Campground Life

Steve and I are asked countless times, “what do you guys do in the winter?” The question still slows me down for a step because it always seems to me that the winters are very, very short in Maine…as short as the summers really. So as DH and I sit across the kitchen table, each with…

Winter Carnival in Quebec City and Eating Homemade Donuts

By astrig | February 9, 2012

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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.

Old Postcards…meandering through history…

By astrig | January 30, 2012

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…

My morning with Susan Tobey White

By astrig | January 20, 2012

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…

Wicked Cold

By astrig | January 16, 2012

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…

Feeling Poetic

By astrig | January 6, 2012

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…

New Rack Cards

By astrig | January 3, 2012

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…