Sunrise over the Bay

By astrig | July 27, 2011

Last week we had the pleasure of hosting a rather large family gathering for an entire week.  It’s  fun to be part of a reunion…especially when the guest of honor has been kept in the dark for an entire year while the plans were being made with a scatter family based in PA…when the dad…

Read More

An Interview with Karen and Jeffery Jelenfy by Marie

By astrig | July 24, 2011

Karen Jelenfy has been the owner of Village Books in Washington, Maine for past five years. She sells a wide variety of used books, but specializes in used fiber, art, poetry, and antique books. You can also find her hand spun yarn at her shop as well.  The dyes that she uses for her yarns…

Read More

An Interview with Jodi Renshaw by Marie

By astrig | July 20, 2011

  Photographer Jodi Renshaw has done everything from farming, to counseling, to being an animal rights activist for circus elephants.  She is hard working and has an innovative spirit that makes her appear to be able to accomplish anything she sets her mind to.  Her two passions in life are her children and photography.  …

Read More

Jodi You Were AWESOME!

By astrig | July 11, 2011

Jodi’s a dynamo who transforms the world she enters into a swirling cloud of discovery, exploration and empowerment. The week she spent with us was everything we could have hoped for…Jodi was involved in the Fourth of July parade, she told adventure stories and the photo scavenger hunt she organized is destined to be a…

Read More

Summer Arrived Today

By astrig | July 5, 2011

  It’s been and on-and-off sort of summer start…cold, hot, grey, foggy…but this morning for the Parade, summer was solidly here…and we celebrated with a float in the Searsport Parade…The decorating began this morning at 9, line up was at 10:45 on Norris Street.  Thank you Bob for providing the foot stomping music, the bubble…

Read More

The Gardens at Searsport Shores on Cable TV

By astrig | June 29, 2011

Ned from Belfast Community TV called yesterday and asked if he could come by and walk through the gardens with Steve. Ned broadcasts Coastal Garden…an interesting local cable series. In 27 minutes they covered seaweed, vermiculture, garlic, dye gardens and hops…they were racing to fit it all in! [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/25748411]

Read More

Today

By astrig | June 28, 2011

We did Snoopy dances in the sunshine today…it feels like weeks since the sky has been robin egg blue with warm breezes spreading the scent of the roses…yes friends, we’ve been sun-starved here on the Maine coast… But Today… Our artist in residence Tom Cote has settled into the studio…he’s holding regular hours from each…

Read More

Thank You Rebecca & Abbott

By astrig | June 26, 2011

Rebecca and Abbott visited in the early part of June…up from Georgia to stay in a tent…they just sent us a few pictures that I thought you might like to see too. For more pictures, “Fan” us on Facebook…I just uploaded an album of 50 new photos.

Read More