A Magical Evening

A Magical Evening

The beach was calling our names tonight. Hannah and I rushed through dinner and headed over to Roque Bluffs. The sand and waves have a way of smoothing rough edges. We paused along the way to watch this heron who took exception to our presence. A flock of Common...
Scarborough Marsh

Scarborough Marsh

I’ve longed to visit Scarborough Marsh, enamored by the pictures others have shared online. Hannah was up for the adventure, so we had a short mother/daughter vacation this July. On a Wednesday, we meandered our way along US Route 1 to Freeport, browsing...
A Wander at Old Farm Point

A Wander at Old Farm Point

This week my work travels took me to Lubec. I stopped at Old Farm Point to enjoy my brown bag lunch. This is a new park that recently opened and is part of the larger Cobscook Shores park system. A mown path leads you along the edges of a large meadow. There’s...
Wild Geese on the River

Wild Geese on the River

For the first time in 15 months, I’m back on the road traveling again for work. It’s fun to be driving through rural Maine, audible story on the radio, camera by my side just in case. Yet today was a tight schedule, so there wasn’t time to admire the...
Cutler Harbor in the Fog

Cutler Harbor in the Fog

I joined Hannah this afternoon on an impromptu outing to capture some video for a project she’s doing at work. As we drove east, the patchy sun we’d enjoyed all day turned to fog. We stopped in Cutler Harbor, where I snapped this image of boats peeking out...
A Saturday in June

A Saturday in June

The morning began warm and sunny as I enjoyed my coffee on the porch. I often struggle sitting still and just being. This morning was no different. A Yellow Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly in the lilacs caught my attention, and then I was up and puttering. Still in my...
Lubec to the Pike Lands

Lubec to the Pike Lands

Hannah’s feeling the crunch of her last few days at home, so I suggested a beach walk. She chose Mowry Beach in Lubec – one of her favorite spots for hunting sea glass. The tide was out, and the meander was lovely. Still feeling energetic, we visited the...
January Beach-combing

January Beach-combing

I’ve enjoyed having Hannah home for two months – but we’re only ten days out from beginning our journey west to return her to school for the spring semester. That means fitting in as many winter beach trips as we can. Our first stop today was Sandy...
A Sunday Walk

A Sunday Walk

With temperatures above freezing and the sun shinning, Hannah and I ventured out for a walk in the woods. It felt good to move and breath in the fresh air.
Freedom to Explore

Freedom to Explore

After quarantining for a week, waiting on my COVID-19 test results since I traveled out of state to bring Hannah home, it felt good to get our about today. My test results came back today – negative (Hannah got hers before leaving campus). We celebrated with a...
A Grinch-free Christmas

A Grinch-free Christmas

Despite COVID-19 the WHRL’s Christmas Tree Festival is a go for the first weekend in December. It has to look different this year. We’ll be open for viewing of trees and wreaths over a more extended period with limited admission at any given time. All of...
October at Red Point

October at Red Point

This weekend we were blessed with sun and temps in the 60s. After working much of Saturday and ending the day feeling disgruntled (ask me sometime about losing me losing my temper over the missing meatballs), I needed to get outdoors. We went for a drive and ended up...
Chasing Geese

Chasing Geese

I very much enjoy the Canada Geese, who summer in Maine – especially the babies. In spring and early summer, Hannah and I will venture out in search of goslings. It’s a bit of a different scenario at Milbridge Commons Wellness Park. WHRL, in collaboration...
Happiness in a Sunflower

Happiness in a Sunflower

I’m not the only one who finds happiness in a sunflower. I snapped these pictures this afternoon while checking in on the WHRL’s Incredible Edible Garden at the Red Barn Motel.  A pair of goldfinches feasted on the sunflower seeds. They were shy, flying...
Sunflowers

Sunflowers

Two hours from home, in Bradford, Maine, is a sunflower maze. I’ve wanted to visit a sunflower farm, and this sounded like a close second, so Paul and I adventured there this afternoon. My timing wasn’t ideal as it was late in the day, and all of the...