'S REGATTA ON QUIDI VIDI POND |
INSIGNA OF THE ST JOHN'S ROWING CLUB |
A VIEW OF THE ST. JOHN'S REGATTA IN MID 1800'S |
THE FIDDLE IS THE CENTER OF MOST NEWFOUNDLAND BANDS |
THE PUSH BUTTON ORGAN PRODUCES A GRAND SOUND |
AND THE BEAT IS KEPT ON THE UGLY STICK |
THERE IS OFTEN A GUITAR BUT EVERYONE SINGS |
THE FAMOUS TABLELANDS OF GROSS MORNE PARK |
THE ROCKS ON THE LEFT ARE FROM THE AFRICAN CONTINENT AND THE ONES ON THE RIGHT FROM THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH ON NORTH AMERICA |
THERE WAS SNOW ON THE TOP OF THE TABLELANDS EVEN IN JULY |
NOTICE THE BARREN EARTH-TOO TOXIC FROM MAGNESIUM FOR MOST PLANT LIFE |
THE ROAD RUNS RIGHT DOWN THE POINT OF CONTACT OF THE TWO PLATES |
WE MARVELED AT THE TABLELANDS |
TOWARD THE TOP IT WAS MUCH COLDER THAN IN THE VALLEY |
ONE OF THE MANY HIDDEN WATERFALLS OF NEWFOUNDLAND |
THIS IS A MARKER LEFT BY EARLY NATIVE PEOPLES |
NEWFOUNDLAND IS TRULY WHERE THE EARTH MEETS THE SEA |
YOU ARE NEVER MORE THAN 45 MINUTES FROM THE SEA |
THESE HORSES ROAM WILD ABOVE THE CLIFFS AT BONA VISTA |
WE MARVELED AT THE SHORELINES |
HERE YOU COULD WALK TO THE WATER-EASY DOWN-TOUGH GOING UP |
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR ICEBERG HUNTING AND WHALE WATCHING |
WE WERE JOINED BY ABOUT 20 FELLOW ADVENTURERS |
THEN WE SAW IT-OUR FIRST ICEBERG |
OUR GUIDE WAS WEARING A WOOL HAT CALLED AN EISNER-VERY POPULAR ON THE ISLAND |
SARA WAS HANGING ON TO THE RIGGING-IT WAS CHOPPY OUT THERE |
EACH SIDE OF THE ICEBERG HAS A DIFFERENT CHARACTER AND LOOK |
NOTICE THE BLUE CRACK OF CLEAR ICE ON THIS SIDE OF THE BERG |
WE ALL HAD TO HANG ON IN THE ROLLING SEA |
WOW-62 AND I FINALLY SAW MY FIRST ICEBERG CLOSE UP |
THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED A "BERGIE BIT" |
BERGIE BITS ARE USED TO MAKE THIS FAMOUS AND EXPENSIVE NEWFOUNDLAND PRODUCT |
ICEBERGS EVEN HAVE THEIR OWN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM |
WE ALL ENJOYED A BIT OF AN ICEBERG IN OUR MOUTHS AS THEY FIZZED AGAINST THE TONGUE |
"THAR SHE BLOWS"-WE SIGHT OUR FIRST WHALES OF THE DAY TWO HUMPBACKS |
THERE IS A "WHALE FOOTPRINT" IN THIS PICTURE CAN YOU SEE IT |
A HUMPBACK STARTS ANOTHER DIVE-INDIVIDUAL WHALES ARE IDENTIFIED BY THEIR TAIL PATTERNS |
THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE OF ST ANTHONY FOUND WHEN THEY RUSHED TO DIG THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE SNOWFALL OF 03 |
THIS IS WHAT A 16 FOOT SNOWFALL LOOKS LIKE AFTER THE ROAD IS CLEARED |
IT TOOK DAYS TO DIG OUT THE ROAD TO ST ANTHONY BLIGHT |
THESE STONE MARKERS ARE CALLED CAIRNS AND WERE BUILT BY LOCALS TO FIND A SPOT OR ROUTE |
ONE OF THE HUNDREDS OF ROADSIDE GARDENS-FAMOUS THROUGHOUT NEWFOUNDLAND |
MANY OF THE ROADSIDE GARDENS HAVE A SCARECROW |
THE ROW OF VEGETABLES JUST POKING THROUGH IN MID JULY |
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THESE ROOT CELLARS IN NEWFOUNDLAND STILL BEING USED TODAY |
THIS HILLSIDE HAD SEVERAL ROOT CELLARS |
THE WOODPILES ALONG THE ROAD OF NEWFOUNDLAND ARE UNBELIEVABLE |
YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH WOOD-IT GOES ON AND ON |
HERE THE WOOD IS STACKED LIKE THIS TO DRY BEFORE BEING CUT UP |
WE SAW HUNDREDS OF THESE WOOD TEEPEES |
THE WOOD IS BROUGHT TO THE ROADSIDE FOR EASY ACCESS ON THESE SLEDS IN THE WINTER |
THIS WOODPILE WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND REPRESENTS HOURS AND HOURS OF HARD LABOR |
WE SOMETIMES SAW 8-10 WOODPILES LIKE THIS IN A MILE STRETCH OF ROADWAY |
AND THERE WAS FISHING EQUIPMENT EVERYWHERE ALONG THE ROAD |
THESE TRAPS WERE LESS THAN 15 FT FROM THE ROAD AND THEY ARE NEVER TOUCHED |
