Maine
Living Summer on Tumbledown Mountain
July 28, 2008
Yesterday we lived summer, under a bright blue sky. Hiking up and through a rushing brook, wading in a mountain top pond, picnicing and snoozing on the rocks, eating handfuls of wild blueberries. Tumbledown Brook Waterfall East Corner of Tumbledown Pond Webb Lake, Mount Blue State Park Wild Blueberries on ...
Summer update - Rain
July 25, 2008
Enough eco-friendly orientated posts. What I want to know is what's summer like in your backyard these days? If you care to share, leave a comment with a link to a blog post or flickr photo (my latest photography foray). Oh, and please share something sunny. Because summer in my ...
The rest of the camping story
July 7, 2008
Ok, so Friday was a tough day. I guess looking back it wasn't quite so bad. All I had to do was hike uphill (both ways it seemed) 5 miles through bug infested forest and muddy bogs. I take that back, it was nasty. Saturday however, was a gift from ...
Not all hikes are lovely and other camping thoughts...
July 7, 2008
We're home now after camping 3 nights at Crocker Pond, in the White Mountain National Forest. A rustic and kind of buggy small campground overlooking Crocker Pond and Albany Mountain. A really lovely spot if you've got bug repellent and can boil water for cleaning up. This past weekend was ...
Sunday afternoon at Pineland Farms
June 30, 2008
Yesterday was family day. We were supposed to go hiking but a check on the weather forecast the night before kiboshed those plans. Instead we all slept in and after a 10:30 breakfast (preceded by a fantastic thunderstorm), we all sat around and asked the "so what are we going ...
Super Sweet Farm Day
June 27, 2008
Pickin Eatin The kids and I spent time at 4 farms yesterday. We started at Claybrook Farms where Celine was taking horse riding lessons, yesterday's was the last. To honor that occasion we simply had to stop at Nezinscot, farm number 2, on the way home for farm bakery cinnamon ...
