Hamilton House is a really neat 18th century house on a bluff overlooking the Salmon River in southern Maine. I’ve unfortunately never managed to hit in when I could go inside the house, but the gardens are so lovely I haven’t really minded. Monday was particularly lovely because we had the place entirely to ourselves. […]
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Pretty flowers. That is all.
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I headed in town today to see if the rose garden in Deering Oaks park had gone by yet. It definitely wasn’t as lush as when I went last year, but still had a number of decent blooms left. After a walk through the garden, I took a turn around the duck pond. It was
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We had a high school friend of my boyfriend’s in visiting us from England this past weekend. The last time she came through, it was late October, and it rained the entire time, so we were very excited to have lovely weather on Friday and Saturday so we could take her around to what ended
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My boyfriend heard of this place in his work travels, and was advised that it had lovely gardens. It definitely didn’t disappoint. There are three separate garden areas, as well as lovely views of the Salmon Falls River. Unfortunately, the house wasn’t open for tours when we got there, but we’ll definitely have to go
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I enjoy one of the city maintained parks close to me, near USM. In the Spring, they put in tons of tulips which look absolutely lovely. Once those go by, they pull them out and replace most of the beds with annuals, but the central bed is planted every year with cannas. It’s fun to
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Went to a birthday party in MA this weekend. Because I am such a garden geek, the highlight of my weekend photographs are pictures of the hummingbird moth in my friend’s garden. So cool!! What would have otherwise been the chief highlight of the trip down was the garden at the Stonewall Kitchen factory store
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The perfect beginning to a trip to the farmer’s market. Now, please excuse me while I go gorge on raspberries and sugar snap peas.
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