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Schoodic Peninsula

Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park – Winter Harbor, ME

Maine / Megan

A little tide pool action…

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Hollingsworth Trail

Hollingsworth Trail – Steuben, ME

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Tall ship in Frenchman Bay

Ferry – Winter Harbor to Bar Harbor, ME

Maine / Megan

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Virginia Marsh St John's Wort, Triadenum virginicum

Weekly Wildflowers – Donnell Pond, Franklin, ME

Aquatic, Disturbed Habitat, Wayside Flowers, Wetland, Woodland / Megan

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Donnell Pond

Donnell Pond – Franklin, ME

Maine / Megan

A few different views over a few days.

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The Blacksmith Queen – G.A. Aiken

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

There’s a prophesy that when the Old King dies, his replacement will be a Queen. Keeley is the oldest of whole bunch of kids (thing number one I loved about this book – Keeley’s family – they’re a hoot), and has carried on her mother’s family tradition of blacksmithing. When she finds out it’s her

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Mars Burning – Cidney Swanson

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We’re starting to get to the end game of this series. The Earth chancellor thinks Jess and Pavel are dead, so she’s trying to figure out how to destroy Mars and put an end to any final threads the two may have left on Earth. Meanwhile, they’re desperately trying to help Ethan figure out how

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Showy Tick-Trefoil, Desmodium canadense

Weekly Wildflowers – Coastal Maine Botanical Garden, Boothbay, ME

Aquatic, Disturbed Habitat, Wayside Flowers, Wetland, Woodland / Megan

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Trolls as the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens – Boothbay, ME

Maine / Megan

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The Princess Companion – Melanie Cellier

1 Comment / At Home, Reading / Megan

This book is a retelling of ‘The Princess and the Pea’, but where it’s an ordinary girl who gets thrown in with the royal family, and eventually earns her place there by being herself. Alyssa is separated from her party in a storm and ends up at the Winter Palace. After completely charming the 11-year-old

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