THE HOOKED MAT COLLECTION AT ENGLEE.
Day 127 – The low temperature last night was 52 degrees. When we got up this morning, it was cloudy and windy, making it feeI blustery and much colder outside. It rained on & off. We’re glad we did all our scenic driving previously.
We drove down to Englee to go to the Exhibition at the Town Building of local art. The hooked rugs/mats and the glass art were really good, and we were told it was all done by women from Englee. The entire upper floor of the Town Building housed the collection. The oldest mat was made in 1939. Beautiful work! The mats were all hanging on the walls, many depicting scenes from Newfoundland life. The various glass art works were in a separate room on shelves. There were also homemade quilts, potholders, and many knitted hats, gloves/mittens, articles of clothing, and afghans/throw blankets. The exhibit was free; we bought a couple of small items. The hooked mats were not for sale.
We arrived back at the RV in time for lunch. It reached 61 degrees today with some sun in the afternoon followed by rain showers. Tomorrow we’ll leave for our next Northern Peninsula adventure. We’ll be spending a week at Pistolet Bay Provincial Park near the top of the peninsula. There are plenty of interesting things to do in this area. There should be Whales and we’re hoping they’re ready to be watched. We certainly didn’t see many Moose yet, but we had good luck viewing Caribou in Port au Choix. Maybe the Moose will be near our campground up north.
(But will we see Mackerel?) Later, after dinner, we were relaxing in the RV in our chairs. It was fairly cool out and we only had one window open. The blog was done. The chores were done. My chair was near the open window. I kept hearing a lot of noise from the Bay. At first I thought it was Whales blowing, but it was too frequent and went on too long. I mentioned it to Rob; he opened his window. Soon he heard it, too. He said maybe it was waves coming in. But it’s a quiet bay, not the open ocean. We kept hearing it.
He grabbed the camera and rushed down the hill to the water to see what was going on. When he came back, it was with video, not pictures. It was Mackerel, lots of Mackerel, swimming in large groups in a circle, chasing prey. That’s a whole bunch of fish to make that much noise!
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