tree standing tall

The coastline, rocks, and lots of green surround this tree. It stands tall near the tip of the Eastport Peninsula in Salvage, Newfoundland.

sunlit

The play of sunlight on fanned leaves creates a painting in shades of green.

a garden morning

It felt like a good day to check on the flowers at Tower Hill Botanic Garden. As the calendar moves to mid-August the flowers were in different stages of life. Some of the flower beds wore mainly green, some were still wearing many colors.

As I stood next to beds of still-in-bloom flowers I could see bees drinking, flying to another flower, hovering, drinking. Listen... to the music of the bees, buzzing.

across the water

Walking to the tip of the Eastport Peninsula required stopping often to soak in the views!

in Salvage, Newfoundland

calm

Evening light reflects on a calm sea, in Twillingate.

wispy

I wonder what kind of plant wears these wispy green strands. I don't know its name but I do know I like the look!

chasing bees

It was a lazy day today, a day to rest, to stay close to home.

Early in the afternoon I headed to the The Stephens-Coolidge Place to see if the gardens were wearing any new colors. I was delighted to find summer flowers in bloom along with lots of bees and beetles seeking nectar.

I followed some bees around the garden in the hopes that one would consent to pose for a photo. Look! a bee posing...

magic light

In between bouts of late date rain on my last night in Twillingate I found some magic light. This shot was taken from the Long Point Lighthouse viewing area.

flying high

Did you know it's hard to use a touch screen when the plane is bouncing in the sky? It's a bit rough up here as we fly from St. John's to Newark. It looks (to me) like we are closer to our landing point than our starting point.

We have a few hours in the airport once we land before we jump onto our next flight to Boston. I think we'll be doing some bouncing through the terminal; Denise said she needs to spend some of the time walking.

Oh! It's getting really bouncy. I think it's time to sign off for now!

--- Rover

back to St. John's

Hey, it's my turn to write! I could feel that Denise was thinking about writing but I know she's tired from driving (for hours and hours) so I grabbed the computer. Sometimes she forgets that I really like to write too!

Today was mainly a driving day. The day started with breakfast and then we jumped into the car and started driving. I thought we might stop somewhere to hike but the weather got a little funny. It was just gray when we started. Then it started raining on and off - not heavily, just enough to need the interval wipers to keep the windshield relatively clear. Next came the fog. It feels like that lasted a long time but Denise said it was probably only 20 to 30 minutes. I asked her why she didn't pull onto the shoulder to wait it out... she said she felt better moving with the other cars than being stopped on the side. The fog was pretty thick but we could still see the headlights of oncoming cars and the red tail-lights of the cars in front of us. We just couldn't see the lights from too far away! I was very glad when the fog lifted and we were back to light rain for a bit. The rain finally stopped.

After about 5 1/2 hours of driving we reached St. John's.

Funny, Denise didn't head to our hotel. Instead she drove to the waterfront and parked the car on Battery Road. Oh! We walked up Signal Hill again! I bounced up the hill with Denise, then jumped into the camera bag when we reached the top (because I was afraid I was going to get blown away). I left a little opening in the zipper so I could peek out. It was really, really windy up there!

Tomorrow is our "head home" day. We fly in the morning, heading to Newark and then on to Boston. I think we'll do a bit of airport walking in Newark since we have a few hours to wait for our connecting flight home.

--- Rover