Back to the trip to the North Conway, New Hampshire trip! Driving along the way for 2 1/2 hours interesting happenings are viewed. A beach in Maine? How wonderful. A silo which I've never seen like this one came into site. The trip took us through a one lane mountain going up and down and stopping along the way so approaching cars could get by! We pulled into the Starlight Lodge ready to unpack. Getting ready to exit the car we look over and Danny and Mary pull in right beside us. How's that for timing? The motel had a book of a few restaurants to try. First night we had dinner Barley & Salt which was out of this world. Leon ordered a Bloody Mary which I never saw him drink before, so that was quite a surprise. Kristina poured the rest of us a bottle of Prosecco to split. Then we looked at the table beside as a HUGE pretzel was served. I've never seen anything like this. What a great hors d'oeuvre! Off to the motel to play PicWits! (Kay, I just had to take that game as we sat and laughed all the way through it.) RED was the color for the evening. Sparkling and beautiful. The next day we drove through the mountains. What an outstanding site appeared, as they were large and simply inspiring. The White Mountain hotel awaited. The porch resembled a movie scene as golfers chipped away below us and the skies adding a bit of spark against the green all around. It's dinner time. I ordered a wedge salad which tasted out of this world. Blue cheese ruled and almost a whole head of lettuce sat on that plate. It could not all be eaten in one sitting. I brought half of it home and devoured the rest of it - tasting just as good. That came along with Leon's reuben sandwich as we sat eating a prepared dinner and reliving our weekend. On Monday we headed for home. A short vacation, spending time with best friends for 55 years (Leon figured it out), could not be beat. It's as if we were spending time with all the adventures experienced in the past. Can't wait to get together again as it's so much fun seeing dear friends.
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After a wonderful trip to New Hampshire I come home and look at the calendar: "Root canal - 10:30 on Tuesday." That's today! Above are instructions for the $1,700 dental work I just had done. There goes the required minimum IRA reduction for the year! More dental work to follow, along with the bills. Let's look at the good part of this adventure: it all takes place in back of my mouth with no visibility of the procedure showing the world. That's the good part. AND I get to drink Dairy Queen malts for a couple of days which provides the positive in this whole experience.
Spent the weekend in New Hampshire with our traveling buddies from Iowa. We've been friends for 40-some years and traveled together all over the world. More later, as I'm taking a nap right now with Spencer by side. I forgot the thing you transfer photos from the camera to the computer so the day-to-day happenings could not get shared.
It happened to be time for the Rockport Garden Club to have their summer hat party. So we gathered with Doris as hostess and enjoyed getting together for a wonderful lunch. The backyard swarmed with luscious settings all around, and enchanting plantings all over the place. What a magnificent setting! A glorious site. We sat inside the house and on the porch talking over lunch, chatting away as women do! Ice cream of all different flavors was a grand dessert tasting just right to end the meal. Thank you, Doris! Lunch couldn't have been better and your gardens more beautiful all over the place. If you want a wonderful, friendly group to share some time with, think about joining the Rockport Garden Club.
Attend our informative meetings and gatherings. It's really a wonderful place to meet new people. Nothing like a Sunday night dinner party complete with Leon creating a meal of steak, potato, salad and carrots - topped off with JoAnn's luscious dessert. Then yesterday we dined for lunch at Archer's in Rockland, catching up with friends from Oklahoma! I had a Cobb salad that was absolutely delicious while Leon went for the fish and fries. Our Oklahoma friends had not been in our recent house so we took a jaunt to our surroundings. Janet loved the ladies hanging on the wall made by my mother and her sister. After greeting everyone, Spencer happily lied down and took a rest. Janet, it's been too long. You must start making the trip to Maine every summer instead of skipping years. We'll have a pizza party the next time you are here inviting friends of yours who you always connect with when visiting. Love you both!
We were invited over to Mary Jo and Michael's for dinner on Saturday evening to a meal I have never experienced. It happened to be dim sum! I had no idea what the taste would be like. So, I dived in with chop sticks and found out that I LOVED IT. The table glowed with ocean colors and feathered the voice of that all around scrumptious meal. Mary Jo's mom joined us with those darling companions who would smile, just like the rest of us, and were so well behaved as we dined. The ocean scene sparkled like diamonds as a lovely background setting appeared. We ended our meal with a new recipe that Michael wanted to try. Of course, the angel food cake with raspberries and whipped topped the evening off. Each bite surpassed the one before in greatness. What a spectacular evening it turned out to be with good friends and a whole lot of happiness.
It happened to be a special Saturday as we spent the morning wandering through the most spectacular yard where grace and harmony emerged. Flowers and plants that have been in existence for 58 years at a place not far from the Goose River golf course in Rockport. The variety of green shouted throughout. The lily pond spoke volumes with many plantings hidden away in special places with tree trunks and branches playing a big part of the whole scene. Flowers magically popping out all around. I especially liked the simplicity of this basket holding a bit of elegance right on the grass in the middle of the whole display of beauty. Here sits that yellow-green that I love so much which steals and brightens the plantings beside it. Creative items sit among the plantings and make the flowers look like they belong right there. I love the the fish playing a part in this charm and glamour among the mass of green. Using his iPhone, Leon captures the plantings that may appear in our garden next year. We walked around stopping and admiring what a wonderful job these flowers make on the acreage right here close to home. The owners should take a huge bow in creating such brilliance.
I went to get the mail yesterday and found this sitting on the shelf along with other packages. A very special beach ball! It must have been a "girlfriends" outing, wanting to provide something special to the hostess. Their adventures were drawn and colored all over the ball. A wonderful artist certainly emerged in this group! I know they had a fabulous opportunity to get a taste of Maine and all it has to offer. The things Mainers occasionally take for granted and would not go to unless visitors were coming to town. Anyway, I have never seen a
THANK YOU quite like this one. Once again the Rose Cottage Bakery takes over for our usual delicious visit on Saturday mornings! It was spitting a few raindrops but that did not stop us from going for a weekend delight. Look at this! It was the first time I've ever seen a dog buddy wearing a raincoat while waiting in line. It's RED and so COOL. Notice the hood. The love of a dog is everything! While looking around my eyes land on this great pot of flowers appearing among the grasses. I must try this in our gardens at home. What a dynamic painting this would make. Back to the goodies we dived into. There happened to be a long line just waiting for a great selection to either take home or sit at the picnic table and talk with others. That's an added delight about visiting Megan on Saturdays.
As we approach the First Congregational Church to celebrate Nancy, these flowers spoke volumes sitting in boxes by the door. In my mind a happy feeling took over. She would have loved seeing their beauty displayed and their presence appreciated. Nancy, a good friend to many, sat right there among us - laughing at the humor she possessed that was shared by those in attendance. I was thinking throughout the whole ceremony the many experiences bonding us together. She loved life and cared for many. Good-bye, dear friend. Thanks for the treasured memories.
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