Maine Musing! » Maine http://moosetique.com Backyard and beyond... Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:24:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The sounds of night at the lake… http://moosetique.com/the-sound-of-night-at-the-lake/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sound-of-night-at-the-lake http://moosetique.com/the-sound-of-night-at-the-lake/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:54:15 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=1462 We spent last weekend at the lake. The sounds at night are awesome. We hear many different frogs croaking and of course, the call of the loons. If you don’t have loons where you live, their haunting sounds are special. They are pretty black and white water birds with a big beak and red . . . → Read More: The sounds of night at the lake…]]> http://moosetique.com/the-sound-of-night-at-the-lake/feed/ 1 Ospreys have hatched… http://moosetique.com/ospreys-have-hatched/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ospreys-have-hatched http://moosetique.com/ospreys-have-hatched/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 02:06:09 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=1435 The Taste Of Maine restaurant in Woolwich, Maine has a webcam on a pair of ospreys that return each year to a man-made perch that was built fifteen years ago.  BioDiversity Research Institute has a live webcam located on the nest and to the delight of your writer and many others,  three chicks have . . . → Read More: Ospreys have hatched…]]> http://moosetique.com/ospreys-have-hatched/feed/ 0 Black fly season in Maine… http://moosetique.com/black-fly-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-fly-season http://moosetique.com/black-fly-season/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 02:38:58 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=1412 We spent last weekend at our camp at the lake.  We LOVE it there but with the thawing of the ice and melting of the snow and the warmth of spring comes the “not-so-nice” part of living in Maine. It is the dreaded black fly season!!

Maine is not the only place that has . . . → Read More: Black fly season in Maine…]]> http://moosetique.com/black-fly-season/feed/ 0 “Moose Mainea 2010″ in Greenville, Maine… http://moosetique.com/moose-mainea-2010-in-greenville-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moose-mainea-2010-in-greenville-maine http://moosetique.com/moose-mainea-2010-in-greenville-maine/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 02:49:53 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=1399 One of my favorite places to visit is the Moosehead Lake area. Why is this area among my favorite places to visit? Well, it is a place where you are almost guaranteed to be able to see my favorite animal, the moose!!  My daughter-in-law would disagree with this because we have never been able . . . → Read More: “Moose Mainea 2010″ in Greenville, Maine…]]> http://moosetique.com/moose-mainea-2010-in-greenville-maine/feed/ 0 Ahh—winter in Maine… http://moosetique.com/winter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winter http://moosetique.com/winter/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:31:36 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=1273 It has been a wild and wacky winter for much of the United States. Places that are usually warm were cold and had snow, places that are usually cold and snowy—well, not so much.

Our son and his wife, live in Maryland, close to Washington DC. I don’t need to tell you that they . . . → Read More: Ahh—winter in Maine…]]> http://moosetique.com/winter/feed/ 4 Historic BartlettYarns… http://moosetique.com/bartlettyarns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bartlettyarns http://moosetique.com/bartlettyarns/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:35:25 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=1242 I published this post last evening and got a nice email from Lindsey of BartlettYarns saying that they do give tours Monday – Friday from 9 to 3, as long as they have someone available to do it. If you would like a tour, give them a call at 207-683-2251 to be . . . → Read More: Historic BartlettYarns…]]> http://moosetique.com/bartlettyarns/feed/ 4 Toothpicks & Maine http://moosetique.com/maine_toothpicks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine_toothpicks http://moosetique.com/maine_toothpicks/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:48:31 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=1214 The hubby & I just had a nice bowl of popcorn for a snack this evening. So what, you say!  Well, immediately after eating the popcorn, I headed for the kitchen cabinet for a toothpick and decided to write this post.  What does a toothpick have to do with Maine? Once upon a time . . . → Read More: Toothpicks & Maine]]> http://moosetique.com/maine_toothpicks/feed/ 1 A Sunday Drive In Maine… http://moosetique.com/maine-sunday-drive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-sunday-drive http://moosetique.com/maine-sunday-drive/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:37:19 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=977 Click on any photo to enlarge. Yesterday we woke up to SUN!!  Most of this week has been pretty wet and cloudy so the sun was very welcome. Thunder showers were predicted for the afternoon but hubby and I decided to take a drive to Greenville, Maine for lunch or an early dinner, depending . . . → Read More: A Sunday Drive In Maine…]]> http://moosetique.com/maine-sunday-drive/feed/ 2 Fiddleheads http://moosetique.com/fiddleheads/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fiddleheads http://moosetique.com/fiddleheads/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 11:39:43 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=926 It’s spring in Maine and it is the time of year when folks thoughts turn to—fiddleheads!! What is a fiddlehead, you ask. As a native Pennsylvanian, it was a question that I asked when I first moved here. It’s hard to believe but that was over thirty years ago.

A fiddlehead, I was told, . . . → Read More: Fiddleheads]]> http://moosetique.com/fiddleheads/feed/ 6 Spring has sprung…marsh marigolds and black flies!! http://moosetique.com/spring-has-sprung/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-has-sprung http://moosetique.com/spring-has-sprung/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 02:45:59 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=893 After a very long winter—spring has finally sprung! Green and yellow are my favorite colors and spring is filled with them. I am always amazed by just how many shades of green that you can see in the spring. The grass, the trees, the plants shoving their way through the ground—all have their own . . . → Read More: Spring has sprung…marsh marigolds and black flies!!]]> http://moosetique.com/spring-has-sprung/feed/ 0