This picture was taken from Otter Point on a great day when the waves were crashing gloriously against the rocks. We sat and watched until we got too hungry and had to leave. It's actually a little astonishing that we were able to ever get hungry, considering how often we ate on this trip. Amazing what bringing teenagers along will do.
One of my favorite hikes was around Jordan pond where we got this nice shot.
Those are the Bubbles in the background. The story, supposedly, is the man that donated this particular piece of Acadia named them for his girlfriend's nickname - because they reminded him of her. Not sure if that story was true or not. The character that relayed it told a few other whoppers so who knows. The character's name is Charlie and he was our carriage driver for our trip down memory lane on the old Carriage trail built by Rockefeller in the early 1900's
Another great hike was with just me and the SigO. We hiked along Jordan stream, which passes under this bridge. 
The best part of the hike was when we unexpectedly came out on a beautiful meadow completely surrounded by trees and mountains and covered in Blueberry bushes. There was a single old tree smack in the middle of the meadow that stood sentinel over it all.
We started the 4th off with a parade in Bar Harbor. It was a funny little parade since it seemed it was open to anyone who owned a business on the island. So we had a truck full of lumberjacks, another full of firemen, one for a tree service, a local construction company, and most entertaining, one for a local go-kart business
They had tracks mounted over a yellow SUV and would zip up and over this truck. Definitely the most entertaining part of the parade. I'm not sure who these guys were supposed to be:
but they played some mean bagpipes. None of them lifted their kilt for me though - pretty rude of them, don't you agree?
Since the SigO broke my circular needles, I really only had the socks to work on while we were there. I admit, I got more knitting done during the driving than any other time. We spent most of our time there hiking, swimming, shopping and eating. I did manage to finish my March STR Sock of the month. 
They look really great, and I'm excited to start on May's, but I've done so many socks lately I think I'm going to take a break and do a top or something for a while.
I also finished the July BOM from my Carol Doak quilting group. 
This is the second one I've designed on QuiltPro before sewing it up. I'm starting to get limited by my diminishing supply of indigos, unfortunately. The Quilt Odyssey is only a few weeks away and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the guys that sold me these indigos are there again this year. I'd really like to do a sister quilt of this on, this time in Blue and White instead of Black and Blue.
Finally, for the "awwwwwww" factor, look what we found in a hanging plant in my back yard:
You'd think this less than a stable environment to start a family, but who am I to judge. Also, just because I really love my new weeping pine, I thought I'd include this picture of the right hand corner of my yard. 
I used to have a big old pear tree in this corner, but it had been pecked so much by local woodpeckers that it was mostly dead by the time I moved in. Everytime a slight windstorm came through another piece of the old gal would blow off, so we cut it down several years ago and I just recently got around to replacing it with this pine. The plants around the pine are Patriot Hostas - really loving that something is finally blooming in my back yard. I wasn't sure that was possible.
So, it may be back to the real world for me, but with a life like this, who's complaining. Right?
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