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 “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 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 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 School Vacation http://moosetique.com/school-vacation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=school-vacation http://moosetique.com/school-vacation/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:13:56 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=707 I took a trip down Route 95 yesterday to visit our daughter in Lisbon, Maine, about a hundred miles from my home. Our granddaughter is staying with her for the week of school vacation and it was a bonus to be able to visit with both of them. It was a beautiful sunny, warm . . . → Read More: School Vacation]]> http://moosetique.com/school-vacation/feed/ 0 U.S. National Toboggan Championships—Camden Snow Bowl http://moosetique.com/toboggan-championships/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toboggan-championships http://moosetique.com/toboggan-championships/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:30:15 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=672 The Camden Snow Bowl, home of the U.S. National Toboggan Championships,  is just north of Rockland and south of Belfast on Route 1. The mountain is  located about three miles off Route 1— you’ll find it by following the signs.

The mountain is not a large one. The base elevation is 150′ above sea . . . → Read More: U.S. National Toboggan Championships—Camden Snow Bowl]]> http://moosetique.com/toboggan-championships/feed/ 1 Jonathan Buck’s Cursed Tomb http://moosetique.com/cursed-tomb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cursed-tomb http://moosetique.com/cursed-tomb/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:48:42 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=615 As promised in my last post, today I will tell you about a local legend of Bucksport, Maine. When the nearby Penobscot Narrows bridge was being built, the Bangor Daily news reported: ” Blasting near the bridge revealed “a granite seam in the ledge that looks remarkably like a human footprint, toes and all.”  . . . → Read More: Jonathan Buck’s Cursed Tomb]]> http://moosetique.com/cursed-tomb/feed/ 0 Penobscot Narrows Bridge http://moosetique.com/penobscot-narrows-bridge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=penobscot-narrows-bridge http://moosetique.com/penobscot-narrows-bridge/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:14:23 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=558 Have you visited the Penobscot Narrows Bridge yet? It is one of Maine’s newest wonders and quite a sight to see. The bridge opened in May of 2007 and a one minute elevator ride on the fastest elevator in Maine (well—fastest in New Hampshire and Vermont too) will take you to the top of . . . → Read More: Penobscot Narrows Bridge]]> http://moosetique.com/penobscot-narrows-bridge/feed/ 3 Going to Bangor… http://moosetique.com/bangor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bangor http://moosetique.com/bangor/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:27:55 +0000 glbuzz http://moosetique.com/?p=332 Yesterday was grocery day…YUK!!  I don’t like shopping at all and I especially don’t like grocery shopping (although I sure do love to eat ). We have a very nice small grocery store in Corinth but a couple of times a month, I head for the big city of  Bangor. Bangor may not be . . . → Read More: Going to Bangor…]]> http://moosetique.com/bangor/feed/ 4