 June 1, Someone is excited about her walk!! |
 Lilacs are in bloom! Delicious scents! |
 June 3: On the way to Wells.... |
 Where we meet Marty & Mary at Condon's. |
 As always, Paisley must greet everyone! |
 A little bathroom humor here.... |
 then at the beach.... |
 ...it's time to get the gift bags out and... |
 ...celebrate a birthday gone by... |
 ....with lots of laughs and.... |
 ....a Mickey bag at the beach! |
 What's this about? Not sure... |
 It's windy and the hat flies... |
 ...on this lovely day! |
 Bridge superstructure on the way home. |
 June 4: Marta and Lorelei come to visit... |
 Lorelie always enjoys Angry Birds... |
 why are they angry? |
 Only Lorelei... |
 ....knows.... |
 Playing PegJump is fun too! |
 Ajax barks.... |
 Then it's lunch time on June 5. |
 Time for a sip of juice.... |
 ...while everyone eats breakfast at the Brown Bag.... |
 ....in Rockland....YUMMMMM A BIG COOKIE!! |
 Then back home it's time to dance with... |
 Bells and feathers. |
 then it's outside to water the... |
 ....flowers..helping Papa! |
 June 6: The artist draws. |
 June 7: Lupine is in bloom....and bees feed. |
 June 8: Center School in Alna. |
 what a lovely building! |
 And if the doors are locked, we can always take photos..... |
 ....through the windows. |
 more from the outside. |
 And further down route 126 farm fields are full of ..... |
 ...buttercups and tractors! |
 June 10: This building in Bath is near the dentist's office.... |
 ...where Ron has an appointment. |
 New maple leaves. |
 Flowers in a Bath... |
 ...parking lot. |
 June 11: The Nichols-Sortwell house is getting a spring facelift. |
 ...and we take the same... |
 ....route through Alna where.... |
 .....there are many historic buildings.... |
 ....and lots of lupine! |
 Alna Meetinghouse, 1789 is an.....: |
 ...example.... |
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 Then around the corner... |
 ...there are other old buildings.... |
 ...and lovely gardens with.... |
 .....lots of lupine and other flowers. |
 Head Tide.... |
 .... |
 ....and.... |
 ...Steamboat Lane leading to... |
 ..... |
 ....Damariscotta Lake! |
 June 14: Neighborhood walks turn up flowers and... |
 ...new growth! |
 A visit w/ Jeanne finds rain spattered leaves. |
 A lonely buoy rests near the Tugboat. |
 June 15: A trip to Portland finds strange advertising at Whole Fooods. |
 Then exploring back roads we find... |
 old things and... |
 New England's symbol for luck! |
 Dresden's landmark and.... |
 a lovely panoramic view from this farm. |
 On the way home, the marsh near Wiscasset has neat... |
 ....reflections and... |
 ....lots of grass! |
 June 16: Another trip this time to Bowdoinham... |
 where the Kennebec is slow and wide. |
 and quite beautiful! |
 Wild Irises in yellow. |
 June 19: Then it's Father's Day and we meet the family... |
 ...in Portland at... |
 Ri Ra's. |
 With windows looking out onto the harbor. |
 ....with interesting boats and ferries... |
 ....and time to sit on Dad's lap! |
 It's an old, interesting building. |
 Bye Dad! |
 Then we walk to the parking garage. |
 Back at home it's time to walk the doggies. |
 Ours and theirs. |
 June 21: Longest day of the year and the dogwoods are in bloom.... |
 ...a hawk took off from here and.... |
 ...the Damariscotta is gorgeous in our neighborhood. |
 June 22: Taking another trip to Alna we pass... |
 Head Tide with it's places on the National Register including... |
 ...the Wizard of Odds & Ends; an antique store... |
 and this lovely barn with a sagging roof. |
 Then it's back to Steamboat Lane... |
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 A luna moth at the diner where we stop for lunch. |
 ...then drive down the Bremen peninsula .... |
 ...Americana at it's best! |
 June 29: It's foggy, but the Habba is pretty wiht it's.... |
 ....lone Adirondack chair. |
 And on our neighborhood walk it gets increasingly difficult to.... |
 ...come up with something different. |
 ...but there are always interesting shapes and textures... |
 ...wherever you look. |
 The road to the river is pretty as ever and Paisley... |
 ...is very interested in the squirrels. |
 Ron stops to check the mail as usual. |
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 June 30: Too much of a good thing? |
 We take the same ride, but find new things.... |
 Railway Museum here....look at that roof!! |
 And stop to take shots of many attractive spots! |
 ...including this farm. |
 We stop at Alna store where this fellow looks SO guilty! |
 Here's a log cabin looking out on .... |
 ....this! |
 Approaching Head of Tide there is lots of good... |
 ....stuff! |
 ...What a door!!! |
 Wizard of Odds 'N Ends again. |
 ....and the trellis across the street. |
 ....a repeat of this barn. |
 Cript door at cemetery. |
 Ron checked out this war memorial! |