Monday had arrived and
we slept in as the dog show was over and the plan
for today was yet another lazy day of bathing out
the show dogs and getting some photos of the 'Jack'
puppies. The first litter was born on January 1, 2006
and is out of Am.Col.Ch. Hallmark Jolei Jacks R Better
and Am.Can.Ch. Winterholme's Hollywood Glitter "Maria"
so this was a Grandfather/Granddaughter breeding through
Jack. We have 3 boys and 1 Girl..shown here are 2
M and 1 F.
The next litter was born
on March 15, 2006 and is also out of Jack and Can.Ch.
Wenrick's Molly in Winterholme. Molly had 3 puppies
and the breakdown for this litter was 2 M and 1 F.
For dinner Paul, Wendy's
brother and his wife Nancy came to visit. Paul had
been a willing conscript to prepare the evenings dinner.
It began with 'fresh catch' crab legs from a local
fisherman. Wendy had also prepared from scratch her
famous caesar salad and garlic bread which left a
definite tang and pleasant after taste of aromatic
garlic. This was followed by the most tender mouth
watering beef and pork ribs anyone has ever prepared.
Paul had slow cooked them in his meat smoker all day
and warmed them up on the barbecue before eating.
They had been marinated ahead of time and basted with
a robust barbecue sauce to the point of falling off
the bone. Roasted potatoes were all that was required
to top off yet another culinary feast. We drank many
a variety of liqueurs late into the night before finally
saying our goodnights and resting our bodies down
for a good nights sleep.
Tuesday was a lazy day
as we had been living our previous days of the visit
to the fullest extent and we would use today to slow
the pace in preparation for the departure tomorrow.
We all took advantage of the day and slept well into
the morning. After a large breakfast of eggs, sausages,
fried tomatoes and mushrooms, bagels, coffee and juice,
we all poured into the van for our afternoon at the
Rosewood Day Spa for some pampering. Wendy, Wendy
and Jenny were welcomed into the Pedicure Suite, which
had a beautiful panoramic view of the St. John’s
Harbour. There were deep sighs of contentment as feet
were slid into the steaming baths of water. Richard
was shown to his own personal suite for a Deluxe Body
Massage and Relaxation Facial. After the pedicure
soak, Wendy and Wendy went to their own suites for
the Pedicure completion and their Relaxation Facials
and Jenny to her Pedicure completion and her Deluxe
Body Massage. The pampering went well into the afternoon
with the ultimate of all the spa could offer. After
three solid hours we barely managed to walk out, we
were so relaxed.
We then took a scenic drive to a well-known
Newfoundland grocery, Bidgood’s. Bidgood’s
has just about every local delicacy you could ever
hope to sample, all freshly homemade, but we had come
for the lobster just caught that morning. We handpicked
our own (and a few extra for good measure) and after
selecting a variety of homemade salads, garlic bread
and more wine, we were on our way to the next anticipated
stop of the day before returning home for the lobster
feast.
Jenny had earlier in the weekend,
expressed a desire to have her fortune told. Wendy
H. told her that there was a world-renowned psychic
outside St. John’s, Shelley Stokes, who told
fortunes but her main talent was that she was regularly
solicited by police forces in Canada, the United States
and worldwide to solve crimes. She had been proven
to be extremely accurate and helped to solve missing
persons, serial killer and unidentified body crimes.
We took the coastal route to her house, a winding
road that passed its way through small communities
all along the shore of beautiful Conception Bay. We
arrived at her house and were shown into “the
Parlour”. It fulfilled any preconceived thoughts
about what a psychic’s house would look like.
Cats everywhere….beads hanging from the doorways,
mementos and mystical figurines on shelves and on
the table, in the heart of it all, were three binders
full of the cases she had helped to solve, complete
with actual police documentation of her involvement.
Wendy and Richard seemed to take it all with a grain
of salt, Jenny was very excited and Wendy H. was thinking
she would wait in the car…
It was decided we would go in according to age, it
was only fair, and so Jenny was first. The sessions
started off with palm reading and then to having ‘a
thought’, shuffling a deck of cards and placing
them in three piles. This would give a ‘short-term’
reading of approximately six months. Next, tarot cards
would be shuffled and laid out and this would give
your future…3 years or more. One by one, we
went in for the readings…we were all amazed
at the accuracy Shelly had of details of our lives.
We all had good news, good health and longevity predicted
but had other, private details that left some more
than others a little overwhelmed. And no, we’re
not telling.
It was then back home where we would
prepare our lobster dinner. True to Newfoundland style,
lobster cannot be boiled in tap water, and so, Wendy
H., Richard and Jenny drove to Middle Cove Beach to
get fresh sea water to boil them in. Jenny browsed
the shores to get a collection of beach rocks she
hoped to convince Wendy to do paintings on while Wendy
waded knee-deep in the waves collecting the water.
By about 9:00pm, we were sitting down to plate loaded
with sweet, mouthwatering lobster with side plates
topped with our salads and garlic bread and melted
garlic butter to dip the lobster in. Complete decadence.
It was very difficult
to get on the plane and say our goodbyes to Wendy.
THANK YOU Wendy for an awesome week and some wonderful
memories. Looking forward to our next visit.
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