Unique and Fun Garden Decorations .........and Cheap! It's time to dress up the garden with some new decorations. I am way behind with my gardening this year as this spring has been a really wet one. We had snow still on the ground a month ago and now we are in full blown northern Maine Mud Season. But I can't put the process off any longer so as soon as the rain stops … [Read more...]
Grammy Mouse, Maine Folk Artist
The Folk Art of Grammy Mouse Thompson, Maine Folk Artist Who is Grammy Mouse, Maine Folk Artist? Grammy Mouse is the pseudonym that I use for my folk art painting. I am sort of semi-retired from painting and don't paint as often as I used to. There are health reasons that without going into a long detailed explanation involve my asthma, COPD, the medications for those … [Read more...]
Garden Planning Begins
Starting to Plan the Garden & Free Ebook - "Farm to Table Through the Year" It's that time of the year, after the hustle and bustle of the holidays, that those of us who love to garden turn our attention to Spring and the gardening season to come. As I look at my garden blanketed in in snow it seems hard to believe that in a few weeks I will be … [Read more...]
Live and Love Outloud Blog Photo Challenge
Over at the Live and Love Outloud Blog they are hosting a really fun Fall Photo Challenge this month. I stumbled across it while surfing a link party (love 'um - you never know what you will discover!) and I decided to join. I have missed a couple of weeks but I'm starting this week with the "Yellow/Light" Theme and when I was going through my photos I thought of my lovely … [Read more...]
Oh, give me a home where the Buffalo roam! Yup, in Aroostook County, Maine!!!!
Last November Bill came home from a little drive to Houlton, to get a part for his tractor, with quite a story. “Just down the road from the Amish village, I saw some buffalo out in a field. You should have seen them….buffalo in Smyrna.” Sure, I thought, come a little closer so I can check your breath. Where have you been? He doesn’t drink but you never know! Or maybe we can … [Read more...]