September 16, 2009 9:05 PM

Nice and comfy!

Even though it’s about 53 degrees outside and the cottage is un-insulated, the fire currently going in the wood stove keeps us nice and warm. Now that it’s almost fall, the days are comfortable, if not a little cool – but the nights are getting chilly. We could sit out on the deck on Sunday and Monday but that’s not possible today.

However, the day itself was partly cloudy when we made our trip to the botanical garden. Even though it’s getting very late in the New England gardening year, there was a surprising amount of color that abounded in the flowers and plants that they had on exhibit. There are approximately 2 miles of trails to be walked in order to take in the whole of the place. These trails are no where near as rugged as the ones that we negotiated on Monday on Monhegan Island but they would have been daunting enough for me a year ago. Today they were no problem at all. I’m sure that my doctor would have approved of the outdoor environment, the length of the walk, and the leisurely pace that we took to make our way around.

The highlight of the visit was not any of the plantings but a wind sculpture that they had! It’s graceful motions as it’s arms captured the oncoming wind gusts were something to behold. It is literally poetry in motion!

Afterwards we ate at a dockside restaurant in Boothbay Harbor, stopped at a pottery shop, and came on back home.

It is my intention to try to post Tuesday’s, Wednesday’s, and Thursday’s entries on the web on Friday morning. After that we’ll be back home and resume our usual routine – ugh!

As we watch the trees slowly make their transition into their fall colorings, it was another beautiful, late summer day that only New England can provide.

No trip to Maine is ever complete without a trip to the outlet stores in Freeport.

Tomorrow guess where we will be…

Bob