Luxury getaways to the ocean's edge
I’m excited about this one, because breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. And we’ve just released a new breakfast menu at The Doctor’s House. You don’t need to be an overnight guest to enjoy it either – just a fan of locally sourced and exquisitely prepared food! For more details, contact info@doctorshousenewfoundland.com, or just see below!
Thanks for Jeff and Lori for sharing this stunning photo – it looks like something you’d find in National Geographic, but they actually captured this last week, while boating in front of the Shag It Cafe. We’re hoping that our guests today will get some equally good bird-watching in!
I particularly enjoyed this sampling from exceptional Newfoundland photographer Bud Vincent. He captures that blue colour so vibrantly. And what a moment! We regularly feed our juncos here at the cottages, and I can confirm – someone needs to teach these birds some manners!
OK, so I’m not sure if these are actually love birds, or what else they might be. But at least they’re a pair, sticking out the harsh weather together. Quite symbolic! Thanks to Bud Vincent, a brilliant Newfoundland photographer, for sharing – we share lots of his work on this blog, because he does such a fantastic job showcasing this beautiful province of ours.
And if you’d like to warm up with your own lovebird this winter, remember that we’ve extended our Spa and Stay Packages at The Doctor’s House, and we’re also offering a winter special: from January to March, book one night, and get the second for only $99.
With our view of Shag Rock and the shag birds that make it home, we had an obvious namesake for the Shag It Cafe and Gift Shop. But we get lots of seabirds coming to our shores – that’s why we’ve named 4 of our cottages after the Loon, the Puffin, the Gannet and the Osprey. But clearly, I think flock of seagulls at our beach is trying to tell us something! Of course we see sea gulls around, too, but I hadn’t seen them here before. Maybe they came by for some of our fantastic coffee and gluten-free baked treats!
My daughters just love puffins – and really, who doesn’t? In fact, I know of my daughters goes on whale watches in Newfoundland, more to watch these little guys struggling to take off and fly so cutely overhead, then she does to see the whales.
So puffin-watching is quite popular in Newfoundland, and so is puffin photography. Every gift shop in downtown St. John’s sells postcards and posters adorned with the little guys. But I have to say (and I’m not biased!) that these pictures, from good friend and great photographer Bud Vincent, are some of the best I’ve seen. Enjoy!
Love this shot from Bud Vincent, who often gives us beautiful Newfoundland photography for our Saturday blog posts. Seems fitting for us, as between getting The Doctor’s House up and operational, and with the Shag It Cafe and Gift Shop opening soon, this summer really has been about getting our ducks in a row!
The Doctor’s House is many things, including an animal sanctuary. If you’re a bird watcher, you’d love it there. It’s particularly fun now that all the baby birds are showing up. Who doesn’t love a baby bird?
One of my daughters lives on a float home in Victoria, BC. She too is inundated with our feathered friends. Check out this video she sent me of some visiting goslings. Imagine if this was the view out your back window!
It’s Saturday, ie Newfoundland Photography Day on the Blog. Like the most beautiful pictures here usually are, these were taken by Bud Vincent.
Like Bud says, “’tis is a funny thing that human beings have great difficulty maneuvering around their vehicles unless there are traffic lights. And, most times a number of drivers simply ignore them anyway.
Point is: Seagulls don’t need traffic lights and as you can see, they certainly have much greater obstacles in their way, all at the one time.”
I went out to the garden this weekend and there it was – a rose in full bloom in November! Then I went to the front deck and there he was – a blue jay in full bloom in November! WOW in WWW – again! The wonders of this place never end.
We’ve learned that when they were trying to find out where they were going to put the golf course in Trinity Bay, they studied the weather patterns for the last 50 years for ten towns in the area. Turns out that Whiteway won, hands down. It has a unique micro-climate with the best weather in the bay. Proof that I’m not just blowing smoke when I say that it truly is special out here! And I’ll take roses and blue jays in November any day!