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Members of the Out in Faith NL planning committee at a 2019 event in St. John’s. Pictured are (from left) Liz Ohle, Jennifer Whitfield, Ettie Gordon-Murray, Rev. Derrick Bishop from the Anglican Church, Susan Sheppard, Noah Morritt and Father Paul Lundrigan from the Roman Catholic Church. Missing is Nathalie Brunet. CONTRIBUTED

Out in Faith NL welcomes people of all faiths and sexual orientation

The normal speeches and crowds cheering on were absent in the anything but normal year of 2020 when the pride and trans flags were raised at St. John's City Hall Friday. Missing this year, as well, will be the several thousand-strong pride parade for the lesbian, gay, bisexual trangendered plus (LGBT+ community and their supporters, but virtual events and family and friends gathering in their bubbles are filling in. From left raising the flags are St. John's Pride finance co-chair Gorvin Greening, Mayor Danny Breen and Ward 3 Coun. Jamie Korab. In front are Sesily Howlett, 7, and Kendra Korab, 6. BARB SWEET/THE TELEGRAM

VIDEO: Pride week begins in St. John's

Members of the St. John’s Pride board of directors. From left is Garvin Greening, Mackenzie Grace, Andrew Sonsogno, Karin Power and Greg Noseworthy. – Andrew Waterman/The Telegram

St. John’s Pride holds colourful downtown meet-and-great

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Updated: 9 minutes ago

A line of wet weather than connects the remnants of tropical storm Fay to a developing system over the Gulf of Maine will maintain clouds, showers and a risk of thundershowers over the region until the end of the day tomorrow. The outlook is somewhat brighter over Northern New Brunswick as well as central and western Newfoundland and Labrador thanks to a slow-moving area of high pressure. Following a short break in the muggy weather, the heat and humidity will soar again this weekend.

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July 15, 2020

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SW COAST:

WIND: Increasing to NE 20 knots in the evening with gusts to 30 knots along the coast.
WAVES: 1 to 2 metres.

SOUTH COAST:

WIND: Increasing to NE 20 knots in the evening.
WAVES: 1 to 2 metres.

EAST COAST- CAPE ST FRANCIS + SOUTH:

WIND: Light near noon becoming NE 15 knots in the evening.
WAVES: 2 metres subsiding to 1 metres in the afternoon.

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Warren Hoeg watched as the sun came out just long enough to quickly play hide & seek with the incoming clouds and fog. At Lake Loon in Dartmouth, N.S. the sun set at 8:58 p.m. on Sunday.

WEATHER U: Seasonal lag can be a drag

Published 5 hours ago

While in Newfoundland last summer, I had the pleasure of visiting Cape Spear. Cape Spear is a headland located on the Avalon Peninsula, not far from St. John's. It is the easternmost point in Canada and North America, excluding Greenland. Gary Mitchell was fortunate to get these great photos on a fog-free day. These lighthouses were constructed in 1835 and operated from 1836 -1955 when a new concrete Lighthouse was installed.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Capturing Cape Spear

Published 7 hours ago

While in Newfoundland last summer, I had the pleasure of visiting Cape Spear. Cape Spear is a headland located on the Avalon Peninsula, not far from St. John's. It is the easternmost point in Canada and North America, excluding Greenland. Gary Mitchell was fortunate to get these great photos on a fog-free day. These lighthouses were constructed in 1835 and operated from 1836 -1955 when a new concrete Lighthouse was installed.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Capturing Cape Spear

Published 7 hours ago

It’s hard to beat the vibrant colours found in nature. Susan McLean submitted several gorgeous photos taken in her cottage garden in Darley PEI. It was not easy to choose just one, but back on the farm, the fence was always lined with irises. They have always reminded me of Grandma. The pretty pink lupin is there to offer support and contrast.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Pretty and pink on Prince Edward Island

Published a day ago

It's almost impossible to visit Newfoundland and not take lots and lots of photos. Andy Rogers was visiting the Bay de Verde Peninsula when he took this breathtaking picture. The lighthouse in Heart’s Content was awash in late-day magic. Andy says he'll be travelling to Newfoundland again soon to get more amazing photos. Lucky you Andy! It's a magical place.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: A magical place

Published a day ago

Mary Hankey writes:

I thought you might be interested in seeing this Hummingbird Clearwing Moth that has been around here the last few days. It has been getting nectar from the wild Cow Vetch flowers that have started to bloom here in the last week. Unlike other moths, they fly and feed during the day. You can actually hear them as they go from flower to flower, from their wings which flap 30 times a second. While our Ruby-throated Hummingbirds can live 8 - 9 years, these moths live only four to five weeks. Like the bees, they're great pollinators and they were both busy today on the same plants. So fun to watch!

