Traytown Harbour, Ireland's Eye, Eastern Newfoundland

Tuesday, July 30th, 2013

Evergreen at anchor in Traytown Harbour:

Bald eagles are not a rare sight in Newfoundland.

 

Many of the former out-ports are the summer homes of fishermen who want to be closer to the fishing grounds during the season.  There are a few well kept cottages at Traytown with evidence of active fishing.

 

Lobster:

 

Cod:

Crab:

 

The product of a skilled craftsman of a bygone era:

 

Not a person in sight:

 

The wild wonders of nature:

Note the bee in the center of this wild rose --- Newfoundland is one of the only countries in the world where the bee population is doing well --- This has been found to be due to the lack of pests and pesticides:

 

Life is good:

At the other end of the harbor we found a stage and fishing gear that appeared to be abandoned - A sad sight indeed:

 

The north shore of Ireland's Eye Island:

 

The previous week there had been a "Come Home" on the island --- So the historical graveyard had been wrestled back out of the hands of mother nature:

 

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