Last weekend’s trip was up to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden. We’ve been a bit remiss this year, and it was our first trip up. The main thing I noticed is that this is a good year for astilbe. I’ve noticed this at a couple of houses in my neighborhood, but they looked even nicer […]
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On Tuesday night, on the hottest day of the week, we decided to a scope out one of the relatively local campgrounds – Recompence Shores in Freeport. It’s really lovely, with a ton of tenting sites right on the water. We’re still working on BF’s second job schedule, but we may be doing a weekend
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Aka – what I did on my weekend vacation.
Otter Cliffs and the Ocean Shore Path – Acadia National Park, ME Read More »
On the first of summer, I headed to the beach. I arrived not long after 6:00, so got about a good hour and a half of wandering in before heading back to my car to get out before the gates closed. It was a really lovely day. There was a stiff sea breeze, but it
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Our second stop on Saturday was the Thuya Garden, which is run by the same land preserve as the Azalea Garden. Unlike the Azalea Garden, it\’s still early in the season, so while there were some blooms, it was obvious that the best is yet to come. (Click the collage for a more detailed album.)
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We’re back from a lovely weekend in Downeast Maine. We lucked out on Saturday, at least, with the weather, so were able to tool around Mount Desert Island. The highlight of that trip was the Asticou Azalea Garden, which is at the corner of Routes 198 and 3 in Northeast Harbor. We probably hit the
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Among other stops on a rather busy jaunt down south, we managed to get to Hamilton House on Saturday. The rain was holding off, just barely, when we were there. This is probably the earliest we’ve ever been to see the garden, and it’s just starting to wake up for the year. There are a
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I’m very behind recapping the rest of the trip to AZ, so here’s the rest, in short order. That Monday, we headed down toward Tucson, and checked out Biosphere 2. It’s an incredibly interesting place to visit, and I have tons of pictures, but it really is one of those places that you’re better of
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My favorite bulbs – grape hyacinths (muscari) – are out. I even have a white one this year, though of course, I can’t get it to photograph correctly. I’ll have to try again if it manages to survive the next couple days of rainy weather. I have no idea why I love these guys so
A.k.a. the afternoon we took a rental Kia Sephia down 22 miles of dirt road in the Arizona mountains. So, after the Desert Botanical Gardens the morning of my birthday, we took a look at the AAA material the BF had picked up before we left Maine, and decided it would be fun to take
The Apache Trail (Route 88 out of Apache Junction), AZ Read More »