LOBSTER TRAPS BY THE THOUSANDS DOT THE ROADS OF NEWFOUNDLAND |
THESE ARE THE GLOVES THAT COVER THE HANDS OF THE FISHERMAN OF NEWFOUNDLAND THAT HANDLE THE LOBSTER TRAPS AND NETS |
"AND HARS YAH DAMN DOOR"-A MOTHER-IN-LAW DOOR IN NEWFOUNDLAND |
AND HERE IS ANOTHER |
AND ANOTHER "MOTHER-IN-LAW" DOOR |
WE EVEN FOUND "MOTHER-IN-LAW" DOORS ON NEW HOUSES |
THE ULTIMATE "MOTHER-IN-LAW" DOOR-SECOND STORY WITH A 15 FOOT DROP |
THIS IS A SCENE OF A KITCHEN PARTY-HELD THROUGHOUT NEWFOUNDLAND IN THE WARMEST ROOM IN THE HOUSE |
DON TRIED HIS HAND AT JIGG'S DINNER |
THERE WAS SALT BEEF, CARROTS, POTATOES, CABBAGE, TURNIPS, AND ONIONS |
MUMMERS ARE VERY POPULAR AT CHRISTMAS TIME IN NEWFOUNDLAND |
THE MUMMER DOLLS ARE SOLD EVERYWHERE-NOTICE THE VEIL TO HIDE ONES IDENTITY |
MUMMING IS A LIGHT HEARTED ACTIVITY AT CHRISTMAS FILLED WITH MUSIC AND DANCE AND LOTS OF ALCOHOL |
THIS IS THE FAMOUS SCREECH RUM-FOUND ONLY ON THE ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND |
THIS IS THE BAR IN ST JOHN'S WHERE THE SCREECH-IN TRADITION BEGAN |
AN OFFICAL SCREECH-IN MUST BE CONDUCTED BY A NATIVE NEWFOUNDLANDER |
THE CEREMONY BEGINS WITH LEARNING SOME TRADITIONAL NEWFOUNDLAND SONGS-SARA AND HER NEW FRIEND JOHN JOIN IN |
WAITING FOR THEIR TURN TO KISS THE COD-ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO DO IT! |
THE COD IS COMING OUR WAY-NOT EVERYONE WAS SO WILLING TO KISS THE COD |
THERE WERE A FEW MORE NEWFOUNDLAND WORDS TO LEARN |
SARA AND JOHN GET THEIR SCREECH-RULE IS THAT YOU DRINK IT ALL IN ONE GULP |
THE SCREECH IS POURED AND THE FISH IS COMING |
SARA AND JOHN GET READY TO KISS THE COD |
SARA HESITATED BUT SHE WANTED TO BE A NEWFIE........ |
IS I AN OFFICIAL NEWFIE YET? 'Deed I is, me old cock, an' long may your big jib draw. |
ALL IN ONE GULP-DOWN THE HATCH AND OVER DE GUMS......... |
BEING OFFICALLY SIGNED INTO THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCREECHERS |
SARA IS NOW AN OFFICAL NEWFIE AND LOOK AT THE SCREECHER GLOW |
THIS NEWFOUNDLAND DOG GUARDS THE HARBOR AT ST. JOHNS |
NEWFIE DOGS ARE IMMORTALIZED ON NEWFOUNDLAND STAMPS |
THESE DOGS WERE HOT TO SIT ON EVEN IN NEWFOUNDLAND |
THIS BRONZE NEWFIE DOG EVEN LIKED DON |
CHARLIE HAD TO WAIT IN THE TRUCK WHEN WE VISITED THE LIVE NEWFIE DOGS. |
SARA MEETS THE REAL THING -THREE OF THEM |
THIS GENTLE GIANT WAS OVER 180 LBS AND LOVED SARA-SLOBBER AND ALL |
THREE LITTLE NEWFIES ALL IN A ROW-WELL NOT LITTLE |
THIS ALTANTIC SALMON CENTER WAS AT GRAND FALLS WHERE THE FISH CLIMB A LADDER |
SARA CHECKS OUT THE ATLANTIC SALMON AS THEY PASS UP THE LADDER |
POUND FOR POUND SOME CLAIM THE ATLANTIC SALMON IS THE BEST FIGHTING FISH ALIVE |
NOTICE THE BRUISE ON THE SALMON ON THE LEFT-IT IS A LONG JOURNEY TO THEIR BREEDING GROUNDS |
WHO IS CHECKING OUT WHO? SARA AND THE SALMON |
THE FISH LADDERS AROUND THE FALLS AT GRAND FALLS |
THE ATLANTIC PUFFIN OR PARSON BIRD TO NATIVE NEWFOUNDLANDERS |
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OFF THIS ISLAND |
CAN YOU SEE THEM ON THE ROCKS? |
THERE THEY ARE ON THE ROCKS-SARA WAS THRILLED |
THE FACE OF NEWFOUNDLANDERS-THE FINAL THREAD IN THE COAT CALLED NEWFOUNDLAND |
WE WERE GREETED BY THE FAMOUS NEWFOUNDLAND SMILE WHERE EVER WE TRAVELED |
THE MAN COOKED MUSSELS FOR US AT THE SCREECH-IN ON HIS OWN TIME |
THE WINTERS ARE LONG AND MANY PEOPLE SELL THEIR KNITTING PRODUCTS ALONG THE ROADSIDE |
ANOTHER FACE OF NEWFOUNDLAND-THIS LADY MADE MUMMER DOLLS AND WE BOUGHT THIS ONE |
THIS LADY WAS SO PROUD OF HER TINY STORE IN TROUT RIVER |
THE FACE OF NEWFOUNDLAND-THIS MAN WAS SO PROUD OF HIS HORSE |
THE PEOPLE OF THE ISLAND-THE MOST IMPORTANT THREAD IN THE COAT THAT IS NEWFOUNDLAND-THEY WILL MAKE YOU SMILE TOO |