Click on the links below for just a few ways to celebrate our independence this weekend in Maine.
Will add to this list when new information arrives. If you know of something, please post it in the comments. Thanks!
Get out there and have fun! And never forget why we pledged our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor on this day.
(Pics of a previous Fourth of July Parade in Thomaston.)
We have mere moments until it’s officially summer, 2010, so dig out the croquet set and squeeze the lemonade.
Here’s a list of tours and events to get your gardening inspiration reved up this summer. Please check back for updates. And if you know of others, or spot any errors, please note them in the comments below. Thanks! It’s going to be a very pretty summer.
June 18, Bangor, Liberty Garden Tour — Peonies.
June 18-19 – Stonington, 9th Annual Lupine Festival & Evergreen Garden Club Private Garden Tour – (pdf) (207) 563-4800.
Otisfield, McLaughlin Gardens with a View — this schedule hasn’t been posted yet. But it may be found at this link when it is.
July 8, Damariscotta, Miles Memorial Hospital League House and Garden Tour, 9 am – 4:30 pm, $25, 207 790-2009, $25.
July 11, Gardens in the Watershed, 10 am – 5 pm, rain or shine. (Photos from previous year.)
July 15 & 16, Camden House & Garden Tour, which this year also includes a Decorator Show House featuring designers from the area, and from away, 9:30 am – 4 pm, $25 advance, $30 day of tour, 207-236-8946. (2bnMaine postings from last year — More than flowers. – Fish out of water.)
July 24, MDI, The Garden Club of Mount Desert Open Garden Day, rain or shine, 10am – 4 pm.
July 26, Sunday,11 am – 4 pm - Southwest Harbor House & Garden Tour, benefiting the library – ‘featuring six lovely gardens strung along the shore from Southwest Harbor to Manset, to Bass Harbor and up to West Tremont.’
July 29, Castine, Castine House & Garden Tour, “Under the Elms and By the Sea” presented by the Castine Historical Society.
August 11, Cranberry Island Home, Art & Garden Tour — Tickets for the tour (including round trip ferry, but not lunch) are $35 per person in advance ($20 tour, $15 reduced-fare ferry), or $49 the day of the tour ($25 tour, $24 normal ferry fare.) From their website — There will be eight stops on the tour:
All summer – Belfast Friday Garden Tours, 10 am – 5 pm, $3 donation per garden.
All summer — Camden, Garden Talks at Merryspring.
All summer — Boothbay, Maine Botanical Gardens Blog covers all their activities.
All summer — Garden Club Federation of Maine — Visiting Gardens & Tours.
Where do bunnies spend a dreary, soggy, spring day?
At Weatherbird in Damariscotta.
Where they can gather supplies for the sweetest of holidays coming up this Sunday.
Weatherbird has more than just sweets — wine, cheeses, produce, etc. Will do a more complete posting soon. (This is not an April Fools joke.)
But right now, sweet spring means Sweet Easter.
Have a Happy One!!!
Weatherbird -- 72 Courtyard Street, Damariscotta, Maine – 207-563-8993
From the road, you’d never guess what’s inside this very plain building in Lincolnville Beach, near the Islesboro ferry.
Even the sign doesn’t give you a clear idea, other than you can pick up a cup of coffee and something to eat.
So you’re in for a wonderful surprise!
Dot’s Market is a fabulous new foodie resource in Midcoast Maine. It’s named in honor of the grandmother of the owner, Melissa Carr. And they both appear to like the iconic retro candy.
Melissa’s mother, just happens to be the very talented woman who pioneered the well-loved Market Basket in Rockport on Route One and 90.
Dot’s is packed with personality and great food. Plus a very nice selection of beer and wine.
There’s plenty of parking in front, and lots of room inside for the lines that will ultimately form this summer. So go now!
And refresh your pantry.
Or pick up fresh ingredients for a tasty picnic on Islesboro, or to complete that recipe you found in an old Gourmet magazine, or just join your friends for a fun lunch.
But watch out, you’ll be tempted by all the goodies sprinkled across the huge front counter.
And take your time perusing before you place your order. You don’t want to miss anything.
Dot’s Market – 2457 Atlantic Highway, Lincolnville, ME 04849, (just before, or after, the turn to the Islesboro Ferry) 207-706-7922
It was so cold the first part of February that these sculptures were in pretty good shape more than a week after they were carved.
Shot on February 8, these photos show some of what remained of the Ice Sculpture event at Winterfest, held in Camden’s beautiful amphitheater, on January 30.
More proof that fun in Maine’s winter is endless.
Working on new blog for Maine Digs and new design for 2bnMaine.
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