Maine
Late Summer Hike
September 7, 2008
It's been a little over 2 weeks since we last hiked. We were anxious to get into the woods. It was a perfect late summer day with blue sky, gentle breezes and the air sweet with warm pine. This was our first hike with the new camera. I was so ...
Last day of August
August 31, 2008
You'll notice I did not title this post Last Day of Summer. In our homeschooling household summer doesn't end till the autumnal equinox. Doesn't mean we're not shifting gears, we are. But when the day feels like summer we live summer. Whereas we usually head to the mountains on the ...
More camp photos
August 25, 2008
I should be doing laundry right now but I'm still in vacation mode, very relaxed and taking it easy on a Monday morning - nice. Suppose I should try to get motivated to do... something.
I'm on my way from misery to happiness
August 24, 2008
(anyone remember the proclaimers song "i'm on my wey from misery to happiness todaey, uh huh, uh huh", man I love that song) Somewhere up the Aziscohos mountain trail, or maybe looking out over Mooselookmegunticook or Umbagog Lake (I am not making these names up) I lost the self-pity, intense ...
Hosting Hikers and Fellow Pilgrims
August 14, 2008
We're all on a journey, a trek through life. Too bad more people don't live by the creed, "travelers on this journey of life take care of fellow travelers". What a nicer world that would be.
Earth Expedition comes to Maine
August 11, 2008
Ack! I haven't blogged for 3 days. I'm starting to twitch. It's been a busy weekend. The sun shone (hallelujah!) and once the flood waters in the backyard receded I tried to rescue the beans and staked leggy perennials. We had a supper around the firepit with friends and watched ...
Blueberries for Brienne
August 7, 2008
Picked pounds of blueberries (hadn't planned to but how could we resist all those berries) on a hike with friends up Bald Mountain this weekend. Read Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey tonight to the kids. I love Maine. var addthis_pub="rtougas";
