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Saturday Boiling Up

I’m looking forward to a busy but fun long weekend, especially since we have family coming to stay with us. But not much tonight could match the Saturday we had last week, right on the beach in front of our new home (still hard to believe we live here!). We had a traditional Newfoundland boil-up on the beach, complete with not only Joe Friday’s famous cod-au-gratin, Laurelyn’s beautiful partridgeberry bread pudding and a deep-fried turkey from yours truly, but also a truly great assortment of our new friends and neighbours. I think there was at least 18 of us, and we sat listening to the waves and each others’ laughter until midnight. It was the perfect ending to what had been a busy day.

I hope that our guests, and you, dear readers, will have an equally fun long weekend, and will stay safe. One last hurrah for the summer!

Gotta love Lisa Day and her shenanigans (I know we do!) ….

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Oh! What a Night!

Murphy and I had the place to ourselves the other night – The Berry and Joe Friday both had to go to St. John’s to work. What a sunset we had – and what an excuse to kick back in silence and recuperate from lots of hard work, mental and physical. The waves just wash it all away.

I was happy, though, to take a break from the relaxing to set up floodlights and a cd player (for Newfoundland music, of course!) and bring down wood to the beach for our guests at The Blueberry – Veronica and Jim, and Mike and Patricia, from Kingston, Ontario. They invited me to have a beer and enjoy the night with them, and few offers have been more tempting! Work for a board meeting called me away, but I was there in spirit! (and here’s my last blurry night shot, I promise!  – I wanted to share this moment with you, but I’m getting used to my camera still …. Allison George has told me to turn up my ISO settings at night, so I hope that helps!)

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Byrne Up on the Beach

In Newfoundland, we like to have what we call boil-ups on the beach, cooking fish and anything else good. Well, today, my brother, Joe, and I had a ‘Byrne up’ on the beach before the weather turned bad. Similar to a boil up, except we skipped the fish and went right to the Bud Light – can you blame us?

That’s Joe in the first picture (and Shag Rock in the background). Some people think that of all my brothers (and I’ve got plenty), we look the most alike. All I know is he has been a huge help these past few weeks, staying at the cottages while we had to go back in town, and painting and redecorating like a madman. If you come to stay at our cottages and love them (I think you will), then you’ll likely have Joe to thank for that!