My Small Garden, Ledyard,CT

Howdee all,

Here are the photos i promised.

My small garden space..see the side of Homey on the right in the photo below?

The neighbors house to the left. My fathers work shed in the back right.

I purchased the Iron rockers and table at Home Depot,I purchased the two trellis boxes online..

The umbrella is from Job Lot 

    My sicksta Adele provided the coleus..

i have four different kinds   My sicksta Lori and her hubby provided three different vines and the Cleome..And the tomato plants..of which are several different varieties.

The lettuce plants, they gave me, have bolted ..but were yummy while they lasted.

I purchased a few color changing Solar lights from Job lot..

They look beautiful in the day..and when they work, are very cool at night.

My Father bought this solar cardinal for my garden.

A nice place to sit and watch the birds

I have a few feeders out on either side of the planters.I also put some water for a bird bath..

        A nice summer retreat. Lantana Sonset

Hibiscus Rum runner   Thats all ..Hope you enjoyed my Small garden tour…

Tonight we go to a concert..

Willie Nelson..

any Willie Fans out there?

                

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maple seeds

Howdee all,

I took this photo back in May while visiting Sicksta Dell.

I really love the color of these seeds.

This is the same photo cropped and I addded color Pop via Windows live writer..

I hope you are all having a wonderful summer..

I created a small garden next to Homey at mom and dads..

I will take a few photos to show you what it looks like next post.

Mystic, CT ..walking around town

Howdee all,

 

It was a beautiful day, Mom, Sicksta Tink and I decided to walk downtown Mystic and do some girly shopping.

The Oyster house has a beautiful garden… I took a few photos of our day..The Drawbridge..   The River… A Swan family…

  Out for lunch..Sampling the Local faireIts been so hot lately..   I was wishing I was floating in that water… I hope you are all staying cool this summer.

I have been doing most my blog reading on my itouch lately.

So if I don't comment..it is because I am reading from an RSS reader called Byline.

It doesn't allow you to comment on blogs.

I wish there was an RSS reader that somehow hooked up to the comment sections of blog posts…

Until then..i read, and mostly don't comment unless I am online with my Laptop.

I am trying to balance my online time…and enjoy summer and still read the blogs I so love to read.

How do you all keep up with blog reading these days?

Do you take Blogger Vacations?

♥Gorham mountain trail to the Bowl Acadia NP

Howdee all,

♥

Our last full day in Acadia NP :(

We started the morning bright and early with a ranger led birding program.

Black throated Blue, Chestnut sided warblers, Common Yellowthroat, Hermit and Wood thrush, Cedar Waxwings, Crows, Peregrine Falcon and more seen and heard that morning.

 

 

Jeff and Samarrah were tired after the early bird walk so we went back to camp so they could nap.

We were all excited about the first family..the Obamas being in Bar Harbor.

We thought there might be a possibility of seeing them, but we  didn't go out to pursue them.

If we had we may have seen them.

Instead we decided to hike Gorham Mountain, a hike that Jeff and I have done several times,usually in the fall. We prefer going to the island then..much quieter.

 

Gorham Mountain

Difficulty-easy-moderate

Miles- 3 mile round-trip

 

 

 

This is not a difficult trail. You will be hiking uphill for most of the hike..but the elevation at the summit is only 525 feet.

There are many ways to get to the summit.

We took the trail from the Gorham Mountain parking lot, a bit past Thunder hole.

Rocks, Rocks and more Rocks

The trail starts out on slabs of rocks…

    The trail lined with Conifers and blueberry.

If you visit in July and August, you have the extra bonus of ripe Maine blueberries.

This is for you sicksta Dell

More rocks than you can fit in your yard.

  

“…..a plaque honoring Waldron Bates - Pathmaker. He was the first to utilize stone stairways and iron rung ladders in the trails to help hikers traverse cliffs, talus slopes (the sloped mass of rocks at the base of a cliff), and other steep areas.”

   More rocky uphill

A view of fog starting to come in.

   Follow the blue blazes..

   I always enjoy this trail..

Not very difficult

  Stone steps…

Thanks Walden Bates..

Oh..are we there yet?

Jeff and Samarah wait..I am a much slower hiker  This is Gorham Mountain's false summit where you will have an open view of Otter Cliff, Otter Point, Baker Island, and the Cranberry Island.When its not so foggy..

the fog was just starting to roll in at about 4pm.    We continue to the summit Still more uphill… Follow the Cairns. Which cairn do you like?I liked them all.. 

So you are forced to look at them.. close your eyes or speed thru this part…  I am putting them all here…ok..you need a cairn break..

how about some nice paving stones.. Or boulders to follow..  Or..

More Cairns..  Yep..not at the top yet..

follow the Cairns..   I know what you are going to say..

OH NO..NOT MORE CAIRNS! Yep..turn the page if you don't want to see them :):)

I personally think they are lovely!

  The fog getting thicker.. And guess what…

Summit! We are all hungry. Luckily we packed Peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches. This little fella smelled them and decided to wait until we were done.We didn't feed it, but it still looked around after we left. It found a few granola bar crumbs.       OH NO..

oh yes…Cairn..

We take trail toward the Beehive trail. Toward the Bowl

This time we walk downhill… Past large slabs of rock.. Sorry Sickstas..I couldn't carry these back for you. This looked like wild cranberry to me..but, I am used to it growing in a bog.

This was a wet area..but not a bog. Growing along side this were theses huge blueberries..much larger than most found on the trail.  This area is very damp..mushrooms growing out of moss.  We walk along a watery path. Tiny red mushrooms..To the pond..at the Bowl.

The pond was getting fogged in as well.  We followed the trail part way around the lake. We had distant views of a Beaver..taking a freshly cut log to its home.We saw small beetles..

Anyone know who this is? It was time to head back.. It was getting late.. We had more Cairns to follow..Rocks to pass.. Boulders to look at… Did I say more cairns?We hiked up.. Past more of these Rock thingys… And trees coming out of rocks..

And water resting in rock..   And more..humm..fog..

(did you see the cairn?)

Fog getting thicker..   Ha..last cairn..  Almost at the bottom..    Another wonderful hike in Acadia National Park..

A week was not long enough in this wonderful park.

We had no time to kayak, bike, go on a whale watch…etc etc..

We will be back..for more fun and frolicking.

and…

More Cairns!

♥I love Acadia National Park♥