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	<description>Maine Lifesyle -- natural, and man-made beauty, talented people, smart businesses, and good times to be found in the state of Maine -- with a persistent design slant.</description>
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		<title>Slow spring.</title>
		<link>http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2011/05/24/slow-spring-this-year-in-maine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 12:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>2bnMaine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No blast of spring this year. Spring’s creeping in. Softly. Reluctantly. We’ve been patient. So now please bring on the sun!]]></description>
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<p>No blast of spring this year.</p>
<p><img src="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/photos/800-525-reflections-maine-spring-water-landscape-2bnmaine.jpg" alt="Spring reflections." width="450" /></p>
<p>Spring’s creeping in.</p>
<p><img src="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/photos/800-525-spring-trees-water-maine-2bnmaine-misty.jpg" alt="Spring reflections." width="450" /></p>
<p>Softly.</p>
<p><img src="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/photos/800-525-spring-misty-tree-silhouette-maine-2bnmaine.jpg" alt="Spring reflections." width="450" /></p>
<p>Reluctantly.</p>
<p><img src="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/photos/800-525-spring-trees-reflection-water-maine-2bnmaine.jpg" alt="Spring reflections." width="450" /></p>
<p>We’ve been patient.</p>
<p><img src="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/photos/800-525-reflections-spring-maine-2bnmaine-stripes-water-green.jpg" alt="Spring reflections." width="450" /></p>
<p>So now please bring on the sun!</p>

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		<title>Sail into Spring.</title>
		<link>http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2011/05/10/sail-into-spring-tulip-tour-northeast-harbor-maine-stewart-estate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 12:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>2bnMaine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blooming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bulbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden tours]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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<p>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.</p>
<p><em><strong><a title="Stewart Estate Tulip Tour." href="http://www.springbulbtour.org/Spring_Bulb_Tour/Home.html" target="_blank">The Stewart Estate Annual Spring Bulb Tour 2011 in Northeast Harbor</a> </strong></em>is being held Saturdays, May 14 and 21, rain or shine.</p>
<p><a href="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/wp-content/800-533-stewart-tulips-maine-2bnmaine-gardens-northeast-harbor.jpg"></a><a href="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/wp-content/800-533-stewart-tulips-maine-2bnmaine-gardens-northeast-harbor.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9434" title="Stewart Estate Tulip Garden Tour." src="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/wp-content/800-533-stewart-tulips-maine-2bnmaine-gardens-northeast-harbor-450x299.jpg" alt="Stewart Estate Tulip Garden Tour." width="450" height="299" /></a></p>
<p><em><strong>The W.P. Stewart Estate,</strong> 32 Sargeant Drive, Northeast Harbor, Maine, 9:30 am to 3 pm, $10 suggested donation. More info &#8212; 207-244-7905.<a title="Spring bulb tour, Stewart Estate, MDI." href="http://www.springbulbtour.org/Spring_Bulb_Tour/Home.html" target="_blank"> Here&#8217;s</a> their website.</em></p>
<p><em>Previous posts &#8211;<a title="Tulip Bubble." href="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2008/05/26/a-tulip-bubble-in-northeast-harbor/"> here</a> and <a title="Tulip Blast." href="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2009/05/17/tulip-blast-stewart-estate-northeast-harbor-maine/">here.</a></em></p>
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		<title>Spring sprouts &#8211; elvers and daffodils.</title>
		<link>http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2011/04/05/spring-sprouts-elvers-daffodils-rockpor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>2bnMaine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not so long ago daffodils would have no chance against snow, and now they are becoming the dominant force. That same force of nature is sprouting elver nets on Maine’s freshwater rivers. This one’s on the Goose River that flows into Rockport Harbor. If you want to know more about elvers in Maine, here are [...]]]></description>
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<p>Not so long ago daffodils would have no chance against snow, and now they are becoming the dominant force.</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-9275" href="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2011/04/05/spring-sprouts-elvers-daffodils-rockpor/888-elver-nets-april-spring-maine-rockport-goose-river/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9275" title="888-elver-nets-april-spring-maine-rockport-goose-river" src="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/wp-content/888-elver-nets-april-spring-maine-rockport-goose-river-450x337.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="337" /></a></p>
<p>That same force of nature is sprouting elver nets on Maine’s freshwater rivers. This one’s on the Goose River that flows into Rockport Harbor.</p>
<p>If you want to know more about elvers in Maine, here are some previous posts &#8212; <a title="And we think our lives are complicated." href="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2010/05/06/and-we-think-our-lives-are-complicated-elvers-eels-in-ellsworth-maine/">here</a>, <a title="Elvers in Ellsworth." href="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2009/05/14/the-amazing-american-eel-elvers-ellsworth-anguilla-rostrata/">here</a> and <a title="The high art of catching elvers." href="http://2bnmaine.com/blog/2008/04/27/high-art-elvers-and-rooster-brother/">here.</a></p>

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