Time Lapse

Wait.

What?

My last blog post was in April?

How can that be?

Where did the last seven months go???

Lots of places!

Switzerland in May and June and October.

Maine (hellooooo Elvez)

Ohio (bye, bye beautiful brother)

In Georgia and Kansas and Maine, launching MOO

And everywhere, in the next story

Molto loverino,

xxxx

More Love That School . . .

So much depends

upon

eager students

reading

and asking

questions

with such

energy

and enthusiasm

and good cheer .  . . 

Thank you, 

Camden schools

for the 

warm

welcome.

xx

Your Author

Snowy Snow, Mainey Maine

And so it goes

the snowy snow

of this Mainey Maine 

winter

Another world

this quiet white coated world

Swirly drifts

and startling sun bright

. . .

. . . but there is work to be done

to clear a path

from here to there

and there to here

xx

Very Maine-y Day

(Click to enlarge all photos)

Today a visit

to a very Maine-y beach

on a midcoast bay.

Didn't get close-ups 

of enormous smooth boulders

but they're there

at the base of the pines.

You can clamber over them

and hang your legs

over the sides

and 

let the cold ocean water

splash

up around your ankles.

Cropped out of the photo

on the right, above,

is another favorite

beach endeavor:

Husband is hunkering down

doing a crossword

right there

on the beach

in the sun

and the clean air.

xx

Maine is Busting Out All Over

Four weeks ago

this was a leafless, bare, brown landscape

and now

what an explosion

of greenery

and flowery

so dense and lush

it knocks out

your eyeballs

you can't take it all in

at once

you have to focus

on small pieces

and even then

you can hardly believe

such bounty exists

so casually

so delicately

you could lie down here

and say

'ahhh. . .'

xx

Maiden's Cliff

Maiden's Cliff

Camden, Maine

a beautiful hike

with beloved people

and dogs, too

Most of us wearing neon orange

to alert hunters

to our presence

Such a day!

xx

Communing with Ocean

The pull of the ocean is so strong

sun  sand  water

rocks  seaweed  shells

bliss

xx

Communing with water and light and rocks . . .

Late afternoon light

mid-coast Maine

the air so clear

Owl's Head

You want to step in that water

and

climb on those rocks

don't you?

xx

Communing With Rope

Spring almost summer

in this Maine coastal town:

blooming rope

!

I didn't need rope, but this display made me wish I did. I stood there for a long time admiring the colors, wondering what I might use some for.  I couldn't decide.

When I joined my husband at the checkout, I saw that he had chosen a length of red and yellow rope.  

"What's it for?"

"Dunno.  Something."

Love that length of rope. Not sure why.

xx

Reflections

Inside and Outside

in Maine

Sometimes

I need to take a break from

words.

If I tried to describe this photo

I would ruin it.

xx

A Diner in Maine

Such the best,

this diner 

on the grounds of the Windsor Fair

(Windsor, Maine)

xx

It's all about the snow . . .

It's been all about the snow

these last few days

You are hypnotized

You have to stop and stare

such a world

such wild and stunning beauty

The kids are going to have

such fun

such jumping

and flopping

and sliding

and digging out

and the sun and snow and shadows

are arrayed

before you

and you smile smile smile

don'tcha?

xx

Snow in Maine

Almost wordless Sunday:

Snow in Maine

12-30-12

xx

Maine Move, continued

The main reason we moved

to Maine

was to follow

the beloved grandchildren

who also recently moved

to Maine

and another good reason

was

this:

a seemingly endless

coastline

of

endless beauty.

I think we're going to

love

it

here.

Have you moved lately?

Do you want to?

Are you already where you most want to be?

xx

Welcome to Maine

Maine!

We made it

officially

our new turf.

Having a little challenge

updating emails

so if your comment has not yet been posted

that is why.

My blog is not yet talking to me.

Maybe it didn't want to move.

I will convince it.

Stay tuned.

xx

Maine Refills

Sometimes 

you need to tilt your head back

and breathe in 

clean air

and see

blue sky

and touch

clear water.

I'm in Maine

beaming

all of this

to

all of you.

xx

Exploring Maine

Even though we live on a lake (in western New York state), we were lured up to a lake in Maine for the past two weeks. Our daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren have been singing Maine's praises for several years, and so we joined them, and we saw what all the fuss was about.

Clear, clear, clear water, in abundant lakes with granite islands, perfect for kayaking and swimming.

Miles and miles of coastline jagged with bays and coves and rocks.

Masses of blueberry hills and hiking trails and vistas of green mountains and blue-gray lakes and ocean.

"Lobstah!" Fresh, tender, sweet lobster.

And it was all fine, fine, fine.  But finest of all were the grandchildren: the joyous, energetic, healthy, loving, imaginative grandchildren.  For them, I would go most anywhere.

You been to Maine? Have a favorite spot there?

P. S. Brattcats: we loved having time with you en route. Thank you so much for your warm welcome.

P. S. Birdman and Elenka: we had all intentions of tracking you down (with forewarning), but were swallowed up by all of the above. Next year?