The Celestial Bed & Breakfast

10/15/2026

2 minutes from us! In August the salmon swim upstream only to get to the falls and are able go no further (the falls are too high). You can swim with them in the pool at the base of the falls. ❤️

10/15/2026

❤️❤️❤️

09/17/2026

We had so much fun picking chanterelles this summer. Here’s our favorite way to use freshly foraged chanterelles!

Galette Dough:
1¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 stick cold butter
¼ cup ice water
Mushroom Filling:
llb chanterelle mushrooms, cut into bite size pieces
3-4 green onions
½ small red onion
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper
1 tsp fresh or dried thyme
¼ cup sour cream
½ cup gruyere cheese, shredded

1. Prepare dough: Combine flour and salt in a mixing bowl, then add cubed butter. Use a pastry cutter or 2 knives to incorporate butter into the flour until large pea-sized pieces remain. Add ice water and mix with your hands until most of the flour is incorporated and the dough is smooth. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 mins.
2. Make filling: Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat up 1 tbs of oil or butter and add your mushrooms and salt and cook for 3 mins. Add the red onion, green onions, and garlic and cook until the mushrooms are softened. Add pepper and thyme. In a separate bowl, mix the sour cream and cheese.
3. Assemble: Preheat oven to 375F. Take dough out of the fridge and roll out into a large circle, about ¼ inch thick. Spread the sour cream and cheese mixture onto the base of the dough, leaving a 1 inch margin on the edges. Top with the mushroom mix and fold the edges over. Bake for 50 minutes until the crust is golden. Serve warm.
Notes:
To make this vegan, I used margarine instead of butter, Tofutti sour cream, and shredded Violife parmesan instead of gruyere.

09/03/2026

Just a few minutes away!

09/02/2026

Found!

Female beagle running alongside CB Hiway between Avondale and Conception Harbour. Clean, uninjured and friendly. Has a collar but no tags or info. My kids are currently taking her to Bay Roberts vet to see if she has a microchip.

Update: owner has been located and is en route to pick her up.

Call me at 709 853-4860 if you have info about this pretty girl so we can get her home.

03/24/2026

It’s a brand new year and we’re excited to host guests from the beginning of the tourist season and beyond. After reviewing our experiences from last year, we are updating our prices and policies and we think you will be pleasantly surprised. Check out our new room rates and other policy change details. What’s not changing? Our unique guest rooms, freshly made breakfasts and our desire to make your stay as memorable and comfy as possible.

03/10/2026

It’s been a cold snowy winter but we are perking up here at The Celestial B&B and looking forward to warmer weather! Most of our yard plants are still in winter dormancy mode but the brave little crocuses at the base of the main house are up and blooming even as the snow melts. Their welcoming flower faces won’t last long but OUR welcoming people faces are always here and looking forward to hosting this year’s guests. Reservations are filling up for 2026 so call in soon to schedule your stay! Whether you’re traveling through, in town for a local event, or even escaping for a romantic getaway call us at 709 853-4860.

01/20/2026

Cool!

In 1866, the world’s first successful permanent transatlantic telegraph cable was landed at Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.

Before that moment, a message from Europe to North America took about 10 to 14 days by ship, if weather allowed. After the cable went live, the same message took minutes.

Heart’s Content wasn’t chosen randomly. Its deep, sheltered harbour, stable seabed, and direct line to Ireland made it one of the few places on Earth where the cable could survive.

For decades after, that small Newfoundland town quietly handled a massive share of global communication. Wars, financial markets, diplomatic orders, shipping instructions. All passed through a wooden cable office on the edge of the Atlantic.

At its peak, hundreds of trained operators worked there, relaying messages that shaped decisions made continents away.

Most people still don’t know that the modern connected world effectively began on a Newfoundland shoreline.

That’s not folklore.
That’s documented history.