Colour of Outdoors by Mandy Ford

  • My trip to the Labrador Straits, June 2017

    I took a quick trip home last weekend, which actually extended ‘up along’ to the Straits. My parents and I drove as far as L’Anse au Clair because Dad wanted to go to the hardware store, and we slowly worked… more ›

  • Seven Years

    Today marks the SEVENTH birthday of this blog! I don’t know that I can pinpoint what I was feeling or thinking the day I started this blog in 2010, but I can pretty much guarantee I did not predict it… more ›

  • Every day is a winding road..

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  • Dis-May

    No dismay, just a play on words for how us coastal locals say ‘this’ haha… Not a lot to report today but I had to make a record of how May went in photos. Promise I’ll write more next month,… more ›

  • Everything That Lies Beneath (And Some Things Above)

    Tonight I attended a presentation from the Newfoundland Labrador Archaeological Society & Labrador Institute on archaeological finds in Labrador; namely the artifacts donated by Carol Brice-Bennett upon her departure from the Labrador Institute. One of the takeaways from this presentation… more ›

  • Labrador Hygge

    I just finished reading a book called The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking. It became very clear to me that Hygge is something that many families I know practice without even knowing it to be… more ›

  • March Hare

      March is almost over and I’m realizing this is my one and only entry to sum up the month…how to do this? The most memorable thing from this month was my Mom’s visit. She came here for work meetings… more ›

  • A warm February day

    The world around you is a work of art; the only payment required for viewing is to keep it clean and safe from harm. M. more ›

  • The Congratulations Project

    Every January 1 millions of people make ‘resolutions’ for the upcoming months of the new year. Last year I had the idea that instead of making ‘resolutions’ we should make ‘congratulations.’ You see, a resolution is a means of ‘resolving’… more ›

  • In my own words – places not yet travelled.

    On Sunday mornings I allow myself to get excited about the world that I haven’t seen – which is much of it. I envision myself on passenger ships steaming into ports and writing in a spiral bound notebook my first… more ›