Down at the dock, it was cloudy with a brisk out wind [opposite of in wind] blowing. This yacht has been anchored for two days, I have no name, where from or where headed.
Later we headed for the chopper pad; Grandson and his mum were due for a short chopper ride.
GS and others waiting for chopper arrival. GS and others receive pre flight brief.GS and others boarding [at right].
Back at the dock, with the sun now out, we had a chat with the skipper of this boat. Two people had taken her from Goose Bay all the way up to Hebron Fiord, back to Nain and were waiting to load her on the Northern Ranger for trip back to Goose Bay. Nice way to spend a month.
What’s Happening left dock for its latest run up to the Torngat National Park, and this coast guard ship was in port to unload its garbage on the dock, plus other duties.
We took advantage of the brisk wind to take a run up in the hills and pick our first container of blue berries, be nice for breakfast. Afterthought:
I noticed about half a dozen young children with bags of apples and oranges at the dock yesterday. They were eating slices of water melon, joking around and looking happy with them selves.
One boy, when asked where he procured the fruit, pointed to the crew from the Coast guard tender.
I asked another person at the dock if they had handed out the fruit, they did not know where it came from.
Later at home I was wondering if this was a coincidence [given the melon story of last week] or perhaps the crew of the coast guard ship had been keeping up with local news.
Whatever the case; CBC is keeping the story of food subsidies going. This morning Paul Piggott interviewed Minister of Labrador Affairs Hickey as to the actual cost of shipping fresh foods under the two subsidies.
Contrary to what one store manager claimed [stores pay 60 something cents a pound] Minister Hickey claimed that with the two subsidies the stores only pay 10 cents a pound.
One boy, when asked where he procured the fruit, pointed to the crew from the Coast guard tender.
I asked another person at the dock if they had handed out the fruit, they did not know where it came from.
Later at home I was wondering if this was a coincidence [given the melon story of last week] or perhaps the crew of the coast guard ship had been keeping up with local news.
Whatever the case; CBC is keeping the story of food subsidies going. This morning Paul Piggott interviewed Minister of Labrador Affairs Hickey as to the actual cost of shipping fresh foods under the two subsidies.
Contrary to what one store manager claimed [stores pay 60 something cents a pound] Minister Hickey claimed that with the two subsidies the stores only pay 10 cents a pound.
This is the figure I came up with using all the available data, and my limited math shills. The rest of the Ministers assertions and math equations were lost on me, just as the store managers last week were lost on me.
As I keep saying, we need all this sorted out so the consumer can be assured we are getting the full benefit of the subsidies. To the Ministers credit he did proclaim that he; and his government are committed to that goal. They apparently have a person in place to deal with retailers on the issues, but then that sort of thing has been claimed before, we will see what eventuates.
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The blueberries look good. What's the white stuff below them?
That’s caribou moss, or lichen. There is a mushroom in the middle of the picture too, behind the berry stem, berries taste berry berry good.
Wow I didn't notice the mushroom before... do you ever eat them?
Nop, is the short answer, like some others we are neophytes in the wild mushroom area.
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