Just Driving Around

We started out one morning and I saw all these wild turkeys on the golf course. The locals call them gulls. :-)This is where I lunched on bread pudding and ice cream...a well balanced diet. A boiled lobster dinner for $9.99.?...such a deal!

Lot's of neat stuff here. Bruce found a pickle crock. I'd take a picture of it but he has it packed away already.
The new Penobscot Narrows Bridge near Bucksport. You can go to the top of the tower and see forever. Since I have a fear of heights, that did not happen.
We found the Hope Spinnery in Hope, Maine. Unfortunately they were on their way to the Common Ground Country Fair.
They use wind power to run the fiber processing. Their prices seem pretty good. I might have to try them out on a fleece I thought I was going to do myself. That's not my favorite way to spend time.
We stopped in Mainely Pottery because we could. Come to think of it, I think Maine has more pottery places per capita than any place else I have been.
We found this fantastic house along Route 1. It must have been a beauty in it's day and it overlooks the ocean.
If I was 25 years younger and had unlimited funds, this would be mine.

Blue Hill

My brother-in-law told us how much he loved Blue Hill, Maine and that family was in the cemetery. I had to see for myself so we're on the road again headed for Blue Hill. Don't they look excited?Not one to miss a good pottery stop, we found Rackliffe Pottery. They were very nice and the woman showed us how they made their pots and how it started with clay from their own land. Her elderly parents still work with the pots. Her mother still presses on all the handles. Bruce was telling her that her fingerprint is now immortalized in all their pots.
We found these cute blueberry earrings.
Next stop was the yarn shop.
I have made a resolution not to buy any more yarn unless I specifically need it for a project. So now I just have to find projects! It's working for me. I needed some yarn for the belly of Sig, Rachel's crab.
I found just the yarn I needed. The shop owner was very nice. Most fiber people are, aren't they?
With some directions from Rackliffe Pottery, we found the Osgood Trail. Fortunately, there was a cop there and said that this was the original trail.
This is coming into Blue Hill. You can just see the ocean through the trees.


Did the above pictures make you car sick? ~ We ended up in the cemetery looking for relatives.


Back we go with colour just popping out. It's truly the beginning of fall and it promises to be spectacular!

Rockport Pottery

Rachel and I stopped at Rockport Pottery. My new casserole. Isn't it clever?Rachel's new all purpose bowl.


I'm like an advertisement for Maine!