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: More Moth Mania

Published a day ago

Cindy's Snapshot

While in Newfoundland last summer, I had the pleasure of visiting Cape Spear. Cape Spear is a headland located on the Avalon Peninsula, not far from St. John's. It is the easternmost point in Canada and North America, excluding Greenland. Gary Mitchell was fortunate to get these great photos on a fog-free day. These lighthouses were constructed in 1835 and operated from 1836 -1955 when a new concrete Lighthouse was installed.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Capturing Cape Spear

Published 7 hours ago

It's almost impossible to visit Newfoundland and not take lots and lots of photos. Andy Rogers was visiting the Bay de Verde Peninsula when he took this breathtaking picture. The lighthouse in Heart’s Content was awash in late-day magic. Andy says he'll be travelling to Newfoundland again soon to get more amazing photos. Lucky you Andy! It's a magical place.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: A magical place

Published a day ago

It's almost impossible to visit Newfoundland and not take lots and lots of photos. Andy Rogers was visiting the Bay de Verde Peninsula when he took this breathtaking picture. The lighthouse in Heart’s Content was awash in late-day magic. Andy says he'll be travelling to Newfoundland again soon to get more amazing photos. Lucky you Andy! It's a magical place.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: A magical place

Published a day ago

Mary Hankey writes:

I thought you might be interested in seeing this Hummingbird Clearwing Moth that has been around here the last few days. It has been getting nectar from the wild Cow Vetch flowers that have started to bloom here in the last week. Unlike other moths, they fly and feed during the day. You can actually hear them as they go from flower to flower, from their wings which flap 30 times a second. While our Ruby-throated Hummingbirds can live 8 - 9 years, these moths live only four to five weeks. Like the bees, they're great pollinators and they were both busy today on the same plants. So fun to watch!

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: More Moth Mania

Published a day ago

It’s hard to beat the vibrant colours found in nature. Susan McLean submitted several gorgeous photos taken in her cottage garden in Darley PEI. It was not easy to choose just one, but back on the farm, the fence was always lined with irises. They have always reminded me of Grandma. The pretty pink lupin is there to offer support and contrast.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Pretty and pink on Prince Edward Island

Published a day ago

Clear skies don't always result in the best sunsets. Some cloud cover can add interest and bounce the light around from the setting sun. Garnet Uhlman captured this stunning sunset scene at Barnes Lake in Digby County N.S. He says: the overcast sky rolled east with clear sky from the west …a very defined separation of the two sides.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Sunset split

Published Jul 11, 2020 at 4 a.m.

Grandma Says

On May 19, 2012, Andrea Jerrett married her best friend John in Pictou, N.S. Her mom hung Andrea’s great-grandmother’s rosaries on the clothesline the night before the wedding. The weather was perfect.

GRANDMA SAYS: Love over liquid sunshine

Published Jul 09, 2020 at 6 a.m.

I don’t suppose Linda Mosher had her whites on the lawn when her 16-year-old granddaughter, Robyn Dunbar, snapped this lovely photo. Robyn is from Bayside and was visiting the Gaspereau River when she noticed sunlight filtering through the trees. When she looked up, she was this stunning solar halo – or ring around the sun. Grandma Says: “ring around the sun or moon, rain upon you soon”.

GRANDMA SAYS: I wonder where the yellow went

Published Jun 23, 2020 at 6 a.m.

I don’t suppose Linda Mosher had her whites on the lawn when her 16-year-old granddaughter, Robyn Dunbar, snapped this lovely photo. Robyn is from Bayside and was visiting the Gaspereau River when she noticed sunlight filtering through the trees. When she looked up, she was this stunning solar halo – or ring around the sun. Grandma Says: “ring around the sun or moon, rain upon you soon”.

