Jennifer Kaye

My Newfoundland Adventure

PUFFINS!

We visited the puffins yesterday. They live on a rock just off shore of Elliston, near the tip of the Bonavista Peninsula. I took a photo with my iPhone. Puffins live in burrows, so when you look at the top of this rock and see the area to the right …

Gardening (Part 2)

Recognize this? I know it all too well – it’s everywhere – in the strawberry bed, inbetween the paving stones, around all the shrubs – anywhere there’s an empty spot in the garden, it’s there. I didn’t know what it was called, so I submitted this photo to PlantNet, a …

The Skerwink Trail

One of our main motivations for moving to Newfoundland was the ability to do amazing hikes and enjoy the natural beauty of the province. The Skerwink Trail, located in Port Rexton, is considered to be amongst Canada’s best trails. We hiked it on our vacation two years ago, and were …

Settling in

The first days and weeks after a move are filled with activities that are essential but uninteresting – deciding where the plates should go, rearranging the closet (again), getting your new driver’s license, and so on. I will spare you the details about our septic system. So we were very …

The Weather

Since we got here, cloudy skies have been the norm. But there have also been days where cloud and sun have chased each other across the sky and anything goes, weather wise. Today was one of those days. This is our front yard. It’s a lovely combination of manicured and …

Quarantine finds

When you’re in quarantine in Newfoundland, you’re not supposed to leave your accommodation, which is totally understandable. But as you can see from this photo, we’re not really close to anything. Our home away from home, near Deer Lake and the Humber River. So we decided it would probably be …