Our dry summer produced some of the most amazing New England foliage we've seen in years. We took a mid-fall stroll through Evergreen Cemetery right by our house to enjoy the peak colors.
It started like these things always start. We found a hornet in the bathroom. Soon we were taking apart the closet and sealing all the seams. Next we ended up removing all the wall hardware and sanding and patching and then painting all the walls. Next we replaced the sink and vanity and all the plumbing. Next we removed the old doors and sanded and refinished them. So it goes.
Another visit to St. George, Maine. We spent A LOT of time on the swing. May made quite a game out of it. Video inside.
We took in the fine views of the city at Fort Sumner Park on the East End of Portland. The park is the subject of some controversy of late as the condo building bonanza in the hood threatens to eclipse the view. Given Portland's present building boom, the situation is unfortunately not unusual.
We pulled the kids from school for the better part of the week in September to take them up to Amy's uncle's farm in Aroostook County Maine so they could learn about the potato harvest. This beast is the harvester. It was bought used several decades ago and subsequently customized to the hilt and meticulously maintained. That rusted disk in the foreground is a transfer plate that failed and put the machine out of commission for a couple days while the new part was shipped. That's only reason we were allowed to climb around on it during our visit.