A memory came to me of my one visit to Maine with my dear friend who just died unexpectedly on July 1st. We went down to the sea with a woman to collect rose hips so that she could make jars of beautiful jam. I cannot remember her name but I remember her smile and how her voice softened when she told us about her recent meeting with the Dalai Lama. This was in 1984. So long ago but funny how memories surface.
So very nice to have those sweet memories!
Loved those rocky seaside pictures, thanks for sharing them.
My pleasure!
Sometimes a grey day is better on the coast – less glare and less sunburn (which is a bonus for a bald man).
Absolutely! For us, a perfect day.
🙂
Thank you for this opportunity to see another part of your world 🙂 🙂
My pleasure!
There’s something to be said for photographing nature during a cloudy day, Laurie. The colors POP, and you don’t focus so much on the weather as on the subject at hand. Beautiful!!
Absolutely! Thanks, Debbie.
Gray, yes, but that means no direct sun during a warm spell which is a good thing. Even a gray day at the sea is a good day. Hope you had a great picnic.
Actually, it was perfect. Not too hot, not too cold. And no broiling in the sun. We are such sea lovers that even a gray day is fine with us.
Lovely photos – and that splash of pink!
Many thanks! The rose were beautiful. And what lovely scent.
It is always good to be beside the sea even on a gloomy day. A fine set of pictures gave me that seaside feeling.
It certainly is. Thanks, Tootlepedal. And as we don’t go very often, it’s such a treat.
Lovely contrasts Lauie
Thanks, June!
Here I am at least…so far behind there are posts I won’t be able to comment on. It’s that time of year, took me a month just to read a book. I’ve missed this blog though and thought often of when I could catch up on its simple pleasures of life!
A-w-w-w, thanks so much! I know how very busy you are this time of year.
I just want to make a comment on an older post, June 30th, I think, now that I’m caught up. I applaud your choices to drive less, not take plane trips and consider all your energy use. I have so many friends who won’t give up traveling…flying hither and yon, overseas, gardening tours, and so on. Some are my age, with money, and have had plenty of travel in their lives. Some travel to other countries to visit close family, which I think is certainly the best reason. The younger people understandably resent the suggestion that they should not travel, because the older generation did, and why should they be deprived? They want to see Greece, or France, or any lovely tropical island, in their lifetimes. But if we all don’t reduce our consumption, will there be a future? And yet on the other hand, I’ve read the argument that our small efforts mean nothing as long as the planes are still flying, and that it is big corporations who are destroying our world and must change. Anyway….I just appreciate you talking about it and I am with you on a small footprint. I feel concern when we even drive two hours and back for a garden tour, and wish we could afford an electric van (we need a big vehicle for work).
People want to do what they want to do. A part of me understands this. But we need to pull up our adult panties and use some restraint. You put it so well: “But if we all don’t reduce our consumption, will there be a future?” Yes, there is the argument that individual actions don’t matter. That we need systemic change. I’ve grappled with that notion and have come to the conclusion that even if it’s true, I need to live my life in accordance with my ideals. It won’t be a perfect life. No life is. But it will be lived with the idea of doing what’s best for the planet and for future generations. And I know just what you mean about feeling concern about driving two hours for something special—a garden tour, a trip to the ocean, whatever. Perhaps we should view at as something we indulge in once in awhile, like cake?
I like your reasoning about why we continue to do individual things to save the planet. Of course, if we all did, it would make a huge difference.
It certainly would!
Maine is my happy place. We dream of buying a house on the rocky coast. May I ask where you visited? Feel free to respond via email if you don’t want to put that up on your blog! And feel free to totally ignore my question 🙂
I don’t mind telling you at all. We went to Ocean Point in East Boothbay. Far less crowded than Boothbay Harbor. Off the beaten path and not much there in the way of touristy shops and restaurants. All to the good, as far as we were concerned. 😉
I looked up East Boothbay and it looks lovely! I’d love to win the lottery and move into an ocean home!
Yes, winning the lottery would be a requirement for most folks. East Boothbay is a lovely little community. Very quiet. But busy Boothbay, with shops and places to eat, is not far away.
Ah, the beautiful Maine coast– I’m envious!
