Thanks to Carla for her remarks re my blog, Carla, I’m applying for a passport so I can get back into my own country from Canada.   But I’d love to catch up with you and your kids and your doings.

Thank you also, Glen, for your review on Lilac Place , its  most appreciated.

I notice that Dr. George Skala has posted on my Blog.   He is one fantastic chiropractor , is not abone cracker, but uses stretches and sometimes heat packs. All manipulation is done gently , carefully  and thoroughly and NOT in a rush. Love his new office in Bucksport – what a view of the Penobscot River!

And, Liz has posted the Fort Ticonderoga events.   She is a volunteer in the gardens at the Fort – and also dresses in period costume at times.

Some exciting news.   A little over 1 mile N.E. of Lilac Place ,  The Good Kettle is opening soon.It is on Rte. 1- just past  the junction of Main St. & Rte 1 (walkable).   The Good Kettle will feature fine wine & cheese, along with take-out and soup & sandwiches.   The folks opening it are famous locally for their knowledge of wines & cheese and for  the beautiful ambiance they create.   I just know in our heart of hearts that this will be a success and I wish them all the best in the world.

An absolutely fabulous webpage is briloon.org – run by the Biodiversity Research Institute .  There are live cams watching the nests of eagles, peregrines, osprey, loon and finch.

A friend & I are going Downeast for a folk concert in Lubec.   While I’m not a big folk fan, I do like to see and hear Dave Mallett.   He has some wondrous songs, including The Garden Song, I Miss Main Street and FIRE.   I Miss Main Street is about a guy coming home only to find his town looked like every other town in the U.S. – big box stores with none of the friendly little merchants he knew.   FIRE – oh the first time I heard it the tears ran down my face as I recalled our 1st B & B in Maine burning up.   We’d only been there 3 months and how we loved our large Italianate Victorian on the banks of the St. Croix River, with tides reaching 22′.   Check out   DavidMallett.com

LATER:  The  Dave Mallett concert in Lubec was wonderful and I must say that the Peacock House, a B & B Inn, is tops in my book and I highly recommend it. Owners Sue & Dennis know exactly what they are doing and they present it perfectly.   Very friendly atmosphere – extremely comfortable and exquisitely clean with a homely charm that makes you want to go back again and again.

A raccoon frequents the backyard during the night.   This like masquerauder has now broken the bird bath, pulled down the hummingbird feeder, taken down the suet feeder eating the contents and pushed over a black-oiled sunflower feeder.    So far the only things that have found the hummingbird feeders are the ants and the raccoon(s).

Wonderful website out there called  ehow.com –   Told me how to unstick old photographs and then it told me how to get rid of the rascal squirrels at the feeder.  So – I purchased a bulk of cayenne pepper – extremely hot – mixed it with the bird seed and… never saw a squirrel leave a place so fast in my life. I can deal with that ;-)

I’m remiss for not writing every day – but I have such a good reason.   In this past week I’ve decided to open a new business and am going forth with it.  So – doing about 16 hours per day and the doors keep opening and all is working so smoothly and going so fast that I’m both walking on clouds and my head is spinning.

More on this later.

JULY – summer is definitely here – and our beautiful Maine Wildblueberries are very early this year.   Will be on the market this week and we can’t wait. Raspberries are almost over – and strawberries are gone.   Back to Driscoll’s strawberries.

Eastern corn is now available – and I came up with a fabulous recipe that you might like.    Cut the corn off the cob (doesn’t have to be today’s corn) saute it lightly with chopped garlic and a little curry powder.   Toss in some chopped parsley, a tad of salt & pepper and serve.   If you like garlic – you’ll love this way of using yesterday’s corn.