…we being the parents, that is, those to be met. We went to Charley’s yesterday evening to meet his girlfriend Nicole. We walked through Teele Square to Sabur for dinner. If you click on that link, and until they change the web site, you can see a picture of the table we were sitting at …
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Cherchez les Framboises
Hm, when I googled “framboise” to check my vocabulary I got several references to beers and wines made from raspberries. I was just thinking of raspberries. We’ve got ’em, and they’re in season now. More or less in line with our driveway is an area that was a logging road when our property was logged …
Hedgehog Hill Farm
The point of going through Buckfield was to go to a talk about growing raspberries, blueberries, grapes, and other small fruit at Hedgehog Hill Farm in Sumner, the next town north. Arlene had checked out their web site (and directions to get there!) It turns out to be a small but influential organic farm, run …
Hart’s Pizza
Our route from Narramissic to Hedgehog Hill Farm went through Buckfield, which we remembered from having gone to a juggling and variety show a couple of years ago. I was thinking of the road there as being narrow, windy, and long, through a forest to the middle of nowhere. Either I’ve gotten more accustomed to …
Narramissic event
In South Bridgton there’s a place called Narramissic (that’s an Abenaki word that more or less means “hard to find”, and it is) Historic Farm. I’ve been under the impression that there’s something going on there most weekends, though Arlene thinks if that were the case we would have gone there before. There was something …
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Thompson Lake Shore Association was on Saturday afternoon. The main business of the association is maintaining the road. Since we’re right at the end of the road, we’re interested in the entire length. The meeting is held at the association beach, so you can sit outdoors and look out across …
Creatures of the Night
Saturday night was an event we had read about last weekend and were looking forward to, a nighttime walk at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray. When we first read about it we were picturing a hike with a leader. Nope, it’s just that the Wildlife Park was open in the evening, from 8 to …
House pic
Just because I haven’t posted a picture in a while, here’s the house in Casco, on July 4 2006. It was close to a year ago that we saw it for the first time. See the lilac bush on the left, just above the near end of the retaining wall? There was a garter snake …
Hat progress
So, the latest started knitting project, which I’ve been wanting to start working on, but hadn’t until this weekend, but now that the mittens are done and the socks are past the gussets I feel OK about: It’s pretty much flying along. After two days (and about 20 rounds, not really to brag about) it’s …
Apples
Of course I’m keeping a close eye on the apple trees. The thing that surprised me, as soon as there were apples starting to form behind the blossoms, was that the different varieties of apples already looked different. It’s like looking at a baby picture of someone you know as an adult and being able …