About those chairs.....

We won't be using them for a bit.

Oh, it's only going to be max 10cm (almost 4in) and  temps in the next few days should have it melt away in no time.

Murphy's Law

We picked up a couple of Adirondack chairs at Costco last Saturday. They're made from recycled plastic and are pretty comfy (though a bit low and I sometimes feel like I need a crane to get up).

We had fantastic weather last weekend, enjoying lots of sun and balmy breezes on the deck.

This Sunday-Monday we may see some FLURRIES!!
Figures, Greg had the snow tires taken off yesterday.

Iceberg in The Gut

Quidi Vidi's Harbour is also know as The Gut.

Last night, we went to Quidi Vidi Brewery (maker of Iceberg Beer!) for a IT industry association networking event.  There was a lot of traffic in and out of the tiny area that was formerly a fishing village.  Lots of cars and people walking the very narrow roadway to get a look at an iceberg that's drifted into the Gut and will probably sit there until it breaks up and melts.
We walked past the Brewery to get a look and snapped this with my little point/shoot camera in the fading daylight:

Quidi Vidi Harbour

I asked Greg to drop me off this morning on his way to work to see if I could get closer and hopefully the light would be better.  But it had clouded in and was drizzly.

Sorry to not capture it earlier this week, when the weather was glorious.

Fort Amherst side of The Narrows (St. John's Harbour)

"My little baker"

That's what Greg called me this morning. I was in the middle of mixing batter and spooning it into a muffin pan.

So, the last few Banana Nut Muffins are just out of the oven and are now cooling next to me. This was a new recipe for me, and that applies to quite a few things I've baked (and cooked for dinner). Went through a pound of flour since January and have bought a larger bottle of vanilla extract since the small one was used up pretty quickly.
Some of the new-to-me recipes (some made more than once) are: Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins, Banana Bread, Pignoli Pound Cake, Blackberry Muffins (with enough batter to also turn out a loaf) and Chocolate Zucchini Bundt Cake - made for Greg's birthday (recipe worked well in muffin pan too):

A new dinner recipe the other night was Tagliatelle with Prosciutto and Orange (didn't call for Blood Orange but that's what I had on hand). Greg said it's a keeper.

have they ever heard of tagliatelle in NFLD?  I used linguine.

Have made soups: Roasted Red Pepper, Creamy Cauliflower with Smokey Bacon, and Garlic Soup. Garlic Soup came about because I bought a huge bag of peeled garlic and overlooked the 'best by' date - it was looming 3 weeks away.   Recipe called for 5 cloves, think I used 12-15.  The soup was sort of like French Onion Soup.

Have also made rack of lamb twice: Fennel & Rosemary Crusted and Spice-Coated (with Cumin, Cocoa and Coffee). Rigatoni with Cauliflower in Spicy Pink Sauce is becoming a staple; its soooo good the second day.  And, Wild Mushroom & Stilton Galette was yummy.

Greg's been cooking too... has tried some things out of a decadent cookbook he got for his birthday.

He's going to have to start his own blog for you to hear about those.  ;)

Top o' the World, Ma!

We took a drive this afternoon along Marine Drive; a road that goes through some nice territory and occasionally provides a glimpse of the coast. On maps and during prior drives, I'd seen some turn off opportunities and the web provided some info about an abandoned US radar station, Red Cliff Air Station (when it was active it was part of the Northeast Air Command - NEAC).
Got in some exercise walking out to where we got to see a nice iceberg, very craggy coast line and the abandoned station. Brilliant blue skies and sun...great day capped with delish steak that Greg did on the BBQ.

iPad and Blogger don't get along...will have to add photos when I can get to the PC.

(Apr 15; updated with photos)

view from top of Red Cliff toward Logy Bay

close up of the berg

Greg on one side of a ravine

with me on the other

Digitally adrift

It's not like we don't have some technology around here (I live with a professional geek, and consider myself semi-pro), but not having my laptop with all my programs, files & settings has kept me from updating this as I would have liked.  Going to try to get over it, out of that rut and get on with it.

Since that March 30 storm, the weather has been quite nice quite often.  I believe we broke a temperature record on April 9 or 10 (near to 60F).

We've been around the Avalon Peninsula a bit, got down to Cape Race (site of the wireless station that received Titanic's wireless CQD/SOS) Easter weekend (thought not all the way out to the station & lighthouse; the gravel road was a challenge).

black sand beach near Cape Race

And have been on the look out for icebergs...got to see a couple though not as big/dramatic and/or close to shore as we'd like.  Caught this bergy-bit a few towns over...

The weather has cooperated on weekends fortunately - strolled out to Fort Amherst and saw this fishing boat heading out:

That's all for now!