Lincolnville Beach lit up the night with their Christmas spirit. (It’s so great 2bnMaine this time of year.)
Wishing you all the joys of this magical season!
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Making spirits bright!
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Smoking sea.
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Sea smoke occurs when the air is much colder than the water below. It’s essentially a cloud. The evaporation happens faster than the air can absorb the water vapor and the surface wind blows it across the sea.
Just another beautiful, but chilly, part of winter in Maine.
Spend 33 seconds in Maine.
Thursday, October 15th, 2009If you can’t be in Maine, here’s a way to see what it’s like to wake to a sunrise with the sound of a lobster boat in the background.
Big moon rising.
Thursday, October 8th, 2009(Still fiddling with a new camera.) The night of the Harvest Moon was too foggy to really see it. This was the next night.
It was bright orange as it came up over the horizon.
And got brighter and whiter as it rose, spreading sparkles over the water. You’ll notice that it’s not fully round — the top right edge is soft.
(Raw video)
The names of the full moons are – - January — Full Wolf Moon; February — Full Snow Moon, March – Full Worm Moon; April – Full Pink Moon; May – Full Flower Moon; June – Full Strawberry Moon; July – Full Buck Moon; August – Full Sturgeon Moon; September -- Full Corn Moon; October – Full Harvest Moon; November – Full Beaver Moon; December – Full Cold Moon.
A Blue Moon is the second full moon in one month.
The names are a mix of the names both the Indians and the European settlers used. There’s a bit more info at The Farmers Almanac.
These pics were taken before the moon bombing, a very interesting project by NASA.
Rolling sushi.
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Abundant, and exquisitely fresh fish and produce makes Maine the ideal place to enjoy sushi. At the Maine Fare, foodie event in Camden a couple of weeks ago, the very popular Suzuki’s Sushi Bar in Rockland demonstrated how to roll sushi. Looks really easy!
Suzuki’s Sushi Bar, 419 Main Street, Rockland, 207-596-7447.
Take the low road to great blueberries.
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Maine is the largest producer of lowbush, or wild, blueberries. And Michigan is the largest producer of highbush. There is a kind of ‘culture war’ between the two varieties, not unlike preferences in caviar.
The wild, or lowbush blueberries, are the very tiny ones that Mainers insist have far superior flavor. While the high bush is the plumper, more common variety.
On September 15, the Lounders were winding down their wild blueberry stand in Ellsworth. Due to a very soggy summer, the blueberry season was much later than usual this year.
This was their last day of of picking through the berries, and packing them in baskets that are just the perfect color of aqua.
They even offer large ‘freezer packs’ which are great for just popping into the freezer.
When it comes to blueberries, we’ll take the ‘low’ road. It’s just too bad we’ll have to wait till next season to get some more.
Lounder Blueberries, Route One, just south of the town of Ellsworth — 207-667-2141.
