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And the Break Continues

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How time does fly. I had planned to return to blogging in June, but then the days slipped by until it was July. Now comes the Maine International Film Festival (July 12-21), and let’s just say that when you plan to see 32 movies in 10 days, there won’t be much energy left for blogging.

So now I’m shooting for the end of July or the beginning of August. I’ve missed the blogging community, and I’m looking forward to returning.  As time has allowed, I’ve checked in on blogging friends, and I will be much more diligent when I return full time.

So what’s been happening? I’ve been working on my novel Darcy Dansereau, but have yet to finish it. We had a wonderful Fourth of July holiday with our daughter Shannon and her husband Mike.

It’s been horribly hot—for Maine—in the 90s with high, high humidity. If I wanted heat like this, I’d move south. As it is, I’m looking longingly at northern Maine, where the temps are 10 to 7 degrees cooler.

But the biggest news is that our daughter Dee will soon be getting an electric car, a Tesla, and our electrician Steve Wight, has installed the charger. A very exciting time for us. Before long, we will be tooting here and there in an electric car.

Unlike the humans, the flowers have liked this heat and humidity. It has rained enough to keep them and this gardener happy. The astilbes were especially lovely, and I’ll end this post with photo of these pink beauties.

Until the end of July or the beginning of August.

56 thoughts on “And the Break Continues”

  1. Happy writing, hope the movies are great, and the electric car is exactly what she is hoping for. 🙂 As for the heat and humidity which is the equivalent of a swamp down here, I’m thinking New Englanders are going to start being ‘Heat Birds’ looking for a cooler place in the summer months. 🙂 I haven’t really been gardening because it is just too miserable out there. I pick raspberries, do a couple of things, and head back in. We need this to move on out of here. 🙂 Enjoy your time away.

    1. Ha! Heat birds. You got that right. I have been dreaming of moving to the Caribou/Presque Isle area. It’s where my grandmother was born. I even checked to see if they have high-speed internet. They do. 😉

  4. Enjoy the film festival Laurie and so good to be driving all electric 😊 Wishing you happy writing too! 💖

  5. Your astilbe is gorgeous! We have the mid 90s and humidity too, but my rain gauge is gathering dust, I’m sorry to say. Everything is brown and crunchy outside.

    Enjoy the film fest! And persevere with your writing!

  14. 32 movies in ten days! You have an impressive appetite for foreign films. I’m always afraid I’ll get something horribly depressing like the French ones my mother thought would be good for practicing French when I was a kid!

    1. Yes, we are foreign film fools. 😉 And some of them are indeed mighty depressing. Bummer films, we call them. But also, in many cases, very good.

  17. Hi Laurie, welcome back!

    I can see why you will need more time, you’ll be very busy with all those movies. Lucky you! We have just come home from seeing a lovely French movie, called “A Great Friend” you’d love it.

    Have fun, and hi to your family…

  18. It’s nice to get an update, Laurie, I had wondered about your extended break.

    Other than the heat, it sounds as though you are staying busy with mostly fun activities and I hope things will continue in this vein.

    Enjoy the writing and the upcoming film festival!

  19. Those pink astilbes are beautiful, Laurie!

    Enjoy the time off! I wish it were cooler for you, and I am glad we don’t have your humidity in summer. It was 101 here in the shade today. Summer heat has gone crazy across the country.

    1. The astilbes were beautiful this year, and apparently liked the weather. However. I wouldn’t wish this humidity on anyone. So true that summer heat has gone crazy across the country. Along with our politics.

  20. Hi, Laurie – Thank you for the catchup. I’ve wondered how you’ve been doing. I totally understand and appreciate the extended blogging break. I’ve taken a few of them myself. And  32 movies in 10 days?! That’s very impressive. Please let us know more about that when you can.

    See you when you’re back!

  21. Hope you enjoy the film festival. The one here is due to start in August but none of the films we want to see are on at times we can get to unless we take time off work.

    See you when you are back!

  24. I’m a big fan of the London Film Festival, which takes place every October, so it’s great to see have an event in Maine. I hope you enjoy whatever you manage to see. (I’m off to check out the programme right now…)

    1. We are lucky to have this event in a small, rural state. We have been going to the film festival for years and have seen a wide variety of movies we wouldn’t normally see. I bet the London Film Festival is really good.

  25. I could do with just a little of that warmth here right now. The paddocks are white with frost and I’m procrastinating heading out into them by talking to you ☺️ Enjoy the films, good luck with your book, and see you back here soon!

  27. Our summer is proving cool and damp which the plants are not enjoying too much! If only we could even things out so you were cooler and we were warmer. Enjoy the films and the electric car. I shall look forward to hearing from you when ou are ready to return.

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