by Susan | Sep 4, 2012 | On My Mind
I have been cursed blessed with naturally curly hair. Only a mother with fine, straight hair could wish this on their daughter. Mine did. Of course, she had help. Dad has naturally curly hair. He wears his in a crew cut. Grandma Jordan, born in 1900, had naturally...
by Susan | Sep 2, 2012 | On My Mind
Sea smoke is fog formed when very cold air moves over warmer water. In this case, it’s “pond smoke” – and it was darn chilly this morning! Summer is on its way out. It seems like summer just started last week here in Maine.
by Susan | Aug 20, 2012 | On My Mind
Paul had an “Oh Shit” kind of day. It appears that the four inches of rain we got last week did more than fill the pond. One of his carefully cut and stacked racks of wood gave way in the soft ground. Guess I know what he’s doing...
by Susan | Aug 8, 2012 | On My Mind
This friendly frog was looking over Hannah’s shoulder last night as she was reading!
by Susan | Aug 6, 2012 | On My Mind
This weekend, Paul introduced Hannah and I to target shooting with a 22 rifle. Although we live on 49 acres in the Maine woods, we haven’t had a rifle until recently. The repeated stalking of our chickens and ducks by the resident fox loosened my resolve on a...
by Susan | Aug 5, 2012 | Family, On My Mind
Somehow, in the blink of an eye, Hannah turned thirteen. I didn’t give her permission to do this – I’m not ready for my baby girl to be a teenager. Paul and I were excited to gift her this new chair for her room – something befitting of her new independent...
by Susan | Jul 18, 2012 | On My Mind
We had a situation today. Hannah’s off camping on Matinicus Island this week, so we’re in charge of putting the critters away at night. When Paul went to put The Girls in their run, he came up one Buff short. This little girl was nowhere to be found. This...
by Susan | Jul 9, 2012 | Family, On My Mind
Have you hugged your rooster today? Hannah has!
by Susan | Jun 26, 2012 | On My Mind
We’ve had a bit of rain lately. Well, more like torrential downpours. I can’t remember the last dry day we had. My weeds are flourishing and the garden is waterlogged! Here’s a quick visual. This is our pond last week when we launched the ducks for...
by Susan | Jun 19, 2012 | On My Mind
Do you know what is the trouble with country living? It’s not the pot holey gravel road on which we live. It’s not our looong pot holey gravel drive to the house that we have to plow in the winter. It’s not the wildlife that threatens our critters....
by Susan | Jun 13, 2012 | On My Mind
I was out of town on business the past two days. When I talked with Paul on the phone last night and asked about how he spent his day he said, “Sweetie, I rocked your world.” I’ve heard that line before. Only this time he rocked my pond. Landscaping...
by Susan | May 20, 2012 | On My Mind
It was a glorious weekend here. Sunny and seventies. It would have been perfection but for the black flies. Insidious little things. Did you know they have serrated teeth? My legs – a minefield of red swollen bites are proof. Lots of things happened at Downeast...
by Susan | May 13, 2012 | On My Mind
The hummingbirds returned on Friday. I put sugar-water out for them a few days before that, just to be ready in case they arrived early this year. But, like clockwork the hummingbirds returned on May 11 as they do every year. So on this Mother’s Day, I took my...
by Susan | Apr 26, 2012 | On My Mind
A curious sight caught my attention this evening. Our resident squirrel is building her nest and she’s accessorized with this scrap of fabric from a long-forgotten scarecrow. Just a few weeks ago we saw her trying to pull this scrap from where it was entangled...
by Susan | Apr 25, 2012 | On My Mind
The night is loud outside my window tonight. What do you suppose is making all this noise?...
by Susan | Apr 9, 2012 | On My Mind
This cute little guy caught our attention on Easter Sunday. We found him just outside the living room window tugging on a piece of fabric that was stuck in a bush – a remnant of a long forgotten scarecrow. He tried and tried, but couldn’t work it free....
by Susan | Mar 31, 2012 | On My Mind
I couldn’t help but admire Paul’s creative use of recycled materials for birthday wrap. I especially appreciated the ribbon – it does finish things off, don’t you think? Using my felt bird ornaments as models, Hannah drew for me a very special...
by Susan | Mar 15, 2012 | On My Mind
All the snow was gone and the smell of Spring was in the air. Then we woke up to this. The weather man totally missed this snow forecast – five inches of snow. Nobody seems particularly excited about it. Although snow does have a way of defining beauty in the...
by Susan | Mar 11, 2012 | On My Mind
A week after tapping 12 trees we did our second round of sap collection. All together we’ve collected about 8+ gallons of sap – enough for about 12 ounces of syrup. The nights have been cold with daytime temps anywhere between 32 and 58. The coming week is...
by Susan | Mar 4, 2012 | On My Mind
We have been planning our entry into the world of Maple Sugaring since we purchased a book on sugaring last fall at the Common Ground Fair. Intending to start small, we purchased a dozen stainless steel Maple taps, plastic tubing, and saved gallon milk jugs. This...
