Some snaps of stuff you might have missed if you didn’t make it to Maine Home and Design Magazine’s event at beautiful Point Lookout in Northport. (The poster says Lincolnville, but it’s in Northport. Hard to tell the difference if you miss the signs.)
Get ready to sail through a sea of 85,000 truly spectacular spring bulbs bobbing up in a spring garden on the edge of Somes Sound. And make money for MDI Community Sailing at the same time.
The Stewart Estate Annual Spring Bulb Tour 2011 in Northeast Harbor is being held Saturdays, May 14 and 21, rain or shine.
The W.P. Stewart Estate, 32 Sargeant Drive, Northeast Harbor, Maine, 9:30 am to 3 pm, $10 suggested donation. More info — 207-244-7905. Here’s their website.
Previous posts – here and here.
Everyone seems to flock to Asticou in the spring to see the color of the azeleas.
But gee whiz, fall is spectacular. Martha Stewart thinks so too. She has some nice descriptions of individual specimens on her blog.
Learn more about Asticou and see it in the spring.
These sometimes colorful objects pop up in places where you might expect to find gnomes this time of year.
Mushrooms are not plants, but a fungus that can either kill you, or heal you, or take you on a psychedelic trip.
This one might be related to Amanits muscaria — the traditional toadstool associated with Alice in Wonderland, gnomes, faries, and even Santa Claus. Super Mario knows them well.
(Anybody know what this is?)
Many mushrooms will make a heavenly meal, but you’d best be sure you’ve chosen the right one.
To learn more, you might contact the Maine Mycological Association. Or Wikipedia. Or Leslie Land has lots of good info on her site.
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