Spring Flowers
From around the neighborhood.
The Blizzard of 2013
So we had this little weather event last weekend you may have heard of. Single biggest snowfall at one time ever recorded in Portland (31 and some change inches – and we didn’t get the jackpot). Started Friday and went pretty much all day Saturday. The wind was crazy (but fortunately, not bad enough here
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Cape Neddick, Maine
Yesterday was one of those perfect Fall days that makes me glad I live in Maine.
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Thunder Clouds
It’s been crazy hot up here. Like, hole up in the house, and don’t go anywhere in daylight hot. One of the few bright sides to that is the really interesting weather the heat brings on. (And we’ve been lucky there – no crazy statewide damaging thunderstorms that knock out power for a week…)
Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge – Steuben, ME
In an effort to find something Down East that we hadn’t done before, the BF stumbled upon the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, specifically the Petit Manan Point section in Steuben. It was definitely the best part of our weekend. (And I say that despite the fact that we were nearly eaten alive by
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Marshall Point and Owl’s Head Lighthouses – ME
Last weekend, we headed up to Ellsworth, and since we both had Friday off, we managed to wend our way up, stopping to head down the peninsula to Port Clyde, since neither of us had been there before. The Marshall Point Lighthouse was a delight – perfect picnic spot, and Owl’s Head is lovely, with
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Coastal Maine Botanical Garden – Boothbay, ME
What a difference about six weeks makes…
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McLaughlin Garden – South Paris, ME
So the other part of this weekend’s epic drive was a stop at the McLaughlin Garden in South Paris. It’s known for its lilacs (the annual Lilac Festival is this weekend), and they’re all planted in a pretty densely packed woodland area that last weekend was bursting with spring ephemerals. Totally worth the trip. (They
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