Sunday, May 11, 2008
Mt. Megunticook Hike on Mother's Day 2008
More Mount Megunticook
The story behind the Maiden Cliff Trail is that a young girl fell off these cliffs back in 1864. The cross was constructed then and has been maintained (and replaced, I'm sure) since then....we didn't go very close to the edge, but it must be quite a dropoff!
These are wild blueberry plants in bloom....come mid-July the berries will be ripe for the picking!
Camden Harbor 2008
The Camden Library is opened on Sundays, and they have this really neat outdoor kid's garden area. As you can see here, the stone benches are supported by volumes of children's books, written by Maine authors. Here you can see Island Boy and Miss Rumphius by Barbara Clooney....all time favorites in our house!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Springli's Visit
Anyway, she flew up on Friday night and didn't leave until Sunday morning, so we had a nice visit.
On Sataurday we went to lunch at Flatbread's in Portland, a neat restaurant on the waterfront. We then took a walk around the Old Port and came across this schooner. It was a bright, sunny day, but still chilly, and obviously pretty windy.
A visit home in early spring wouldn't be complete without a dish of cottage cheese and chives from the garden. Springli thoroughly enjoyed it! We've had a typical Maine spring so far....some 60 degree days, but still alot of high 40 and low 50 degree ones as well. Hope is in the air though, the daffodils and forsythia have bloomed, and the rhododendron should bloom momentarily.
Belly Pics and Stuff
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Trip to DC
Near the end of March we (Meg, Greg & Hannah) took a trip to DC to see Marya, Ben, David, and Springli. One of the thimgs that we did was to help David put together his new tricycle.
We played outside at the sand table too.
On Friday evening we went to Springli's grappling class. Hannah is giving Springli a couple of pointers.
Washington's Estate
The line was kind of long so we decided to walk around and see what we could see. This a porch on the side of the building.
Riverside view.
View towards the Patomac river.
This one room cabin was the quarters for the farm manager. He was paid $135.50 a year plus room , board and washing