Friday, August 29, 2008
Waterfall creation
Thanks to a two week visit from Texas relatives, the yard now has a new addition. A waterfall has been created near our driveway entrance. Tom's brother Charles helped line the stream from the upper pool with moss and rocks containing small pieces of tourmaline gathered from our mine. The granite shines in the sun reflecting spots of mica and bits of green and black tourmaline.
The water falls into a pool which will have water lilies and other water plants. When the pool spills
over, water runs over into an adjacent bog pool which will contain all kinds of bog plants gathered from our woods. We have 100 acres of woodland and several bogs.
There is much work to be done, but it will be a lovely addition to the landscape.
A visit to the Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens in Boothbay has added interest to more landscaping around the pool. We were so impressed with the one year old Coast garden that we signed up for a membership. We will visit there at least once a month until snow flies. You can visit on snow shoes, and we might do that sometime.
It is New England's largest botanical garden on 248 waterfront acres, beautiful gardens, waterfront trails and sculpture.
The water falls into a pool which will have water lilies and other water plants. When the pool spills
over, water runs over into an adjacent bog pool which will contain all kinds of bog plants gathered from our woods. We have 100 acres of woodland and several bogs.
There is much work to be done, but it will be a lovely addition to the landscape.
A visit to the Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens in Boothbay has added interest to more landscaping around the pool. We were so impressed with the one year old Coast garden that we signed up for a membership. We will visit there at least once a month until snow flies. You can visit on snow shoes, and we might do that sometime.
It is New England's largest botanical garden on 248 waterfront acres, beautiful gardens, waterfront trails and sculpture.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Town meetings
It's 11:00 p.m. and I just returned home from our Annual Town meeting. My comment is,
I'm glad it's over for another year. My husband and I don't sit together because I had to cover the meeting for our daily paper, the Sun Journal and I know he will be outspoken. I can't write about him, plus, I don't always agree. However, he was a good boy tonight and didn't get into any trouble.
The fun part of the evening was during the potluck supper when people sat around and discussed the wet weather and the state of their gardens. I overheard the following conversation which reminded me of what I had heard the other day concerning snow shoes in a muddy garden..
" I tried to dig potatoes from the garden wearing my snow shoes but I got really stuck and couldn't move" said one of the guys. This reminded me of the ad on TV where the man is stuck in cement. Anyway, the guy went on to say that he had to reach down and pull up on the front of his shoes to break the suction and then get out of the mire.
My stuck friend said his bucket was half full of potatoes encased in mud. "I was scooping them out of the mud with my fingers", he went on to say. But his bucket became so heavy he couldn't carry it over the electric fence. Not to be outdone, he pushed it under the fence, then retrieved it from the other side.
Then there was the lady spinning yarn on her wheel from fleece from her sheep. Remember when you used to hear the click of knitting needles at meetings? We are talking rural Maine. You could barely hear the quiet hum as the wheel continued to turn during the 3 and a half hours of discussion.
If you care to read the account of the meeting, you can log on to sunjournal.com on the 13th. It will be under Sumner town meeting. I couldn't make deadline tonight. But you probably don't want to know about small town politics. I actually find it better entertainment than watching TV.
I'm glad it's over for another year. My husband and I don't sit together because I had to cover the meeting for our daily paper, the Sun Journal and I know he will be outspoken. I can't write about him, plus, I don't always agree. However, he was a good boy tonight and didn't get into any trouble.
The fun part of the evening was during the potluck supper when people sat around and discussed the wet weather and the state of their gardens. I overheard the following conversation which reminded me of what I had heard the other day concerning snow shoes in a muddy garden..
" I tried to dig potatoes from the garden wearing my snow shoes but I got really stuck and couldn't move" said one of the guys. This reminded me of the ad on TV where the man is stuck in cement. Anyway, the guy went on to say that he had to reach down and pull up on the front of his shoes to break the suction and then get out of the mire.
My stuck friend said his bucket was half full of potatoes encased in mud. "I was scooping them out of the mud with my fingers", he went on to say. But his bucket became so heavy he couldn't carry it over the electric fence. Not to be outdone, he pushed it under the fence, then retrieved it from the other side.
Then there was the lady spinning yarn on her wheel from fleece from her sheep. Remember when you used to hear the click of knitting needles at meetings? We are talking rural Maine. You could barely hear the quiet hum as the wheel continued to turn during the 3 and a half hours of discussion.
If you care to read the account of the meeting, you can log on to sunjournal.com on the 13th. It will be under Sumner town meeting. I couldn't make deadline tonight. But you probably don't want to know about small town politics. I actually find it better entertainment than watching TV.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Entering cyberspace
My wonderful daughter came over today to create a blog for me. Whether or not this old brain is able to utilize the information I received remains to be seen. If I can, you will hear stories of Maine through southern eyes in this space.
The latest story I heard yesterday was from a lady who said she had picked her beans while weating her hip boots. Another said they were going to put on snowshoes on the next trip to the garden. I should mention that we've had so much rain, most of the country is wet and soggy and many gardens are under water. Not so on my hill. We have sandy soil and my garden looks great, though it is suffering from lack of sunshine. The woods are full of hundreds of varieties of colorful mushrooms.
I would like to add a photo, but I think I will need another hands on lesson. I just want to see if I can actually publish this much.
The latest story I heard yesterday was from a lady who said she had picked her beans while weating her hip boots. Another said they were going to put on snowshoes on the next trip to the garden. I should mention that we've had so much rain, most of the country is wet and soggy and many gardens are under water. Not so on my hill. We have sandy soil and my garden looks great, though it is suffering from lack of sunshine. The woods are full of hundreds of varieties of colorful mushrooms.
I would like to add a photo, but I think I will need another hands on lesson. I just want to see if I can actually publish this much.
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