Going North

It seems odd to go north while we are already in Maine, but we went west and north - mid way up the state. Enjoy the pretty pictures.



We just got to the camp and are overlooking Porter Lake.
This is a view of the camp from the back. I spent so much time last year looking at the camp from the front while hooking the chair pad that I felt as if I had intimate knowledge of every bush and tree in the front. I had never seen the back side of the camp.
Bruce walking up the path from the camp. Porter Lake is behind him.
I took this at a high rate of speed. I'm lucky I caught this much. It says, "High Rate of Moose Crashes next 30 miles". I still did not see a moose.

Common Ground Fair part deux

We finished lunch and are walking, walking...

There were too many booths to visit them all and I didn't take in the barns, etc. But hand made furniture always fascinates me.
Rachel picked up some wood roasted coffee. I had a coffee roaster to roast coffee over an open fire. I wonder what I did with it?
There is nothing like sausages and jerky.
Knit Christmas stockings.
You can learn about solar power. We saw plenty of places in Maine using solar power. It seems to me that it would work well in Tennessee.
I don't know what he was doing stripping the branches off sticks, but he looked charming doing it.
These pictures are for my spinning friends.





These yarns are by Good Karma Farm.
Then there was sea glass. I LOVE finding sea glass...no matter where it is.
She decided on Tide Line as the name of her shop when she found all the letters in the name in one day of beach combing.
Here is a cooper hard at work.

Rachel said she has never seen pie cones anywhere other than the Common Ground Fair.

Bruce got his.
Fortunately, we got a ride back to the car via wagons pulled by tractors. That was good, because I was ready to make a lean-to and live there rather than walk any more!

This was an excellent fair and I'm glad we went. I don't know if the men had enough to keep them occupied, but Rachel and I certainly did.

Common Ground Country Fair

The Common Ground Country Fair is put on by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. That's a mouthful, eh? It's all about sustainable living. Bruce wanted info on solar energy and I knew some wool vendors would be there, but I didn't expect all I found!

The first fiber booth I went into was French Hill Farm where I found these unusual and marvelous spindles by Tom Forrester. I know this is not such a good shot but I had to have some evidence of how neat they are.
Then there was yarn.
The Tyler Farm booth.
Rachel picked out this skein of yarn for a winter scarf from the Oasis Farm Fiber Mill.
They have wonderful balls of fiber to spin...
as well as the spun yarn. I'm saving their address. I might need some more later. :-)
I thought this farm had a very clever name.
Then there was more yarn.
I found the Enchanted Knoll Farm.

These are her 2 oz. batts. Marvelous blends.
Rachel picked out this luscious colour made from wool, silk, recycled sari silk, bamboo, and sparkles. It reminded her of verdigris copper. I'm definitely saving this link, too!
This is the Farm Witch herself. Super nice woman!! It turned out that we both recognized each other's name from the Ravelry.
This entire tent is made from felted wool. You can see that it is still in progress.
Rachel checking out the scarves at Midsummer Nights Meadow Farm.
It was time for lunch and we found someone with a Roast Beef Sundae! We had to have one.
Real girls need meat! We couldn't decide so we got one of each a split - a steak burger/fries (homemade) and the roast beef sundae.
We had never tasted such GOOD meat! Delicious...and organic, too!
While we were eating lunch, a lobster rickshaw went by. Only in Maine!
The rest of the day will have to wait until tomorrow....

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.