blending an assortment of thoughts and experiences for my friends, relations and kindred spirit

blending an assortment of thoughts and experiences for my friends, relations and kindred spirit
By Alison Hobbs, blending a mixture of thoughts and experiences for friends, relations and kindred spirits.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Little huts

These huts were photographed along the Labrador coastal drive, near the harbour at West St Modeste.




From the front windows of the place where we slept at Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, mysterious fishing huts could be seen on the shore. I went out to take pictures of them before supper one evening:



And in Natashquan, the galets—the cluster of huts where they used to salt the cod (the men's job) and hang it out to dry, to preserve it (the women's job)—are a constant source of fascination, no longer in use but now officially recognised as a "site historique" by the government of Quebec:

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