Four days in paradise

It was another awesome trip to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.  This is one of our favorite places to spend time.  The weather was very cooperative, clear, sunny days.  It was cool when we got up on Wednesday morning but warmed up nicely by the time we went hiking.  It was quite cold and [...]

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Holy Cow! What was I thinking?

I have admired the blooming 9-patch since the first time I saw one at the Maine Quilt Show several years ago. Having one has been in the back of my mind ever since that day. Finally, I broke down and ordered the fabrics for my very own blooming 9-patch. I purchased the [...]

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“Fun at Camp”

Ahhhh, vacation. We spent the week at a rental camp on Pekwaquet Pond in Brownfield, Maine. It’s nothing special, just a small 2 bedroom camp that we have been renting for the past 25 years. The kids pitch tents in the yard and Bill and I sleep inside. The pond is [...]

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Bar Harbor, Acadia and the Porcupine Islands

Have you ever traveled to a location that holds a special place in your heart? A place where you could return over and over? A place that feels like “coming home”? For Bill and me, one of those places is Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park. The energy is good; it feeds [...]

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Happy Birthday To Me

Yet another year has passed and I have turned 59! I was so unstrung the months before my 50th birthday. I dreaded the sound of being 50, yuck. However, I’m looking forward to turning 60 next year. It will bring so many new opportunities. At least, that’s my plan. [...]

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It’s been awhile

Wow, I’m surprised it’s been such a long time since I posted anything here. What have I been doing instead? Good question, just living life I guess.
I’ve been working in the garden, pulling weeds and grass, transplanting some stuff from Bill’s garden that was taking over. I put it on the small [...]

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Bicycle, bicycle

Today we had an opportunity to go for a bike ride for the first time this year. The sky was partly cloudy and the temp was near 70*. We are usually out a couple of times in April or May. We always try to ride from Ogunquit to York before the traffic [...]

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I’m trying, really I am

Most of the people that know me would tell you I am a pessimist and have a negative attitude. I can’t argue with that. I’m not sure when or how it started but the last several years have been very negative ones. I’m not unhappy. I have been divorced since 2000 [...]

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Home again, home again, jiggity jig

I had planned to blog a little each day of my vacation with bits and pieces of the day’s events. Obviously, that didn’t happen; the internet service at the timeshare was iffy at best. So I’ll just go to Plan B…a short synopsis of our wonderful vacation, day by day.
Fri. 4/25…partly sunny– We [...]

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Sunny skies, exercise and labor update

It was warm enough to sit in the sun for an hour today and get sunburned (oops).
Bill and I have joined the new Planet Fitness gym in town. It opened on Tuesday; it’s bright, clean and a pleasant place to be…good energy. I went both Tues. and Wed. mornings after work for [...]

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