Maine

The view from Five Islands Lobster Co

A scrumptious shrimp salad with fresh greens, blueberries, strawberries, oranges, and poppy seed dressing

Harpswell Harbor at Sunset - Summer Perfection

My parents' beautiful garden. Their green thumbs never cease to amaze me.

Me picking flowers in the garden. I cannot recall a time where I was more relaxed. I love Maine in the summer.

Mae.  No explanation needed.

Isabelle. One tired, hot kitty.

My family's secret beach (there's never anyone there!). 

Parents picking sea lavender (only looks like lavender - no smell)

I love Maine!

I'm back from a week in Maine. Well, first, an Indian wedding in Boston with all my lovely college friends and then home for a week with my dear family. Goodness but I am a blessed girl. The week was full of sunshine, sweet parents, adorable animals, soul-inspiring food, and moments of pure simplicity and authentic living. I was so relaxed and in love with the Maine summer (much easier to idealize when one lives in sweltering Northern Virginia). The experience sealed the fate that I will one day return to live in the country, and, most likely, that country will be in Maine. It's tattooed on me somewhere that I must return. I constantly feel that dream of owning a little house in the woods and spending my weekends adventuring to seaside 'scapes or mountain abodes (with my kayak and bike strapped to my car). Someday!