| Atlantic Crossroads Newfoundland 2005 |
| Sunday, June 26th
The day progressed from dawn to be cold and windy. Jim�s neighbor came over to visit for a bit and we found out that Gypsy�s been mooching dinners off the neighborhood. He comes home and acts like he hasn�t eaten for days! I dubbed him �Six-Dinner Sid� after the children�s book of the same name and circumstances. I was very happy to be staying with Jim and Lillian. Between the two of them, they certainly cook up some delicious meals! |
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| "Who? Me? I'm innocent, I tell ya!" |
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| Wanderlust and Signal Hill called, so I made a quick trip after bundling up a bit. At Signal Hill I turned my lens in the other direction this afternoon and caught The Rooms in the camera lens. Quite an imposing structure at the top of the hill there. Seems a little out of place, though I've heard it's supposed to be wonderful. It opens to the public on Wednesday with much Hoohah. Someone described it as the box the cathedral came in. That got quite a laugh, but it's bigger than the cathedral, so it's a telling statement about its size. There's a lot of discussion about what it adds to the skyline here or takes away, and the photo store in the Fairmount Hotel is offering two different panoramic views of St. John's - one with the Rooms and one without. I didn't ask the store manager which one was selling. But there's a lot of talk in the papers and on the radio about it. Maybe I should take a poll of my own! |
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| I also checked out the flora on Signal Hill. Everything was brightly colored today, even the lichens. Pinks, blues and reds dotted the brightly colored grass on the Hill and made you think �summer�, even though the weather was saying �fall.� |
| Flat Stanley accompanied me to Signal Hill today and tried to dive into Georges Pond, but I held him back. |
| He also checked out Quidi Vidi Lake, where the Regatta is run on the first Wednesday of August. It's the longest continually run sporting event in North America. |
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