by Susan | Jul 4, 2011 | Out and About in Maine
A promised trip to the beach for the Fourth of July proved the resiliency of youth. While mom sat bundled up. Thank goodness for the emegency Pooh car blanket. The 63 degree foggy weather ensured us a bit of solitude. Happy Fourth of July from Downeast...
by Susan | May 26, 2011 | Out and About in Maine
I took a wrong turn today. What I thought would lead to a shortcut turned out to be anything but that. However, the sights along the way made the detour worthwhile. I didn’t see any busy beavers around this dam today. A very pastoral scene tucked along the coast...
by Susan | May 25, 2011 | Out and About in Maine
The back road to Machias takes you through Whitneyville, Maine where this little red schoolhouse sits up on the rise. There’s something very charming about this school built in 1868 that now serves as the town’s library. In my mind’s eye I can see...
by Susan | Mar 21, 2011 | Out and About in Maine
Since August I’ve been working part-time for a group called Maine Families. I am a home visitor and parent educator working with first-time parents. It’s a wonderfully rewarding job and much needed here in rural Maine. This year to help balance the state...
by Susan | Jan 30, 2011 | Out and About in Maine
We took advantage of another round of snow overnight and went for a sledding outing this morning. Beautiful, fresh, unblemished, knee deep snow turned out to not be great sledding snow. Instead we enjoyed the solitude of a winter’s walk. Click the thumbnails...
by Susan | Dec 9, 2010 | Out and About in Maine
I spent a lovely morning today with my friend, Carol. She wanted to photograph snowy fences in her town of Columbia Falls for her blog. So we tooled around town in search of snowy fences. Two nutty women cruising up and down the streets, making middle of the road...
by Susan | Oct 9, 2010 | Out and About in Maine
Today was an idyllic autumn day – puffy white clouds, crisp, blustery wind, and not a drop of rain in sight. We celebrated the season with a trip to Treworgy Orchards in Levant, Maine, just Northwest of Bangor. This is a destination farm. There’s the...
by Susan | Sep 7, 2010 | Out and About in Maine
We took advantage of a gorgeous end of summer day on Sunday and took Hannah to Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observation Tower. Fort Knox was established in 1844 to protect the Penobscot River valley against possible British naval incursion. It’s in...
by Susan | Aug 29, 2010 | Out and About in Maine
Yesterday Hannah, my friend Carol, and I went on a chicnic. Paul coined the term “chicnic” some years ago. A chicnic is a picnic attended by women where chic food is served. You know what I mean. Food where meat is not front and center on the menu. Fro fro...
by Susan | Jul 27, 2010 | Out and About in Maine
August is wild blueberry season in Maine. This year, a stretch of great weather has bumped the blueberry season up a bit and the berries are in now. So Hannah and I took advantage of a quintessential summer afternoon and went in search of berries. We drove over to...
by Susan | Jul 10, 2010 | Out and About in Maine
We spent the afternoon at a friend’s home for a cookout. I love Maine cookouts. Forget the burgers and dogs. We had lobster. Yum. I took advantage of the great location on the Narraguagus River to play with my new camera. Here are the results. The new camera...
by Susan | Jul 2, 2010 | Out and About in Maine
Day two with my new camera found me scouring the shoreline for a good panorama photo for a client’s Web site. I’m very pleased with the results! A picture perfect day caught on camera.
by Susan | Jul 1, 2010 | Out and About in Maine
After much anticipation, my new camera arrived yesterday. A Kodak Z981. Tonight I parked myself on the porch played with it a bit. There’s definitely a learning curve, but it’s lots of fun. Here are a few of the pics I took from the porch. I took the...
by Susan | Jun 19, 2010 | Out and About in Maine
This morning Hannah and I joined a group from the Downeast Coastal Conservancy for a hike to the top of Pigeon Hill in Steuben (about 15-20 minutes from our house). The entire hike was a little more than a mile. After the first five minutes, the trail incline...
