Archive for June 2010
Dress up and Tea Parties
Way back whenever…my mother started collecting dress up cloths for the rec hall…
Read MoreGuided Walk of Sears Island with Tom Seymour
Good news always has a way of floating to the top…and it happened again this morning. I’m proud to think of author, musician, naturalist and all around great guy, Tom Seymour as a friend. He’s written a dozen books on fishing, hiking, exploring and life in Maine. He has lectured all over New England and…
Read MoreFriday Catch Up
In my mind I post letters to you all almost everyday. I take pictures, I think of clever phrases and I please myself with my wordsmithing skills…in my mind, I wake early with a clear head and the words just run off my fingers like peach juice. In my reality I can’t find my camera…
Read MoreTwo Orrington Families Build the Tallest Tower…Winterport a Close Second
The task: Dad leads the team in building a solid tower of stones while keeping a wary eye on the in-coming tide. The participants: Able-bodied children with the strength of Hercules. The short term results: Fatigue, wet shorts, smiles and the promise of a good nights sleep. The long term results: Dad’s a hero who…
Read MoreFor Gregory Felix
Good morning Greg. I got up bright and early (about the time I expect you’ll wake up in your tent and sip a cup of coffee) and snapped these pictures while sitting at the picnic table on Ocean Tent site #16 (an adult tent site in the walk in area of the campground)…what you can’t…
Read MoreWe’re so Proud!!
Have you heard? We were chosen as BEST of the BEST Campground in Waldo County…it’s exciting because the locals honored us for the 4th year in a row and we couldn’t be prouder. If our friends and neighbors have that much confidence in us…we’ll work even hard this year to make things more beautiful than…
Read MoreBob’s Hummingbirds
It’s been a rainy weekend…welcome for the gardens and the pool table…all the good weather had been leaving both a little forlorn. We’re looking for sunshine tomorrow but I just wanted to share these photos that Bob took yesterday afternoon. A few weeks ago he had the brilliant idea of hanging a hummingbird feeder off…
Read MoreHistory Lecture
On Tuesday, June 8, at 7 p.m. at Curtis Hall on Church Street, Charlene Knox Farris will give her first talk since being named the official historian of Searsport. The topic is one she has been researching for the last three years, called “Searsport’s Wagon Train.” This presentation will cover the town of Searsport during…
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