A Day in the Life

"The Colors"

When folks heard about our trip to the east, nearly everyone had some comment about

"the colors" and how lovely it is back there this time of year.....

You know.

Well, it was pretty, not spectacular by any means.

They did have a droughty summer and it didn't appear that "the colors" were going to shape up and be outstanding this year.

But look at what we came home to!

The Colors!

The scarlet oak, the virginia creeper, the mountain maple, and since we haven't had a killing frost

even yet (miraculous!) there are still squash blossoms and sunflowers!

I picked bouquets for the house this weekend!

Other Activities

Some of the other activities....

We made hula hoops and actually put bb's inside of one of them for extra fun!

"Art Shots" (spoken with sarcasm!)

Wanting this chair for my yard.

The rosehips along the beach were shiny, translucent and succulent,

irresistable, I had to attempt to capture their glow!

Lighthouse embellishments.

This is the path to one of the lighthouses near Portland, it was great to walk on those giant boulders.

They are HUGE granite blocks.

NO! I did not press these shells into the sand for a foto op.

They were like this, really!

Near yeat another lighthouse, all the rock formations looked like Giant hunks of petrified wood.

I tried to capture it, but the light was just all wrong.

This is a mural in Montclair New Jersey.

I tried to keep the man on the bench out of the foto,

to no avail.

Porchlight candle-light in New Jersey.

I lost track of the place names and even of how many lighthouses we viewed on this beach day of another sort. It was all very scenic and as you can see, a gorgeous day! And we had great food stops and other fun.

I was hoping to put into perspective the enormity of this cruise ship.

It was obscene! It dwarfed the city buildings!

Baking in Maine

Mike and his dad went golfing one day and the course in CT winds through orchards, there were apples everywhere and so they brought a bunch home. We decided that we should take soem up to Maine to share.

There was also a bumper crop of apples in Maine and Molly had a bunch already, so we decided to cook up some apple gallette. Mmmmmm! We did it a few times as it is quick, easy and delicious, AND it photographs well too!