tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post7244559326546293269..comments2024-03-15T09:29:02.240-04:00Comments on Recollections of a Vagabonde: The Walker on the Cape – in NewfoundlandVagabondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-6841871273062254672012-08-13T20:41:48.128-04:002012-08-13T20:41:48.128-04:00I love the east coast, and the west.
Cheers from ...I love the east coast, and the west.<br />Cheers from <a href="http://mymuskoka.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> Cottage Country</a>! Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-65819981735744091632012-08-11T17:47:22.518-04:002012-08-11T17:47:22.518-04:00You capture just the right details to allow us to ...You capture just the right details to allow us to experience this journey with you, Vagabonde. Thank you!Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-27220108323140359062012-08-11T00:52:33.749-04:002012-08-11T00:52:33.749-04:00Hello, Vagabonde.
Awe inspiring your works...
...Hello, Vagabonde.<br /><br /> Awe inspiring your works... <br /><br /> Thank you for visiting my blog.<br /> I am honored to your visit.<br /><br /> The prayer for all peace. <br /><br /><a href="http://www015uppso-netnejpcalligraphy.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Have a good weekend. From Japan, ruma❃</a>rumahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802179941417961681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-52900017920041687022012-08-10T03:55:54.351-04:002012-08-10T03:55:54.351-04:00Quel post intéressant, Vagabonde !
Je n'irai p...Quel post intéressant, Vagabonde !<br />Je n'irai pas vivre à Saint Pierre ni à Miquelon à cause du climat mais que ce doit être intéressant à visiter.<br />Bien ta photo sur la couverture d'un livre qu'on t'offre avec en prime la dédicace de l'auteur.<br />Bisesclaudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595176471297895980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-33545470503987721292012-08-10T00:49:23.098-04:002012-08-10T00:49:23.098-04:00Thank you for this post! I think I would also like...Thank you for this post! I think I would also like Newfoundland. I love the Norwegian connection!<br />Thanks for your visit and comment. Yes, religion can be very bad if people are forced to convert to another religion. It happens in all religions.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-34922446728034110792012-08-09T14:28:18.095-04:002012-08-09T14:28:18.095-04:00How exciting to have your photo on the cover of a ...How exciting to have your photo on the cover of a book! That's wonderful.<br /><br />Newfoundland looks most beautiful. It's a spot I'd like to visit someday. And I do love those postage stamps!Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-33903135764179433802012-08-08T10:41:27.601-04:002012-08-08T10:41:27.601-04:00How wonderful that one of your photos was used on ...How wonderful that one of your photos was used on the cover of the book. That would never have happened pre:blogging, one of the many advantages of making contact with so many different people from around the world.<br />I have visited Nova Scotia so I imagine that the terrain is very similar. I have written two posts about the trip but have yet to publish them.<br />A good and interesting read - thank youRosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-89275921426086874992012-08-07T20:34:34.070-04:002012-08-07T20:34:34.070-04:00I enjoyed reading about Newfoundland, and how exci...I enjoyed reading about Newfoundland, and how exciting to have one of your photos on the cover of a book! Looks like a good read.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801967071649685995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-4670972555483736422012-08-07T16:44:08.887-04:002012-08-07T16:44:08.887-04:00Thank you for this fantastic post. I've visit...Thank you for this fantastic post. I've visited Newfoundland once, but not long enough to capture the spirit of the island and would love to return. I know little about St. Pierre and am off to read your previous posts. You have the most amazing travels!Kittie Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756250649095903317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-34761433295954656702012-08-07T13:24:55.167-04:002012-08-07T13:24:55.167-04:00a most interesting place, you do it justice.
If e...a most interesting place, you do it justice.<br /><br />If ever you want to drive that Trans-Canadian Highway on your own, call me and I'll join you.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-79077544917067927122012-08-06T17:53:57.499-04:002012-08-06T17:53:57.499-04:00Enjoyed your commentary and Newfoundland photos. ...Enjoyed your commentary and Newfoundland photos. I became intrigued with the country when I read "Shipping News," later I made a point of seeing the movie based on that book. What a delight to have your lighthouse photo chosen to be the cover for a book, that you were able to meet the author, and could finally visit the country. Sounds like the mystery would be an interesting read.<br /><br />Treasure these travels you're making with your husband. Our later years my husband and I expected to take driving trips but his health precluded our doing so. Companions who enjoy such activities seem rare.<br /><br />The transCanada highway is most appealing. The Canadian train that travels coast to coast was a trip we thought would be attractive, but never took. <br /><br />Trust all went well with your recent hospital experience. Noting that your birth language was French though you are fluent in English is a bit of information worth sharing whether or not circumstances increase its significance.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-88471948424686652262012-08-06T16:02:50.790-04:002012-08-06T16:02:50.790-04:00what a great and detailed story !
