Cass put up our tree the last week of November this year because we had people coming over. I must say it looks pretty good. I can't wait for a real tree though. Waking up to the pine smell in the living room is awesome. Especially when there are presents under the tree.
Cassandra and I woke up early yesterday morning to see the sunrise at Signal Hill.
You can see Cape spear opposite the sun in this picture. There are more on my Flickr. There were a lot of people that came. It was nice since we only had to get there for around 7. My fingers got so cold though, Cassandra was smart and stayed in the car most of the time. I had fun taking pictures though.
I also spent this weekend processing the pictures I took in Winnipeg, sorry I kind of forgot about them, they are up on Flickr as well.
Cassandra and I stuffed ourselves last night with some amazing food (I loved the stuffing) and a gigantic turkey at my friends house. Needless to say we slept well.
Cassandra has made a delicious looking pumpkin pie and cookies with brown butter icing for potluck tonight.
I whipped together some cranberry sauce with orange juice and other spices. And we have word that the turkey is sizzling away at the moment, almost ready for our arrival.
Fall is the best.
A couple weeks ago now I got a new camera lens for my Birthday. It has been a joy to use. It's a 15-85mm IS USM lens. An upgrade from the kit lens and covers a nice wide angle to telephoto range. I don't think i'll be needing to take it off anytime soon.
Here are some shots from Signal Hill and Regatta Day when our friend came for a visit. Click the image to go to my flickr account.
I just put up some pictures from yesterday on my Flickr make sure to click the picture to take a look.
It was an awesome time. Cassandra and some friends and I went to Ferryland Lighthouse for a Picnic. There they renovated the lighthouse to be a foodie destination where yo can buy a picnic and enjoy the view. Boy did we ever get a view. The two weeks of dreary clouds started to part, We saw an Iceberg in the bay on one side and on the other, pods of whales. Humpbacks breaching, Minkies swimming and spurts of water being blown into the air.
The food was delicious and we picked a quiet spot sheltered from the wind. I had a great time. Cassandra got so excited she was jump clapping. That checks a lot off our Newfoundland to do list.
After going to the park yesterday we went to Middle Cove beach with some other friends in the evening for a bon fire. We saw a big ice berg that was still in the bay. Again it was a busy night since it was so warm. I think I counted 23 fires after the sun had gone down.
Yesterday Cassandra and I went to Bannerman Park to have a picnic with some friends. It was pretty busy since it was a sunny warm day. People were flying a kite and others were playing soccer baseball with their Great Dane among other activities like frisbee playing and rope walkers as well as hoola hoopers.
This Easter Cassandra made a ton of delicious Paska and Babka. I like the Paska myself, so it's all gone. We have a loaf of Babka still in the freezer though. We took the bread and the chocolate egg that I made to a Potluck with friends where we ended up dyeing some eggs. It was a good time.
I needed stuff to do today it was snowing and raining and freezing rain was falling. Cass and I slept in after spending yesterday playing hide an seek with friends by the harbour so going to the gym started to fall by the wayside. I felt like I should do something productive though and it seemed like a good idea to make some good food like roasted garlic hummus and Keema. I thought of the Keema my dad used to make and I just had to have it. Both were so delicious and satisfying. Unfortunately I didn't think of taking pictures until after I started to put the food away. I'm going to watch the NHL skills competition this evening with a happy belly.
Cass and I went to Middle Cove beach by our house after a snowfall today. It was a lot nicer than I expected, sheltered from the wind there wasn't much snow on the ground. We could so have a winter bonfire. We walked around snapped a couple pictures and then went to Michael's where Cass stared at paints thinking about who knows what. Maybe how awesome paint is. Then we went home empty handed to eat pickles and watch the pulled pork cook. It was a delicious day.
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