It really is beautiful. Because we live an hour and a half away, we don’t get there often, but when we do, we soak it in.
Your seaside is quite different from ours, but equally pleasing. We’re a little short on natural rocks, but seagulls and boats? Those, we share!
Maine is known for its miles and miles of rocky shores. We do have some sandy beaches but rocks predominate.
I think the sea is one of those destinations that’s fabulous regardless of the weather.
You bet!
What a shame you are not getting more sunshine whilst Dee is free to go out and about with you! But actually the seaside is often less crowded when the day is cloudy and cool. Lovely pictures.
Actually, the temp was just right when we went to the seaside. Not too hot, not too cold, and best of all, not too crowded.
You have shown how the sea can lift a gray day – interestingly WP rejected your spelling of our grey
Thanks, Derrick! WP has its little ways, doesn’t it?
🙂
The sea has a special beauty on a gray day..
It surely does!
A lovely peaceful place.
It surely is!
Beautiful, even on a gray day. I love Maine. We stayed in Bremen last time we were there. I think that’s not too far (as the crow flies or the boat sails — not as the car drives) from where you took these photos.
Not too far even as the car drives.
What a beautiful rocky coastline Laurie, even on a grey day it looks like a lovely place to be 💙
Thanks, Xenia! It certainly is. The weather was actually pretty nice, not too hot, not too cold.
Beautiful! even on a grey day!
What an usually rccky coastline – at least to me … my experience with beaches is largely sandy.
We do have some sandy beaches, but most of Maine’s extensive coastline is rocky.
You have variety!
Beautiful pictures! I can smell the seaweed and the ocean from where I sit.
Many thanks!
Love the beautiful day and photos by the sea!!
I love these photos! What a lovely place to live I want to visit the New England area one day.
If ever you come to Maine…
xoxo-you KNOW it!
It’s been many, many years since I’ve seen the Maine coast. And I love that beach rose, too!
Thanks, Lavinia. The Maine coast is beautiful. Because of the distance—at least 50 miles—we don’t go often. But when we do, we really enjoy it.
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Beautiful even on a gray day.
Great seaside photos!
Many thanks!
A memory came to me of my one visit to Maine with my dear friend who just died unexpectedly on July 1st. We went down to the sea with a woman to collect rose hips so that she could make jars of beautiful jam. I cannot remember her name but I remember her smile and how her voice softened when she told us about her recent meeting with the Dalai Lama. This was in 1984. So long ago but funny how memories surface.
So very nice to have those sweet memories!
Loved those rocky seaside pictures, thanks for sharing them.
My pleasure!
Sometimes a grey day is better on the coast – less glare and less sunburn (which is a bonus for a bald man).
Absolutely! For us, a perfect day.
🙂
Thank you for this opportunity to see another part of your world 🙂 🙂
My pleasure!
There’s something to be said for photographing nature during a cloudy day, Laurie. The colors POP, and you don’t focus so much on the weather as on the subject at hand. Beautiful!!
Absolutely! Thanks, Debbie.
Gray, yes, but that means no direct sun during a warm spell which is a good thing. Even a gray day at the sea is a good day. Hope you had a great picnic.
Actually, it was perfect. Not too hot, not too cold. And no broiling in the sun. We are such sea lovers that even a gray day is fine with us.
Lovely photos – and that splash of pink!
Many thanks! The rose were beautiful. And what lovely scent.
It is always good to be beside the sea even on a gloomy day. A fine set of pictures gave me that seaside feeling.
It certainly is. Thanks, Tootlepedal. And as we don’t go very often, it’s such a treat.
Lovely contrasts Lauie
Thanks, June!
Here I am at least…so far behind there are posts I won’t be able to comment on. It’s that time of year, took me a month just to read a book. I’ve missed this blog though and thought often of when I could catch up on its simple pleasures of life!
A-w-w-w, thanks so much! I know how very busy you are this time of year.
