Fanning the flames

By astrig | November 12, 2009

Part of the fun of doing the tree work is smelling the fresh wood chips and burning the brush at the beach…last night the stars were out, the breezes were calm, a few good friends gathered and we drank red wine while the pine branches crackled…might not be the glamor of Desperate Housewives et.al. …but…

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Getting more Fiber

By astrig | November 11, 2009

We’ve been enjoying unusually warm, calm days here on Penobscot Bay…so I brought my spinning to the seashore yesterday and spent several hours listening to the gulls scream, the young male loons call and watching the seals bob up and down in the Bay.  I tried to capture them in a photo for you but…

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You know you’re in New England when…

By astrig | November 8, 2009

Since we’ve been back from the Berkshires, Steven’s been working on the grounds as much as possible…you know you live in Maine when over the course of the week you work outside in snow, sleet and 60 degree sunshine within the time it takes to finish your chores.  I only went outside to take pictures…

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Fling Into Fall

By astrig | October 12, 2009

Columbus Day Weekend is our traditional fall clean-up weekend and the annual festival in town…Typical for our coastal weather we enjoyed warm sunshine, cold winds, rain and glorious sunrises…I think the weather changed every 20 minutes from Thursday to Monday.  But we had a great time and here’s a collage of the activities that filled…

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Common Ground Fair

By astrig | September 25, 2009

It’s written in stone, I get the Friday of Common Ground Fair off…someone else must man the campground because I’ll be in Unity at 9:00 AM waiting for the gates to open.  This wonderful celebration is only 45 minutes from the campground, always around the Fall Solstice.  For me, the weeks of anticipation between Fiber…

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Back on Track

By astrig | September 20, 2009

Fiber College has been the focus of the past weeks…and then it took a week to get rested enough to want to look at the computer…but I’m feeling great again so… This morning Steve needed to be on Sears Island to monitor the clam flats at 6:00AM…(it was a really low tide this morning) and…

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And then there was Brambles…

By astrig | September 15, 2009

Does three make a herd? Our big purchase during Fiber College was a 6 month old cashmere goat…Brambles. His temperament is sweet, he’ll provide me with cashmere to spin at the end of every winter and he fits right in. It’s funny to see how different he is from the other Angora goats…Brambles acts more…

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