Posts by astrig
Winter Carnival in Quebec City and Eating Homemade Donuts
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For Steve’s birthday we took a drive up to Quebec City for Winter Carnival. There were thousands of people, tubing, skiing, sled racing, skating, toboggan jumping and so much more. Most crazy were the international canoe races in the St Lawrence river, most interesting were the professional ice and snow sculptures who carved away throughout the weekend, most fun was the snow Ferris wheel. and even though it was close to 0 degrees F and windy. Everybody was happy just to be having so much fun at the Carnival, maybe it was the coco.
Read MoreOld Postcards…meandering through history…
Searsport has always been the self-proclaimed antiques capital of Maine. Personally, my favorite shop to wander through is the Searsport Antique Mall (sorry no website) on the other side of the village. Today after running to the bank and Tozier’s market, I stopped in and came home with two hand carved, bone crochet hooks, a…
Read MoreMy morning with Susan Tobey White
Susan White is a Belfast based painter whose work makes my heart sing. I’ve admired the windows of her gallery for years but always been too intimidated to actually walk in and talk with her…I mean, she’s wicked talented…her paintings are collected around the world and people drop her name into conversations with reverence. When…
Read MoreWicked Cold
It’s the kind of cold that makes the snow crunchy under your feet and the seaweed crackles as the tide water moves in…I always cringe a bit when I see the ducks and gulls settle into the water as the sea smoke drifts over them…hard to believe that they have that much insulation. Me, I’m…
Read MoreFeeling Poetic
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the seagulls crying. John Edward…
Read MoreNew Rack Cards
One of the perks and curses of having our own little business is that we all do our own marketing. Steven is the Webmaster for campocean.com and I’m his chief consultant. I’m the author of this blog and Steven gets to comment on most things I write before I hit the publish button…(I think of…
Read MoreHappy New Year
And it snowed…silent, heavy and all day…heaven if you have no place to go
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Read MoreBelfast
Steve’s home now and doing well, but the hospital discharge process seemed to take forever…so I took JJ the hound and walked around Belfast while Steve napped…it was a warm, gray day so the colors were muted, making the sharp lines of the architecture jump off the streets…contrast the angles with the curlicues of the ironwork.
Read MoreBalance
Lots going on around here…ConocoPhillips has us (Searsport) in their sights. They want to build a big propane transfer station on Route 1…we, small business owners and concerned citizens of Searsport think it’s an insane notion. So we formed a coalition, “Thanks but no Tank” and fill our time with lawyers and “experts” while we try to figure…
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