I just want to make a comment on an older post, June 30th, I think, now that I’m caught up. I applaud your choices to drive less, not take plane trips and consider all your energy use. I have so many friends who won’t give up traveling…flying hither and yon, overseas, gardening tours, and so on. Some are my age, with money, and have had plenty of travel in their lives. Some travel to other countries to visit close family, which I think is certainly the best reason. The younger people understandably resent the suggestion that they should not travel, because the older generation did, and why should they be deprived? They want to see Greece, or France, or any lovely tropical island, in their lifetimes. But if we all don’t reduce our consumption, will there be a future? And yet on the other hand, I’ve read the argument that our small efforts mean nothing as long as the planes are still flying, and that it is big corporations who are destroying our world and must change. Anyway….I just appreciate you talking about it and I am with you on a small footprint. I feel concern when we even drive two hours and back for a garden tour, and wish we could afford an electric van (we need a big vehicle for work).
People want to do what they want to do. A part of me understands this. But we need to pull up our adult panties and use some restraint. You put it so well: “But if we all don’t reduce our consumption, will there be a future?” Yes, there is the argument that individual actions don’t matter. That we need systemic change. I’ve grappled with that notion and have come to the conclusion that even if it’s true, I need to live my life in accordance with my ideals. It won’t be a perfect life. No life is. But it will be lived with the idea of doing what’s best for the planet and for future generations. And I know just what you mean about feeling concern about driving two hours for something special—a garden tour, a trip to the ocean, whatever. Perhaps we should view at as something we indulge in once in awhile, like cake?
I like your reasoning about why we continue to do individual things to save the planet. Of course, if we all did, it would make a huge difference.
It certainly would!
Maine is my happy place. We dream of buying a house on the rocky coast. May I ask where you visited? Feel free to respond via email if you don’t want to put that up on your blog! And feel free to totally ignore my question 🙂
I don’t mind telling you at all. We went to Ocean Point in East Boothbay. Far less crowded than Boothbay Harbor. Off the beaten path and not much there in the way of touristy shops and restaurants. All to the good, as far as we were concerned. 😉
I looked up East Boothbay and it looks lovely! I’d love to win the lottery and move into an ocean home!
Yes, winning the lottery would be a requirement for most folks. East Boothbay is a lovely little community. Very quiet. But busy Boothbay, with shops and places to eat, is not far away.
Ah, the beautiful Maine coast– I’m envious!
It really is beautiful. Because we live an hour and a half away, we don’t get there often, but when we do, we soak it in.
Your seaside is quite different from ours, but equally pleasing. We’re a little short on natural rocks, but seagulls and boats? Those, we share!
Maine is known for its miles and miles of rocky shores. We do have some sandy beaches but rocks predominate.
I think the sea is one of those destinations that’s fabulous regardless of the weather.
You bet!
What a shame you are not getting more sunshine whilst Dee is free to go out and about with you! But actually the seaside is often less crowded when the day is cloudy and cool. Lovely pictures.
Actually, the temp was just right when we went to the seaside. Not too hot, not too cold, and best of all, not too crowded.
You have shown how the sea can lift a gray day – interestingly WP rejected your spelling of our grey
Thanks, Derrick! WP has its little ways, doesn’t it?
🙂
The sea has a special beauty on a gray day..
It surely does!
A lovely peaceful place.
It surely is!
Beautiful, even on a gray day. I love Maine. We stayed in Bremen last time we were there. I think that’s not too far (as the crow flies or the boat sails — not as the car drives) from where you took these photos.
Not too far even as the car drives.
What a beautiful rocky coastline Laurie, even on a grey day it looks like a lovely place to be 💙
Thanks, Xenia! It certainly is. The weather was actually pretty nice, not too hot, not too cold.
Beautiful! even on a grey day!
What an usually rccky coastline – at least to me … my experience with beaches is largely sandy.
We do have some sandy beaches, but most of Maine’s extensive coastline is rocky.
You have variety!
Beautiful pictures! I can smell the seaweed and the ocean from where I sit.
Many thanks!
Love the beautiful day and photos by the sea!!
I love these photos! What a lovely place to live I want to visit the New England area one day.
If ever you come to Maine…
xoxo-you KNOW it!
It’s been many, many years since I’ve seen the Maine coast. And I love that beach rose, too!
Thanks, Lavinia. The Maine coast is beautiful. Because of the distance—at least 50 miles—we don’t go often. But when we do, we really enjoy it.