my very favorite...what a great and detailed story !<br />my very favorite part is Mr Mike Martin asking for your photograph for the cover ! great !!<br />I love the way the book looks (the cover + autograph) and hope it will be a good read !This is Belgiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13717829942768478705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-59788059416323292492012-08-06T16:01:30.407-04:002012-08-06T16:01:30.407-04:00What a fascinating post, Vagabonde! I especially ...What a fascinating post, Vagabonde! I especially like the photographs, the postcards, the stamps, your narrative...what's not to like? All of it is excellent.<br /><br />Thank you for visiting my blog today. I think I visited yours a couple of years ago but from now on I intend to make it a regular stop on my blog itinerary.<br /><br />I love the word "biggify" -- did you make it up? Enlarge is what I would have said, but biggify is so much better.<br /><br />I also love the fire hydrants in Fortune.<br /><br />If you ever find yourself at the other end of the Trans-Canadian Highway in Victoria, British Columbia, I can personally recommend the James Bay Tea Room.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-56110396341328805612012-08-06T14:30:48.675-04:002012-08-06T14:30:48.675-04:00Your photos and the paintings are beautiful. I dis...Your photos and the paintings are beautiful. I discovered the islands of St Pierre and Miquelon years ago doing some geneology research on my family. One ancestor migrated from an island near the coast of France in 1650. Later I worked with statistical information about the islands for a Census Bureau project. Thanks for writing about them. Dianneschmidleysscribblins,wordpress.comhttp://schmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-12235550796743847392012-08-06T13:10:31.774-04:002012-08-06T13:10:31.774-04:00Okay, now I'm waiting for the next episode. I ...Okay, now I'm waiting for the next episode. I also have been fascinated by StPierre et Miquelon. <br />There's something about islands I love, I've lived on a few.<br />I had not realised just how big Newfoundland is, it doesn't seem so big on the map....<br /><br />Anyway, I'm waiting to see these two mystery islands, I've flown over them, but a bit too far up to take notice. And usually with cloud in between.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-85274085694750629792012-08-06T10:13:40.815-04:002012-08-06T10:13:40.815-04:00Dear Vagabonde, had we met and you asked me where ...Dear Vagabonde, had we met and you asked me where I could go to stand on French soil, I would of course said I'd need to fly to France. I never, ever, realized that France still had land here in North America. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing that info and for showing us those beautiful stamps. Now I have a new place--Newfoundland and the two French Islands--to think about as travel destinations. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-13775499808942999412012-08-06T08:26:24.289-04:002012-08-06T08:26:24.289-04:00I know I would LOVE visiting Newfoundland, Vagabon...I know I would LOVE visiting Newfoundland, Vagabonde. My kind of place. And I love that you called yourself a “Micmac” Indian long before you really knew. It was your destiny! :)Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-85962384958349445162012-08-05T21:32:35.361-04:002012-08-05T21:32:35.361-04:00Vagabonde, as always, you have given us a lovely, ...Vagabonde, as always, you have given us a lovely, informative post, with your unique take on a special place. You've granted us all a very good invitation to visit Newfoundland.<br /><br />Thank you very much also for all those close up views of the beautiful stamps. I remember as a child sort of inheriting an abandoned stamp album and collection of stamps from an older relative. Those colors and images and languages and differing currencies encouraged me to think beyond the boundaries of my own county and state.<br /><br />Perhaps they still do. I am also a fan of various practitioners of "stamp art" such as the late Donald Evans. How wonderful to dream up stamps issued by fictitious countries, commemorating events or personages that you also create.<br /><br />Wanderlust. <br /><br />Thank you, dear Vagabonde. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-89775902493900762202012-08-05T17:17:20.555-04:002012-08-05T17:17:20.555-04:00I have visited Newfoundland on - literally - a fly...I have visited Newfoundland on - literally - a flying visit. Cubana airlines touched down in St Johns for an hour or so and I exchanged some French francs for dollars. For some reason I was rather surprised that it was so easy. The sun was shining and the place seemed relaxed and friendly. The Shipping News is a filn set in Newfoundland, isn't it? And of course there are the dogs of which I have owned two. Lovely sagacious creatures, but quite impractical if you have any notions of a tidy house.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-47156171881589481282012-08-05T14:23:18.857-04:002012-08-05T14:23:18.857-04:00What a fascinating post! I had no idea about this ...What a fascinating post! I had no idea about this piece of Newfoundland or Canadian history from the Vikings to the French to the British. I find it intriguing about the lack of top soil preventing trees from growing! Lovely pictures and a lovely post.Emm in Londonhttp://www.emminlondon.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-60786101425828103562012-08-05T11:25:26.882-04:002012-08-05T11:25:26.882-04:00What a wonderful post! What a wonderful trip...You...What a wonderful post! What a wonderful trip...You and your dear husband cover a lot of ground when you travel...And that is just so amazing. Sharing this all with us is a great gift! Thank You, my dear.<br /><br />How wonderful that a photo of yours has been used on the cover of a book! Very Exciting!<br /><br />I love the last things you said about Newfoundland--that it is, in essence, untouched by so many of the mundane awful things of our world. Like Malls, etc., etc., etc.OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-31700486551771499822012-08-05T10:58:52.026-04:002012-08-05T10:58:52.026-04:00We had a trip all planned out to visit the island,...We had a trip all planned out to visit the island, but had to change it at the last minute. I think we will have to try again. I have always been fascinated by them, as well. I love your photos. And, I do remember hearing about the "Micmac" Indians as a child. But I had forgotten about that until I read your post. How fun to see your photo on a book cover! Does it list you on the photo credit?chlosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476371332873753350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-79987121373636829742012-08-05T08:56:21.019-04:002012-08-05T08:56:21.019-04:00You have really "captured" this spot , a...You have really "captured" this spot , and love all of your photographs! Have been missing your posts for some reason, but really enjoyed this. Love those stamps!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08282631333469688624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-3026855868629541182012-08-05T08:43:23.314-04:002012-08-05T08:43:23.314-04:00Another wonderful post, Vagabonde. You have the en...Another wonderful post, Vagabonde. You have the enviable ability to capture the essence of a place in words and images and make us want to go there too. Your photos remind me of parts of North-East Scotland and the Orkneys - wide, open landscapes of moorland and water.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-33429538762937457202012-08-05T07:07:03.227-04:002012-08-05T07:07:03.227-04:00How exciting about your photograph of the lighthou...How exciting about your photograph of the lighthouse on the cover. Congratulations. <br /><br />You do an incredible job with your posts and they could be a book themselves.<br /><br />Newfoundland looks like a lovely place to visit. Even the Queen has a smile on her face. <br />SamSam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15358601435867848753noreply@blogger.com