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Showing posts with label Bay Bulls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bay Bulls. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Busy as a Beaver, Ellen!

I mentioned in the last post that more than the people are industrious and more than the dogs are friendly in Bay Bulls. And, we have the pictures to prove it!

As you are entering (or leaving) Bay Bulls, you can see that a resident beaver has built a dandy large house for himself. We didn't have the opportunity to meet the beaver. I guess he was too busy!

After we had visited the busiest parts of Bay Bulls we took Ellen up to Gunridge for her photo shoot as you can see in the last post. Gunridge is a very quiet place that's off the beaten track. There are little rivers that lead to the ocean, big meadows, pathways through the woods and cliffs with sheer drops of more than 100 feet. Along the path, someone bolted pieces of wood into a rock to make the climb easier. Very handy I must say.

When I had explored all of that, I hopped back into the truck and told John that I was ready to go home. We had enough pictures for a post. Ellen had gotten blown over so she was certainly ready to go home! Off we went. Part way along the road there was another road off to the right that lead up a hill. John thought we'd go up there for a look, while on our way back to the highway. Next thing I said, "John, stop! Look at all the sheep!" John stopped and I hopped out. There must have been 30 sheep and when I approached the fence with my usual, "Hi!", they all started coming toward us talking up a storm. What a sight! If you had been there, you would have had to giggle with delight. A couple of them came right up to the fence. I even got a kiss off one of them. Such a friendly bunch! We had to get going though because Ellen and I are busy as beavers also. We're still making sleep eye masks for Andrea's and Stephan's store

See the fine beaver house?





Handy steps

Here's one of the cliffs

Just a stump

Golden light on a tree


Whale on a stick





Got a kiss off this one!

Sweet!









Sunday, January 15, 2012

What An Industrious Place, Ellen!

Bay Bulls is a town that's not very far from home for us. We pass through there on our way to Ferryland. It's a town that has a lot of ocean related industry and a lot of ocean related construction!. There is a marine base, fishery related activities and it's also a tourist destination. There are boat tour operations, now closed for the season. Even the mermaids are inside for the winter. Some boat tour operators advertise their "modern flush toilets"! Many people find the sheltered harbour to be great for kayaking, which we saw evidence of today. Brave souls I'd say.  It was -2 and "windy".

We took Ellen to a quiet section of town to do her photo shoot where she modelled a wrap that is machine knit with yarn from the stash - Moda Dea Dream (Italian). The trim is crocheted with African Bead Ball made by Be Sweet Yarns in South Africa. The African Bead Ball yarn has tiny beads spun in with the yarn. Then I finished it off with an ebony shawl stick. Ellen says it's elegant (and warm). Even though we took Ellen to the quiet part of Bay Bulls (more about that in the next post), the wind still blew her over, but this time she didn't get dirty because she fell in the snow. Grateful for that. I just washed her dress last week!

We happened across a sweet gentleman in the form of a dog who happily came to the truck to greet us.  He seemed kind of old and didn't have a leash, but such a friendly fella, maybe he doesn't need one. I guess the picture of this dog is not really "Doggie Paparazzi" because we didn't spy on him at all.

More than the people in Bay Bulls are industrious and more than the dogs are friendly! More about that next post.  :-)














Mermaids waving at us through the window

Tour boat up for the season







Washrooms with modern flush toilets







Kayakers