Sprague Pond Trail, Phippsburg

 Directions here. I'd use Google maps; the iphone navigation was wrong by about a quarter mile. This trail starts as a quiet walk through the woods but opens onto a surprise gorge & waterfall! Fiddleheads were up - although we left them undisturbed - and polliwogs were swimming. This was a fabulous spring hike. 

First Crocus!

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I’ve been watching for the green types of the first crocus every year since 2006. This is the earliest one yet!

Snowshoeing: Jamie's Pond, Hallowell

 

Christmas Cookies 2021

 A tradition was born last year! One of my pandemic self-soothing activities is watching cookie decorating videos. You can only watch so many cookie decorating videos before you want to try it yourself! Last Christmas I finally did, and really enjoyed it.  There are only 2 of us, tho, and Doug isn't much for sweets, so I decorate way more cookies than we want or need. Solution? Well, I gift some of them, but many will go to the Bread of Life, the soup kitchen near my house. I get the joy of decorating & they get some holiday cheer; I love a win-win. 

Shed Pond, Readfield

 

The autumn colors were subdued but nevertheless beautiful on our Sunday hike to Shed Pond. 

Porcupine, Gannett Woods, Readfield

 

A Bright September Afternoon in Maine

China, Maine