So on a rainy Saturday afternoon (we left the Bridgton art show in decent weather, did a little shopping at the farmers’ market and Reny’s, then stopped at the new big Hancock Lumber yard across route 302 from Hannafords, got a pound of 4 penny finishing nails to make a triangle frame loom, then stopped …
Daily Archives: July 25, 2006
Art in the Park
Bridgton was having an outdoor art show on Saturday. We like Bridgton anyway, so it was pretty logical to go. The show was at Shoney Park at the far end of town, sort of right at the outlet of Highland Lake. After about four booths we walked over a pedestrian bridge that crossed the brook …
Blackberry status report
My father used to have a riddle, “what’s red when it’s green?” The answer was “a blackberry”, and in the question “green” has to mean “not yet ripe.” These are starting to get there. Maybe Anne will find them next weekend. Maybe the birds will beat us to them. Watch out for thorns!
Butterfly on flowers
A former co-worker of mine used to like taking pictures of insects on flowers. We had one butterfly that seemed to want to pose for me, so I’ve joined the insect-on-flower picture crew. — on some cucurbit, I think it’s probably a gourd but there may be pumpkins in this tub also — on black-eyed …
Blueberry pie
Unfortunately (because the wild blueberries have more flavor) this was made with cultivated blueberries, not wild ones. I got a pint of blueberries at the Bridgton farmers’ market (after having a long chat with the woman there about blueberries and raspberries and picking the latter) and added a cup or so of supermarket blueberries, then …