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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Yesterday’s weekend wander was to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay. It was the perfect day for it – a little on the cool side with clouds approaching but staying away until we left. We also got there early enough that the gardens weren’t clogged with people. I was excited to find more rhodys
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Trillium from Vermont, strawberries from my neighborhood, all others from the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden.
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Our trip in yesterday’s lovely weather was to Vaughn Woods State Park, which is next to Hamilton House, one of my favorite places in Southern Maine. (They were once the same property. While the state was happy to take the Woods from the Vaughn Family estate, they didn’t want the upkeep on Hamilton House, so
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I spent a rather raw Saturday morning Down East, getting my first look at the camp my father and C are building on Donnell Pond (in the romantically named T9-SD Township). This is not a beach vacation spot, it’s built on the slope of a glacial drop, with an absolutely fascinating array of boulders strewn
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A couple of extremely out of the ordinary 80 degree days have brought the flowers out early around here. It’s lovely, if a bit strange.
A year ago today exactly, I did my first trip of the season to Crescent Beach State Park. The park doesn’t officially open until Memorial Day, so I’d parked out on the road, and trekked in, over an access road that was still almost fully snow covered in the shadier parts. I was bundled up
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I took a walk by the sea in a short sleeved shirt, and the sea breeze was warm. I find it extremely hard to believe we’ll be back in 30s next week…
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