The biggest part of our long weekend away was a trip to Campobello island, just off the coast of Maine. So, I managed both a trip out of the country and the time zone, in one fell swoop. It was a fantastic day. It was a two hour drive up from my father’s place in […]
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For something a little different today, I found a cruise that goes out to Eagle Island, a state park that was the summer home of Admiral Robert Peary (the first American to reach the North Pole), and his family. The island is on the ocean side of Casco Bay (sadly, I was not able to
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On Saturday, we brought P’s parents up to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay. We spent a good deal of time in the newly opened Children’s Garden, which is the kind of place I would have gone gaga over when I was younger. There are so many cool nooks and crannies to explore, and
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In the interests of finding new and different things to do on a Saturday where we have nowhere special to be, the BF came up with the idea of making a list of state parks, and trying to visit as many as possible this summer. So we started this Saturday, at pretty much the southernmost
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It’s the last day of the year, so I think it’s safe to say I won’t be finishing any of my pending reads before midnight. I can therefore present to you the completed list of books I read in 2009:
It’s time for my first year end wrap up post. Since I only have one challenge pending, which ends in 2010, it’s time to recap the reading challenges I completed this year, and clean out my sidebar so I can start signing up for all the cool looking challenges going on next year. YA Challange
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We had my family Christmas on Monday, and since this about half a knitting blog, I’ve got to share the gift that warmed my knitterly soul. My father and C got me a sampler of handspun wool from Darthia Farm. Not only is it handspun, it’s also naturally dyed. They specialize in indigo dying, and
Flower Listing (L to R, Top to Bottom) These flowers are all native to Hawaii. Hibiscus arnottianus, Koki’o ke’oke’o, MalvaceaeHibiscus kokio subsp. Kokio, Kokiʻo, MalvaceaeMetrosideros polymorpha, ‘Ohi’a lehua, MyrtaceaeHibiscus kokio subsp. Kokio, Kokiʻo, MalvaceaeHibiscus arnottianus, Koki’o ke’oke’o, MalvaceaeHibiscus kokio subsp. Kokio, Kokiʻo, MalvaceaeMorinda citrifolia, Noni, RubiaceaeScaevola taccada, Beach Naupaka, GoodeniaceaeScaevola taccada, Beach Naupaka, Goodeniaceae The
Here’s a few pictures from my last full day in Maui, which we spent wandering around Lahaina, relaxing at the resort (third picture down is the view from my balcony), and trying to catch the insanely turquoisey color of the water on figurative film.
This particular day on Maui was our day to drive the Hana Highway. This is the road that encircles Haleakala, though the true “Road to Hana” is only the drive to the town of Hana, which is roughly halfway around the volcano. Anyone that’s driving usually doesn’t do the complete circle around the back side
