Wednesday July 11, 2012

Morning coffee on the deck.  Another sunny, glorious day.  Watching the birds feed and listening to their merry song.

Boats go out and boats come in...a morning ritual for the fishermen.

Tuesday July 10, 2012

Drinking coffee on the deck this morning before getting ready for another glorious sunny day with a gentle breeze.  Watching the boats go out and the boats come in.

It was time to stake the beans...the runners need a place to climb.  There are small yellow squash, tiny Scotia tomatoes and bush cucumbers are full of blooms.

Also have tiny peppers of different varieties.  Danny likes them hot but I like sweet banana peppers.

Scotia tomatoes staked front row, then kale  and back 3 rows are peppers.

I added some hanging flower baskets with my bird houses.

   Added a Welcome Summer Sign.

Added Janice's Garden sign....I need to scrape and paint the fence to finish the project now the garden is growing.

Monday July 9, 2012

My second week of retirement and so nice not to have a schedule.  Up at 6:00, the sun is shining, clear skies and 60 degree temp. with a nice breeze.

I went out on the deck with a cup of coffee in hand to watch the lobster boat loaded with traps go out to sea.  Then at 7:00, Danny and I went for a morning walk downtown along the water.  A leisure stroll, no shops open yet except for Dastardly Dicks coffee shop, Moose Island Bakery and Liberty Cafe Greek restaurant serving breakfast.

We opted to come home for breakfast and enjoy my own cooking...a bacon, egg and cheese on English muffin and a cup of tea.

Danny has gone to Calais to buy lumber to build me some flower boxes and I think I will bake some bread.

Life is good.

Monday July 2, 2012

My first week of retirement, sitting on the deck watching the fishing boats go out to sea.

Herb Garden 2012

July 2012 Summer Garden is growing good - harvested kale twice.

 The herb and flower garden.  I ran out of room in the vegetable garden and planted peas and beet greens with my salvia, lavender, rosemary, thyme, sage and mint.

Calendula and marigolds the deer won't eat.  The screens and tin plate with Irish Spring soap shavings are to protect from the deer.

June 2012 Summer Garden

 Danny built me a potting shed.  His last day of work was June 11th.  He is officially retired and has planned projects for the summer.  Yeah!!!

I will retire June 30th from the Quoddy Tides Newspaper and my project is to paint the picket fence.

 I planted Scotia tomatoes, kale, and assorted peppers in this garden, with herbs basil, dill, parsley and cilantro in the pots.

 The corner bed is strawberries.

 The second bed has bush cucumbers, yellow and zucchini squashes, chives and Kentucky wonder green beans.

No garden is complete without some flowers and a pumpkin or two.

May 28, 2012

 The beginning of a raised vegetable garden with picket fence to protect from the deer.

The finished garden fence.

Memorial Day ...planted the vegetables and grilled hamburgers.

 Love to plant flowers.

March 3, 2012

Another snow on March 3, 2012.

February 12, 2012

 the day after the storm.

February 11, 2012

the snow began falling about 7:00am and still snowing at 2:00pm