Archive for November 2009
Thanksgiving in Gettysburg, PA
If you’re looking for postings about Searsport Shores, please skip over these (there are three years of posts to page through if you’d like…far more applicable to your vacation planning) and the postcards that will be coming up…we’ll be home again in the beginning of January… Dear Bob, We made it to Gettysburg after a…
Read MoreSarasota Bound!
The projects are done for the moment…Steven concedes that he can do the rest in the Spring…so Hatie & Joe from DownEast Fiber Farm in Winterport came to take the goats to the farm…and we’re off on the first vacation adventure we’ve taken together in 17 years…Bob’s staying at the campground to keep an eye…
Read MoreWe’re in Trailer Life!
The phone’s been unusually busy for the last few weeks…and then we figured out why…there’s a picture of one of our campsites and a mention of us in an article about Waldo County Maine…YIPPEE! Don’t get me wrong, we really like being part of a more hidden piece of the Maine Coast…but who doesn’t…
Read MoreAnd another new project…
Between you and me, I wish it would get cold and snow because I’m tired of new projects and that tiny little voice that keeps nudging me to take advantage of our unseasonably warm weather (think 50’s, not 70’s). But alas, it’s still really nice out and this morning Steven was outside working with a…
Read More50’s-60’s Celebration
We got together this morning for pecan Cinnamon rolls and coffee…just to catch up a bit and talk about the months to come…but as always, the subject drifted to camping…and then to “what are we going to do next summer?” And the 50’s-60’s weekend was born…just like that. Tentatively slated for July 30-August 1, Searsport…
Read MoreSeining for Knowledge
The Penobscot Bay Watch has been collecting information this fall to establish the importance of the upper Penobscot Bay fish nurseries. Their blog is one of my “must reads” and one of the only RSS feeds I subscribe to. Although we’re not able to stay as active as we’d like, we do manage to participate…
Read MoreFanning the flames
Part of the fun of doing the tree work is smelling the fresh wood chips and burning the brush at the beach…last night the stars were out, the breezes were calm, a few good friends gathered and we drank red wine while the pine branches crackled…might not be the glamor of Desperate Housewives et.al. …but…
Read MoreGetting more Fiber
We’ve been enjoying unusually warm, calm days here on Penobscot Bay…so I brought my spinning to the seashore yesterday and spent several hours listening to the gulls scream, the young male loons call and watching the seals bob up and down in the Bay. I tried to capture them in a photo for you but…
Read MoreYou know you’re in New England when…
Since we’ve been back from the Berkshires, Steven’s been working on the grounds as much as possible…you know you live in Maine when over the course of the week you work outside in snow, sleet and 60 degree sunshine within the time it takes to finish your chores. I only went outside to take pictures…
Read MoreBack in Maine
Sometimes reality is better than imagination and anticipation. Laying Steven’s Mom, Lucille, to rest was difficult of course. We haven’t yet realized how much we’ll miss her but our sadness is tempered by the joy of being surrounded by family, friends, wise souls and a life well lived. In her parting letter to her children,…
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