How Does Your Garden Grow?

A red poppy

a pink poppy

Malcomia Maritima or Virginia Stock. Apparently the Eldest sprinkled some wildflower seeds around. 

They hydrangea is going to make a beautiful show

Day lilies

Quill wouldn't smile

The tall sunflower

another sunflower

lettuce

Peas

more peas

Corn

The Three Sisters: Corn, beans, squash

Nasturtium, maybe another sister

More day lilies

Little Bunny

Hummingbird feeder. The hummingbirds have been visiting, but are too fast or no one has a camera ready to snap a picture when they stop by

An orange spot in a sea of green

"Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen.

My father, he was Orange and me mother, she was green."

The Orange and Green Song by the Irish Rovers

A tiny carrot for the Little Bunny

How does your garden grow?

Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

Intro to America's Stonehenge

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. The Young One sent a nice picture of herself in a cute shirt with cats.

2. We had been hoping for a typical New England Saturday night supper, hot dogs with brown bread. Since Memorial Day (end of May) Himself wasn't able to find brown bread. All the store managers told him it was backordered. He finally found some at Walmart.

3.I had a no-hassle shoe return using Happy Returns at Ulta and an Amazon return at Kohl's. 

4. I bought an Apple Lightning Adapter so I could return the one on loan from the WAM IT Department.

5. This week was the last class until the Fall. We had fun doing some faux gilding.

How was your week?

Evening at the Beach

After all the walking around the Desert of Maine, a late lunch, and a long nap, we walked to the beach to spend some time there before grabbing a late dinner.

The weather was nice, but not real beach weather. Even if it was hot and humid, the water temperature as in the mid-60s so a little too cold to go swimming, but the weather was perfect for walking along the beach.

School was still in session so there weren't a lot of people around. I like it when it feels like we have the place to ourselves.

Someone found something yummy for dinner.

A perfect evening for a sail, too.

Whatcha Doin?

 

I bought stackable storage boxes that open from the front as well as the top. A major clean an organizing in the studio.

Whatcha doin?

T Stands for The Desert of Maine - Part 2

Our trip exploring the Desert of Maine continues. One of the surprises I found that wasn't on the scavenger sheet was this large, beautiful Lady Slipper. I've never seen them that big in the wild.

If you didn't want to walk all over the area, you could ride a little train. If you rode the train, you couldn't do the scavenger hunt.

This tree didn't have a nose for news

Vernal pool all dried up

Old-fashioned car

at an old-fashioned gas station

Can you spot the old-fashioned beverage signs? I think there are three of them.

Old-fashioned mobile phone

Camel logo for the Desert of Maine. Apparently, at one time there was a real camel at the attraction.

Teague was really patient with me as I tried to complete the scavenger hunt. I was missing 2 of the blocks, and had to backtrack to the filling station to make sure I had things. I was pretty sure I had everything up through number 10 and in order. Numbers 12 and 13 were very well hidden. 12 was in an extra loop easily missed after exiting the path from the filling station.

13 was up a hill and hidden behind the trees

Yatta!

I did it.

I think it's a been there, did that kind of place.

At the visitor center, I had my choice of a rubber bracelet or a small camel charm as a prize for completing the scavenger hunt. I chose the camel.

After all that running around, an iced tea sounded good

I wanted a lobster roll so Teague found a roadside stand with the cheapest lobster price of the day.

Mmm, lobster roll so good with an iced tea and chips (crisps). After lunch, she took me down the road apiece to Mainely Custard, a frozen custard stand as I never had frozen custard. I was too busy enjoying the small (but huge!) Black Raspberry and Chocolate Chip frozen custard. 

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang is up to. If you want to play, include in your Tuesday post a beverage or container for a beverage. Don't forget to link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.

The Desert of Maine - Part 1

Teague asked me if I wanted to go see the Desert of Maine. It's a popular tourist thing to do and I wasn't sure what to expect.

Desert of Maine was a marketing campaign to bring visitors to the area. The desert started out as farmland in the 1800s, but grazing sheep and not mindful of land conservation resulted in erosion. If you didn't read Saturday's Happy, Little Time Waster post, you can see a video with an overview of the Desert of Maine

It's a great place for kids to run up

and down the dunes

and to see some things like the spring buried in the sand.

There was also a scavenger hunt which I participated in. After you bought your ticket and left the building to begin your exploration, you could take the scavenger hunt sheet and a crayon. When you finished and found everything, you could go back to the visitor cabin and get a prize.

You had to keep a lookout for this dude, The Hermit of Maine

There were 15 blank squares on the scavenger sheet, when you found the Hermit, he pointed the way where you mark your sheet that you found the correct item. You aligned your paper and rubbed your crayon over the numbered wooden square. The scavenger hunt told the story of the Desert of Maine.

There was a maze area that had a pit where you could "dig" for gems

and you could keep 3 gems that you found. I found a carnelian, jadeite, and I think a brown jasper.

I wanted the monkey stone bench for the Zensical garden

After digging in the sand pit, there was a labyrinth to explore

and a Hobbit house to see. I didn't go in because it looked like there might be spiders in there.

Here is my scavenger sheet half way done.