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Tom the backroads traveller hosts this weekly meme.

August 2026 - St. John's NL click link

We found this at The Rooms in St. John's NL in August 2026. That post also includes a link to his memorial on the Irish Loop.

Ron Hynes (1950–2015) is widely regarded as one of Newfoundland and Labrador's greatest folk singer-songwriters, affectionately known as the "Man of a Thousand Songs". The link above will give you more info on this Canadian icon.

Get Back Change

Blue Rodeo

 Blue Rodeo played a concert last night, Saturday, August 29, 2026, at the RBC Amphitheatre in Toronto, Ontario.

VIDEO - audience belting out Lake Ontario!! VIDEO

Full show YouTube

Monday Mural

  I'm linking up at Monday Mural

August 2026 - St. John's NL

A large portrait of Sable, a famous local Newfoundland dog who served as an unofficial mascot for Signal Hill. Created by Daniel Burt, a street artist from Halifax.

Signal Hill in 2022.

Also painted by Daniel Burt.

 Painted by Innu visual artist Melissa Tremblett.

Quidi Vidi - painted by Molly Margaret

 Titled "Opus", the public installation was created by local artist Sarah O'Rourke-Whelan and completed in late 2016 in partnership with the City of St. John's.

The text painted on the lower right reads Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site.

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WHITE

  One Word Sundays         

   Cellpic Sunday      

St. Augustine FL

Forthcoming One Word Sundays            

30 August: White

6 September: Animal

13 September: Blue

20 September: Geometry

27 September: Power

October: taking a break

1 November: Back

8 November: Laundry

15 November: Afloat

Birdie

 Linking up with Marg at The Intrepid Reader

Weekend Coffee Share
Sunday Salon

Sherry's Pickings

T Stands for Tuesday

28 August 2026 - St. John's NL - Toronto ON

St. John's NL

Last Week's Post - Day 1 and 2 in St. John's NL

SATURDAY Click here for our day 3

It was a gorgeous sunny day! We spent the afternoon with lunch at Quidi Vidi.

I made a couple more dinner reservations as it is hard to get in without one at some places.

SUNDAY Click here for our day 4
Outfit - One Word Sunday

We whiled away the morning before heading out.

A little cloudier that yesterday but perfect for walking around.

MONDAY Click here for our day 5

Monday Mural

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We had a boat tour for a few hours.

TUESDAY Click here for our day 6

We had gone to Dolly's Dixie Stampede in 2008 in Branson MI.

WEDNESDAY Click here for our day 7

Signs

I think we've seen Rocky Horror Picture Show on stage a few times, definitely on NYE in New York City 2001, right after 9/11.

Click here for my posts from her exhibits at the AGO Art Gallery of Ontario.

THURSDAY

We slept in this morning, but then we didn't go to bed until 1AM.

John used the simulator. 

I did a quick run to Longo's to cover us over the weekend. I did get pork chops on sale as well as a small pork roast for the weekend. Bacon had $1 off so I grabbed one. 

Bananas are always a good deal, we need to buy them more often.

Fanfest is taking place this weekend. No, I don't know any of the characters, but the costumes are fun.

Always busy, plus there was a Blue Jays game.

We unpacked most stuff and it went right into the laundry.

John is laughing his way through Ted Lasso. I finished (kitchen) Two Weeks in August (almost trashy, but has me at the 5th episode). Okay I admit it got kinda good.

We caught up on the latest episodes of Silo and Lucky.

FRIDAY

John golfed. I went shopping and found a sweater for fall that I love.

More Fan Expo.

COOKING

10 Foods Invented in Newfoundland That Mainland Canada Forgot

30 traditional Newfoundland recipes

Saturday - St. John's

Sunday - St. John's Cojones

Monday - St. John's late lunch Yellowbelly cod bites and fries, dressing and gravy

Tuesday - St. John's hotel seafood pasta and pizza

Wednesday - St, John's Yellowbelly mussels

Thursday - hamburger patties, mashed potatoes and beans (John's request for homey food)

Friday - Asian steak, parmesan potatoes, asparagus

READING

9 Books Inspired by Newfoundland and Labrador

This was all good plane/vacation reading!

I read Dark Game by Rachel Lynch, a new author, with a new female main character Kelly Porter #1.

The Parents' Association Chris Pavone. What the hell was this? I got all settled on our flight and boom this was over in a flash! It turned out to be a bonus scene from The Doorman!!!

The Babysitter Phoebe Morgan

The Girl Next Door Phoebe Morgan. Another author with very strong female characters, not necessarily good ones, but great reading.

The Doll House also Phoebe Morgan. I'm not loving this one as much so far.

Buy Local

 

St. John's NL - Day 7 St. John's to Toronto

 August 2026 - St. John's NL

Day 1 LINK

Day 2 

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Aug 26 Wednesday

Another sunny morning. I requested a late check-out 12:30, and we had breakfast. We left our bags at the hotel and strolled along Water St. no real plans.

Random photos.

Hotel lobby.

The Volendam primarily sails Canada & New England routes and epic transatlantic "Voyage of the Vikings" itineraries that connect North America with Europe.

Canada & New England Circle Itineraries

These cruises typically start or end in Boston or Montreal. They circle the Maritimes and Atlantic Canada, hitting stops such as:

Quebec & The St. Lawrence: Quebec City, Saguenay Fjord, Havre-Saint-Pierre, and Baie-Comeau

Newfoundland Stops: St. John's, Corner Brook, and St. Anthony

The Maritimes & New England: Charlottetown (PEI), Halifax (NS), and Boston (MA)

The standard passenger capacity of the Volendam is 1,432 guests based on double occupancy.

So it is quite a small ship.

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We had already decided that lupper (lunch/dinner) would be mussels at Yellowbelly.

Red curry NL mussels.

On our stroll back, we stopped into the Alt Hotel, it is quite nice. It would be a good place to stay, right on the water and no hills! The Hop On Hop Off also starts and ends here.

Back to the hotel, pick up our luggage and call an Uber to the airport. Easy check-in and we headed to the lounge. Our flight was right on time at 8PM NL time. Dinner was served but we didn't bother, chicken or pasta, no thanks. We had really enjoyed our mussels.

Landed right on time at 10PM Toronto time, we gained 1.5 hours and we were in row 1, so first off!!! Our luggage took about fifteen minutes, there were 4 other flights on our luggage carousel.

We grabbed a limo home, it is a maze to find your Uber at this airport.