GRANDMA SAYS: I wonder where the yellow went

Published Jun 23, 2020 at 6 a.m.

This enchanting photo was taken by Barry Burgess, at Peggy’s Cove, N.S. on the night of the Full Strawberry Moon. The celestial event brought quite a few people out on what was a perfect night for sky gazing. I see a few of them on their phones – I wonder if they are booking haircut appointments?

GRANDMA SAYS: Haircuts by the light of the moon

Published Jun 17, 2020 at 6 a.m.

While you were sleeping…Barry Burgess was out taking more amazing photos. This was the waxing gibbous moon over Queensland Nova Scotia before sunrise on Wednesday. Waxing means that it's getting bigger; gibbous refers to the shape: less than the full circle, but larger than the semicircle shape of the moon at third quarter.

GRANDMA SAYS: Moonlight guides us in the garden

Updated Jun 04, 2020 at 8:58 a.m.

Oak before ash, only a splash. The ash tree branch in the foreground is well behind the buds of the columnar oak behind it. Leanne MacArthur Matthews made this observation on her property in Woodburn, N.S.

GRANDMA SAYS: Getting to the root of the rain

Published Jun 02, 2020 at 6 a.m.

Weather University

Warren Hoeg watched as the sun came out just long enough to quickly play hide & seek with the incoming clouds and fog. At Lake Loon in Dartmouth, N.S. the sun set at 8:58 p.m. on Sunday.

WEATHER U: Seasonal lag can be a drag

Published 5 hours ago

Yes, Nancy Kellar's thermometer is in the sun on her deck in Saint John, NB, but I love the juxtaposition of the extreme temperature and the Christmas lights. By the way, six months from today, Christmas will have passed, and lights and trees will be coming down.

WEATHER U: How hot is it, really?

Published Jul 07, 2020 at 6 a.m.

Yes, Nancy Kellar's thermometer is in the sun on her deck in Saint John, NB, but I love the juxtaposition of the extreme temperature and the Christmas lights. By the way, six months from today, Christmas will have passed, and lights and trees will be coming down.

WEATHER U: How hot is it, really?

Published Jul 07, 2020 at 6 a.m.

Thick fog greeted Levi Bagley as he headed out for lobster off Grand Manan one morning early last week. As the fog started to clear, he realized he was being treated to something quite special – a fogbow. In some parts of the world, they are called ghost rainbows.

WEATHER U: Seadog on the Bay of Fundy

Published Jun 30, 2020 at 6 a.m.

Warren Hoeg watched as these ducklings set out to explore a whole new world at Sullivan's Pond in Dartmouth, N.S. last week. I wonder if they noticed when the spring turnover occurred?

WEATHER U: Seasonal flip causes a flap

Published Jun 27, 2020 at 6 a.m.

Last Saturday afternoon, Peggy Theriault was aware that a severe thunderstorm warning had been issued for Lunenburg County. She wasn't prepared for the "neat clouds" she spotted over her home in Bridgewater, N.S.

WEATHER U: Udder-ly cool clouds

Published Jun 24, 2020 at 6 a.m.

Weather By Day

What a treat. We didn’t have to get up early to see Comet NEOWISE, but Michael Boschat did. This photo was one many he took between 3:30 and 4:30 Friday morning. Amazingly he snapped these pictures out his front window, on the eighth floor of his apartment in Halifax.

CINDY DAY: Don’t miss this once in a lifetime event to see Comet NEOWISE

Published Jul 11, 2020 at 6 a.m.

July 10 cindy Systems Map

CINDY DAY: Careful what you wish for

Published Jul 10, 2020 at 6 a.m.

July 10 cindy Systems Map

CINDY DAY: Careful what you wish for

Published Jul 10, 2020 at 6 a.m.

This giant silk moth is a polyphemus moth. It is a tan-coloured moth, with an average wingspan of 15 centimetres. The most notable feature of the moth is its large, purplish eyespots on its two hindwings.

CINDY DAY: Moth mania

Updated Jul 08, 2020 at 6 a.m.

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Sunburns can occur in minutes; be prepared

Published Jul 04, 2020 at 6 a.m.

There are some easy steps you can make to make your garden butterfly-friendly.

Six tips on how to make your garden bee, butterfly friendly

Published Jul 03, 2020 at 6 a.m.

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