Campground Life

It’s a shame really…everything looks so organized and pretty and the trees are really just hitting their full color…and there’s no one here but me to enjoy it…Does this mean I’m really an exhibitionist at heart? Over the past few days we’ve gotten all of the picnic tables stacked in protected places (no small feat…

I’ve probably said it before, but running a family campground is like riding a roller coaster…no matter how you try and frame it, the truth is, life is all ups and downs…and as we close things out for the season, it’s like a slow descent in the chills of winter and a whole new rhythm…

I’m sitting in the shade of a cherry tree looking out at the sailboats on the bay…it’s 82 degrees and I wish I had the gumption to change my jeans for a skirt hours ago…we’re in a record breaking heat wave and I’m loving it…bring on the ice coffee! Well, it’s official…sound the trumpets please…on…

Happy October 1st…it’s appropriately chilly this morning with a dampness in the air that the mums love!  Last week Dad and I attended the Carver Memorial Library fund raiser at the Carriage House Inn in Searsport.  In addition to a wine tasting (or maybe it was a very well-thought-out conjunction) there was a silent auction…

The weeks to come are devoted to tying up loose ends.  Yesterday Dad and I had the pleasure of driving to Waterville and giving the Humane Society a check for $475…the proceeds of generous donations and bidding at the two silent auctions we hosted this year.  Of course this meant putting a “Sorry we’ve stepped…

I’m not complaining but I don’t think I realized how much energy we put into Fiber College until yesterday (check out the slide show from this year at www.FiberCollege.org )…It was worth every ounce of effort but maybe I’m just getting older.  I thought it would take a couple of days to unwind and pretend…

I’m back…the world of preparing for Fiber College, working through Fiber College and then resting from Fiber College absorbed me like juice into a Brawny paper towel.  The College is so exciting and the artists are so great that everything else seems to melt away…I truly didn’t have enough hours in the day to keep…

Fred Giuffrida and his family from Hudson, NH were here from July 29th- August 5th. Fred had promised to keep a smile on my face long before he arrived and I can say without reservation that they were a wonderful family to host and I hope that we’ll see them many times before I grow…

Because of the great e-mails I’ve received in response to Pat’s first posting, I’ve asked her to continue with life as she see’s it.  Right now she’s back in Henrietta NY with Don and her family but this letter just came in the mail.  I’ve divided her posting into more installments so be on the…

We hosted our first orange trailer this week…a t@b…with blond chicks in complimentary orange t-shirts. The way Nancy and Cheryl drew a crowd, you would have thought they were rock star divas! They were only here a few days but their legend lives on! This is also the first time we’ve splatter painted… and you…