I looked at my blog tuther day and was horrifed (as I'm sure all my avid readers were too) to find that I hadn't posted at all in 2014. My neglect didn't appear to show in my blog statistics however, as (at the last count) my views have steadily risen to 2308. How, I have no idea, but I digress.
Newfoundland is still in the icy grip of winter, despite invoking Daylight Saving Time seemingly earlier than the rest of the planet, and it will probably stay cold and miserable until May. That's not to say that we don't have gloriously sunny days every now and then, but as I've had to explain to my new Italian house-mate, all those days do is get your hopes up that Spring is on its way.
This post is much like my last post where the horrible weather paused for the day and I grabbed my camera and mooched around town. Last Saturday, when it was in the positive temperatures if you ignore wind chill, I dusted off the dust on my camera and set off down towards Quidi Vidi lake to try my hand at some snowy photography. Living in NW England, Scotland and Newfoundland, having too much light has never really been a problem I've had to grapple with before, but I was eager to give it a go. And these are some of the results.
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| The very same lake where the Regatta is every year. |
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| The Gut looking glorious. |
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| I love the zoom on this camera. |
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| Frozen harbour starting to calve. |
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| Love the colours in this wee community. |
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| What an idyllic setting for a brewery. |
Whilst down in Quidi Vidi by the water's edge I managed to grab the attention of the fisherman whom I was inadvertently photographing. He hollered at me to come on over to the cabin and then walked me to his buddy's deck where I was allowed to take some photos of his boat. As lovely as the gesture was I did feel rather awkward and as a result I didn't get any decent photos from the deck, but it was a typical show of Newfoundland hospitality. I might just take the b'ys up on their offer of a fishing trip in the summer.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, I will never tire
of taking this photograph again and again. |
And why just enjoy frozen water outside when you can enjoy it inside, by watching a load of half-toothless-guys running round with knives on their feet, hitting each other whilst also scooting around with a black bit of plastic. That's right guys, I finally went to a live hockey game.
The local team here is the St Johns Ice Caps who play in the AHL, and they act as the feeder team for the Winnipeg Jets who play in the NHL. It had always been an ambition of mine to see a game and last night I had the chance to. And it was just as awesome as I thought it would be. I had been aching to see some live sports, allowing me to shout at people I didn't know with like-minded people who also didn't care for their volume. And i feel it was an authentic experience. There was a fight. I drank beer. I bought a scarf. I lost my voice. I daresay it won't be the last time I go to a game.
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| Lowry was on the programme cover so he quickly became my favourite player. |
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| Before I moved to Canada I would've guessed a Zamboni was a type of Italian sausage... |
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| Buddy the Puffin violating numerous Health and Safety codes. |
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| Portland Pirates trying the ol' wrap around. |
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| Easy win for the Ice Caps, extending the winning streak to 9 games! |
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I don't think this is him, but one of the Portland players was called Shinammon.
Like Sean Connery saying Cinammon. |
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| Kudos to the manfriend for being brave enough to come to the game with me. |
This post was a little rushed, and although I do have 3 months of my life to catch y'all up on, I think the only thing I didn't cover was that we got a new fridge. I'm off on an adventure to Washington State in the next couple weeks so I will definitely do a post on that when I'm back. Until then, have a gud'un!
