Archive for October 2010

We’re still closing down the campground.  This week we’ve mulched leaves, cut the roses back, planted spring bulbs, put away the playground, winterized the water pipes, pulled the remaining string beans and stashed the last of the garden benches.  Next week we’ll shut the bathhouse down, plant more spring bulbs, mow more leaves, and build…

These days are filled with canning tomatoes, making more applesauce, trying new pickle recipes and dyeing wool as fast as I can…the nip in the air is enough of a reminder that we’ll be inside more hours than not before long.  Already is too chilly (for me, not Steve) to work outside before 10 and…

Wednesday was quiet and lovely at the ocean…I took these pictures of the shore from the ocean tenting deck…in the morning, afternoon and evening.  Notice that there’s not a cloud in the sky or a ripple on the water…think warm sunshine and a good book.  True to our famous New England weather, we blinked and…

We’ve been half closing down for a few weeks now…and after this weekend the toys in the playground are put away for the winter but we’ve left the gardens fully decorated for now…it’s simply too pretty to close down.  This weekend, the village of Searsport had a Fall Festival…here are a few of the pictures…