“If you work on a lobster boat, sneaking up behind someone and pinching him is probably a joke that gets old real fast.”

~Jack Handey

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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face.
~John Donne

I went out for a run around my property late this afternoon and got a couple cool pictures.

A bunch of ferns and pine trees on the edge of my land-in the deep woods- this scene was pretty green until recently.

…and the river, raging wild and natural- this is about a half a mile from my house- it turns into a smaller brook:

I love autumn in my area. It’s refreshing, colorful and crisp. Right now the colors are really starting to ripen and I could spend endless hours outside just looking and peeking and being in total awe of Mother Nature.

This time of year brings out the weirdo in me- I purchase dozens of bags of this stuff. It goes into one of those really small crock pots, with apple cidar and what an experience- the scent of fall lasts all day with no effort.

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Do you see anything odd in these pictures?? Keep in mind it is mid August. I snapped these Monday…

I just bought a house. The river is located on my property and this is the view from my back yard. And the little bush is on the wooden fence in the yard too.

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MIA since Thursday afternoon, I’ve been.

And for what? I went hiking. Not just any old hike though…no…a bunch of friends, my daughters and their BF’s embarked the Presidential Traverse up in the White Mountains. An unguided tour…It was freakin awesome.

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What does one do in Maine, on a hot sunny day in July or August? Besides going to the beach or sailing in the ocean, you can go blueberry picking. There are thousands of these fields up here…and the blueberries grow in abundance, uncultivated and wild-with no help from man. They are the best tasting berries- the wild ones.

And this morning, here’s what I did with some of the berries:

Yummy. Now to go make some of my own blueberry beer for later!!

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Hazy. Hot. Humid. Even in Maine on the coast. Can you FEEL it??

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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I’ve been back and forth between NH and Maine this week- 6 times (and a TON of cash wasted on gas!)– moving from Wells to Old Orchard. And getting settled in for the next four weeks. After work Sunday, I’m heading back up with no plan to return to NH anytime soon.

There’s an amusement park here, with lots of fun rides and cotton candy.

My new home away from home- a fifth floor mini apartment-over looking the pier- this is where I’ll be living for the next four weeks:

Ahhhh..the bed….with that awesome window over it, that allows in the scents and sounds of the ocean:

and bathroom lol:

It’s not as quiet up here as it is in Wells. Many more people, rich people too. It’s a good thing I know where to hide out on the beach too or I’d go NUTS being around all these snotheads.

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A little winding road leading to Baxter State Park in Maine.

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Mt. Katahdin coming up:

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Way cool huh??

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Ahh THE place to be when solitude is needed:

Trek a little further into the woods and we find this place:

…and this:

NOTHING is as awesome, though, as the mountains when they first see snow.

Mt. Lafayette:

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It’s 5am and I’m down in Gloucester MA. Sitting on a little strip of sand with my laptop- using a wireless connection that fades off and on. I love the early mornings -this is my favorite time of day. And I’m always awake and ready to GO. Just right now, there is NOTHING going on. NOTHING. In my hometown I would be at the gym at this unGAWDly hour. In this town, not even a 24 hour shop is to be found.

I was at a bar last night and want to share some thoughts about that experience. Sometimes I do really DUMB things. My friends always warn me NOT to do the very things I did last night. Do I listen to them? Most the time YEAH…but not this time.
Live and learn.
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