the case of the disappearing hastas

our gardens have really been neglected this year

we pretty much haven't done anything

except throw some mulch on them

they're bare

and sad

but we have a lot of hastas

and they require no maintenance

and just keep coming back for more

so imagine our surprise when several of our hastas

started to disappear

our sad gardens got even more sad

but our biggest surprise was the culprit...

twin fawns!!!

one morning sean woke me up early

and i got to see them nursing!!!

it was the most beautiful thing!

oh, and we've had a bear visit us...

multiple times!

fun and fear

another fun thing to do in maine
when people come to visit

or with local friends
is to go whitewater rafting

i actually use the word "fun" loosely
i've been before

and we did have a blast

but i'm deathly afraid of falling out
so this trip i served as the unofficial photographer

but all their surfing sure looked fun
so perhaps i'll join them next time....
or not

red sox

we headed out on our annual bus trip

with a bunch of friends

to the red sox game in boston

it's always a great time

looking forward to next years trip!

boys will be boys

we had our first visitors of the season
so we did a little fishing
well, the boys did
us girls, we were busy looking good - and watching
be sure to check out sean's prized catch here (click the word "here")

cruisin' in black and white

i decided to do some of the pics from our lobster cruise in b&w
enjoy!

day 159

cruisin'

one of our favorite things to do when we have guests

is hook up with robertson's sea tours

the captain is a lobsterman

that does tours on his lobster boat

last time we went we pulled traps

and learned all about lobstering

this trip the captain cooked us up some lobsters

right on his boat

no disrespect to my husband

but captain made the most perfectly cooked lobster i've EVER had!!!

we also got to cruise around to the different islands

and learn their history

and of course we had to see the puffins

they're so dang cute!

and we ran into a whole seal family

in which the baby came right up to the boat and barked at us

they're so dang cute, too!

and the best thing of all - duke got to go with us!

he also does whale watching cruises
definitely look him up if you're ever in maine!