Summer Evenings-perfection

If only every summer evening were as simple and perfect.

Lincolnville Beach, Maine

Lincolnville Beach, Maine

I just want to put down my blanket and have a nap on lovely Lincolnville Beach.

Camden, Maine-evening light

Camden, Maine-evening light

Beautiful Camden, Maine evening.

Harbor view-Rockport, Maine

Harbor view-Rockport, Maine

I know I would really like to see this view as I pulled into my driveway.

Dahlia indulgence

Dahlia indulgence

I have gone overboard on dahlias this spring.

Dahlias in pink

Dahlias in pink

Love these deep pink dahlias.

Backyard Chickens and Solace

Backyard Chickens and Solace

One of my neighbor friends has a lovely garden and it is always a treat to pass by her house to see what she has been planting.  She works tirelessly and it shows.  Along with a lush perennial bed and fantastically prolific, vegetable garden that 

Spring Hope

Spring Hope

Although spring officially started a month ago, it hasn’t really shown its beauty here in Boston until the past few days with slightly warmer temperatures.  The signaling of hope conveyed by bursts of forsythia yellow, pansies and periwinkle reminds me that indeed there will be 

It won’t be long now

It won’t be long now until summer has returned.  I start counting the days just after the winter solstice when the sky stays light just a bit longer.

Boat wish

Looking towards the summer, I have a yearning for a boat.  Yes, a big ketch, yawl or sloop would be lovely, but I had something more like this in mind.  Easy to handle, straightforward to maintain, just a little hole in the water to putter