"There you go, my love"

That's what the woman at the store said to me upon giving me my change.  At another store, I got called Darlin' .  I don't get this much sweet talk at home!  ;-}

It makes a nice segue to something that was on the St. John's Morning Show; a writer said she felt Newfoundland was more Irish than Ireland.

Here's a link to the piece, if you want to give a listen.

Extend NY

Awesome website that Greg referenced recently.  It takes the NYC street grid and applies it to the world.
In St. John's, we're in the vicinity of 20,321st Street and 3,764th Avenue.

First Day of Spring

Today's the vernal equinox (<---- that would be an excellent word for Words With Friends).

So glad they got the couch in before this started.

NFLD is Starting to Get Civilized...

....because after waiting 9 weeks and spending that time sitting on the floor on a twin mattress to watch tv, we finally got our couch (and a new mirror) !!!   We are so looking forward to stretching out on this baby after dinner.  A few throw pillows and an end table and we'll be looking good.

Delivery men from Hayward's furniture store came 5 min ahead of the scheduled time (11:00a).  That must be another huge difference between NYC and NFLD; we were thinking we might see them closer to 12-12:30p, given our experience with deliveries in Manhattan.

They were great, bringing it all in and placing it just so.  They also took great care to hang the mirror for us.

Now if we get the dining area cleaned up, we could just be ready for some company, either from in-province or out.  :-)

xo

Balmy Sunday; +8C

I think this is the warmest (47F) weekend day we've had this year.  Looking forward to getting out - don't know what we'll do yet.  It's been a bit damp, walking trails have been muddy.

Here's some pix from last weekend, which was considerably colder and snowy.  We walked down an unpaved road in Tors Cove, that warned it wasn't maintained in winter.  We discovered a couple of very cute cottages that teased us Spring/Summer might be here soon.

Blizzard on Wednesday; Spring on Friday

Wicked weather on Wed; shut down schools and provincial offices.  The RMPC and RNC were cautioning drivers to keep off the roads unless absolutely necessary (and "watch how you go").  They predicted 20-25cm (7-10").

And today was practically balmy - did see someone out in shirt sleeves.  Temps got up to +12C to +15C on the Avalon (that's about 53-59F).

So I give you some run-off to consider; this was shot in a park not far from Greg's office (making for a nice lunchtime break for him once in a while):

Getting cold again and believe they're predicting another bit of snow for the Avalon this weekend...5-10cm.

March came in like a confused lion - hope it goes out like a level-headed lamb.

We inhaled.

The Wild Mushroom Risotto, that is.  Never got a chance to take any photos of the finished product.
Oh my yummy.