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Bottle Cove

8/18/2016

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We were headed back to Port aux Basques, and the ferry, and took the drive
​out along Humber Arm, to the Bay of Islands, and Bottle Cove...
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It was a beautiful sunny day, but I wasn't feeling well. I'd reacted to the antibiotics, since the doctor had prescribed double the standard dosage. The pneumonia had actually gotten worse, and I wasn't sleeping because of the breathing noise and the coughing, so I was exhausted. 

I'd had such high hopes for taking photos at Bottle Cove. There's a trail out to a point overlooking the coast and the ocean,. There's a monument out there to Captain Cook, who explored this area back in 1776. It's a gorgeous spot, and would have been an amazing setting for my Fantasy crew. But I was ill, and could barely walk, so it wasn't to be. Not on this trip. All I could manage was one shot of Leona and Coco...with the point in the far distance....
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The dolls went back into the cupboard, and did not come out again. Even scenic shots were few 
and far between, during the next few days, as we headed to the ferry, and then for home. It definitely wasn't the trip I'd hoped for. Maybe some day we will go again, and have a better time.

The recovery has been long and slow. The pneumonia symptoms are mostly gone now, and my knee is a lot better too. I still don't have a lot of energy, at least not for photography. But part of that problem is the unrelenting heat and humidity we've been experiencing all summer. We've never had such a summer! Ever! I've been making party dresses for my Kaye Wiggs dolls, but it's been way too hot to haul everything outside to have any kind of party, and I've been waiting for some kind of party pictures before putting the dresses up for sale. Let's hope the weather improves soon.
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Jane
8/18/2016 11:36:42 am

I am so sorry that the holiday ended in such a rotten way for you ((huge hugs)). And I am not surprised to hear that your recovery has been slow too........just take it easy and don't push yourself too much would be my advice.

And I was wondering if you would do a party photoshoot before the dresses went up for sale. I hope the weather cooperates for you really soon.

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Martha
8/18/2016 11:46:15 am

I wasn't able to do much, thanks to my knee, but a little sewing is always nice to help pass the time. The plans as to have a party for the girls before I took their dresses off and put them up for sale.

But I need decent weather for that. And by 'decent' I mean cooler. All summer the forecast has been dangling the carrot of cooler weather coming the next week, but as each day goes by, the temperatures go up, and there are no cooler days or nights. Saturday we are up to 30, with a 'low' of 20 in the night, Then Monday is supposed to be a high of 22 with 11 at night. I'll believe it when I see it.

So, things probably won't go up for sale until some time next week.

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Jane
8/18/2016 12:05:37 pm

I can't imagine such ghastly summer temperatures.........how awful! I will never complain about the cool summers we have here again!

Babel link
8/19/2016 10:23:53 am

Martha treats you well all what you say I know I ashmatique birth and I was 5 years Ilya fracture of the spine, so some days I very difficult market, especially when the weather is wet .. ... I am with you heart, it's really not fun to suffer and feel cut into his impulses ........ :o))

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