Walk at the Gravels and afternoon at SCAPA

I have been volunteering at SCAPA on Fridays for a couple of months now. I go into Stephenville with Mike in the morning  when he goes to work and I usually have a couple hours to put in so last week and this week I went to Port au Port and hikes the Gravels trail

Hopefully, the weather will stay good for a while yet and I can keep it up 

It's a beautiful place to spend a couple hours 

The trail is to the right in the picture

May be a little difficult to see; snow dusting the mountains in the background 

In one of Farley Mowats books....he tells of the isthmus being covered in walrus at one point of the year. Not so anymore 

My eyes can't help but scan the water looking for whale spouts or seal heads bobbing up and down 

  

A week left until Samhuinn

I am enjoying the cooler autumn weather. Getting outside chores done has become more comfortable. With the cooler air and the absence of the ever present midges and mosquitoes it's easier to get lost in the day 

We are up to 22 chickens. Two roosters; Mortimer and Stanley. I am hoping that we can get the coop enlarged before the ground freezes or at least the new poles put in. It is so mucky out there for. We expect fifteen of the hens should start laying in the next few weeks 

My first summer with the greenhouse was a bust 

My tomato plants grew huge but I think in the end that it was just too hot in the greenhouse. Learning curve. I have some spinach and broccoli and peas and kale that hopefully will continue growing until the cold really starts to get serious 

This is our foster cat Beauty. We take her to Corner Brook tonight so she can make the journey tomorrow to her new home in St. John's. We are going to miss her but are confident that she ha an awesome home to go to 

 I did it again. I talked hubby into helping me out dreads into my hair again(maybe I have some hope of making a free-spirit out of him?) Now to wait for them to tighten up