Maxism
Max’s favourite fluffy toy, a white Bunny, is the subject of a tragic washing accident. Washed with one of Dad’s red shirts, Bunny is now a delightful shade of pink. Thankfully, Mummy was in charge of that wash. Bunny is returned to Max without comment and he says nothing too. Four days later, we are […]
The North American life
I really do not miss owning and driving a car. We have just returned from a thousand mile trip through Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Quebec and Ontario. And whilst the driving has been fairly troublefree, and the kids mainly quiet and well behaved in the car, it’s still a lot more fun to go by […]
Our trip to Canada
We’ve just returned from a hectic week of visiting north of the border. One of our family friends in Brockville, Ontario, had to have heart surgery and we felt it was time to visit, which was also a good change to stop at Montreal and see Gesa’s parents and her sister and family. So we […]
A warm welcome in Pemaquid
Weren’t we going to Damariscove, lovely lonely island, one of the earliest European settlements in the New World? Well yes but the weather has a way of changing our plans and once again, wonderful, serendipitous things happen as a result. The evening before departure, we listened to the weather forecast, as usual, to hear predictions […]
New friends and local celebrities
We’ve just spent a delightful couple of days on Isle au Haut, a small island with some fifty year round residents and a small set of summer visitors. Now, Isle au Haut has some interesting connections. Some of you may know that one of my favourite books is ‘The Hungry Ocean’, a simple but brilliant […]
The Great Acadian Chipmunk
Here’s Issie on our walk. On the way were frequent piles of rock, each one a carefully balanced set of four rocks in a bridge like shape. “What are these, Daddy?” ask the children. “Ah, well, those are the territory markers of the Greater Arcadian Chipmunk, they are nocturnal creatures who come out and mark […]
Photos from Isle Au Haut
A few recent shots, being: – Family photo from the forest walk – Sunset over little Flake Island, just the other side of our anchorage – Max walking through the marshland (on a log path) – Issie on the trail
Hiking the trails
As we know from elsewhere, one of the things the USA does really well is National Parks. Here on Mount Desert Island (or MDI as it’s known), a large part of the island is the Acadia national park. With a huge network of well marked and maintained trails, frequent free buses, low entry fees (fairly […]
Issie takes a dip
Sand Beach, Acadia national park, and we go to play on the beach after a short hike along the shoreline. The water is 13’C. We’re not going in – except Issie the mermaid, that is. She wants to go play in the waves so it’s into her costume and she’s having a great time, until […]
Pulpit Harbor
Another email from Gesa that I have adapted for our latest blog entry – this is the lazy way of blogging! We have moved on after two fun days in Rockland. After our busy day on the train trip, we had a leisurely breakfast and anotherquick run into town to another great bookstore and coffee […]