Outdoors

Maine sky

Maine sky

Just a remembrance of a beautiful evening in Maine-quintessential tall evergreens, deep blue light.

Sunsets and thinking

Sunsets and thinking

Sunsets make me think.  It’s not that I don’t think during other hours of the day (phew), but the meditative process of watching the sun setting.  Another day gone.  Promises for tomorrow. Firth of Forth sunset a few years ago…one of my all time favorite […]

Kennebunk and Wells, Maine

Kennebunk and Wells, Maine

A short trip this summer to Kennebunk and Wells, Maine yielded such a potent mix of beautiful seaside vistas, salt marsh farm views, gardening shops and some very interesting art. I truly enjoyed puttering around at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm, a National Estuarine Research […]

Cemetery Walks

Cemetery Walks

Although most visits to a cemetery involve a good deal of somber emotion and sadness, they are also some of the most lovely parks to enjoy. As I look to stay away from cars splashing me while walking on a rainy day, I find the […]

Stormy Spring

Stormy Spring

This spring seems to be a bit more stormy than years past.  The vegetable garden and the boatyard are slow to bustle with activity.  I don’t recall so many days of rain last spring.  I like the cool weather, but if only we could have […]

Phillips Bicycle

Phillips Bicycle

A great score at my dump swap shop a few weeks ago yielded this seemingly, forgotten bike. I had been looking  for a vintage, English, three speed off and on for some time now to replace my 1966 Raleigh Sports bike that went in the […]

Easter Brights

Easter Brights

After a long, cold and quite snowy winter,  the brights of spring color bring a welcome hint to my desk for what I hope will soon be appearing in the garden.

Happy Spring Tulips

Happy Spring Tulips

Finally spring has arrived. I know that we aren’t out of the winter weather woods yet, but the days are longer, the sun is stronger and it will only be a few more weeks before we see some green outdoors.  

Equine Calm

Equine Calm

Isn’t this just the perfect definition of calm? Grazing on fresh pasture.  It won’t be much longer before we see this green again here in New England.

Snowy farm

Snowy farm

I pass this farm nearly every day with a wish that it were mine.