NEWS FLASH -- CONCERT IN BREMEN JUNE 28
We will be doing a concert at the Union Church, Route 32 in Bremen Maine 7:30 next Saturday, June 28. This one was added after last month's newsletter went out.
Cutler Harbor
We took a couple of days off from The Grand Design to visit Cutler, Maine, with our friends, Delia Mae and Margie. Delia's house, called Ruth's Retreat, is the white one past the end of the wharf in this photo of Cutler Harbor. Cutler is way Downeast, almost to the Canadian border. This working harbor (I counted 37 lobster boats) has about three dozen houses and two churches. The grocery/diner closed about five years ago. If you like to get away, this is the place!
As we were walking about the village we came across an off-the-grid establishment. I counted no less than seven solar collection arrays and three windmills.
On Saturday we visited the site of Native American petroglyphs: some are three millenia or more in age. They were difficult to see because it was foggy and the light was diffuse. It did make me reflect on how little this part of the world has changed.
Jasper Beach
We also stopped at Jasper Beach, so called because most of the stones are jasper. There is only one other beach like it in the world, located somewhere in Japan. When I was a kid we used to come here are get stones for a lapidary and tumbler that we played around with for a few years. Bear in mind that in those days a trip from Harmony, Maine, to Jasper Beach must have taken about five hours.
The roads are much improved from the mid 1960's, although they are in need of repair. Many towns have cut back on road repair. The state is strapped for funds and the federal government has squandered billions of tax dollars and decreased the value of those we have left. I suppose the pendulum will eventually swing the other way. I hope it's soon.
Strawberries are ripe!
The wild strawberries are ripe and a roadside stands are featuring native grown cultivated berries now. Julia picked enough of these little guys for us each to have a small bowl with whipped cream. Decadent!
The roses are starting to bloom, the peonies are in full swing, daylilies will be along soon.
We will be doing a concert at the Union Church, Route 32 in Bremen Maine 7:30 next Saturday, June 28. This one was added after last month's newsletter went out.
Cutler Harbor
We took a couple of days off from The Grand Design to visit Cutler, Maine, with our friends, Delia Mae and Margie. Delia's house, called Ruth's Retreat, is the white one past the end of the wharf in this photo of Cutler Harbor. Cutler is way Downeast, almost to the Canadian border. This working harbor (I counted 37 lobster boats) has about three dozen houses and two churches. The grocery/diner closed about five years ago. If you like to get away, this is the place!
As we were walking about the village we came across an off-the-grid establishment. I counted no less than seven solar collection arrays and three windmills.
On Saturday we visited the site of Native American petroglyphs: some are three millenia or more in age. They were difficult to see because it was foggy and the light was diffuse. It did make me reflect on how little this part of the world has changed.
Jasper Beach
We also stopped at Jasper Beach, so called because most of the stones are jasper. There is only one other beach like it in the world, located somewhere in Japan. When I was a kid we used to come here are get stones for a lapidary and tumbler that we played around with for a few years. Bear in mind that in those days a trip from Harmony, Maine, to Jasper Beach must have taken about five hours.The roads are much improved from the mid 1960's, although they are in need of repair. Many towns have cut back on road repair. The state is strapped for funds and the federal government has squandered billions of tax dollars and decreased the value of those we have left. I suppose the pendulum will eventually swing the other way. I hope it's soon.
Strawberries are ripe!
The wild strawberries are ripe and a roadside stands are featuring native grown cultivated berries now. Julia picked enough of these little guys for us each to have a small bowl with whipped cream. Decadent!
The roses are starting to bloom, the peonies are in full swing, daylilies will be along soon.
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