Category Archives: Maine

posts about Maine and other States in New England

The Wedding

Well all the preparation is done, the chapel is decorated, as is the venue for the party afterwards. Its been a couple of crazy days for Kathy with late nights and early mornings. Not so much for me as I’ve … Continue reading

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Busy doing nothing

Well its Sunday, Mothers Day, mothering Sunday, or whatever. Well it is over here in the USA. Kathy took Jen down to Portland for a makeover before her wedding (which is next weekend) and then Jen is taking her out … Continue reading

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Cinco de Mayo

“Over 100 years ago, France started a war with Mexico.  In the Mexican city of Puebla, two forts blocked the advance of the French troops.  There were about 6,000 French and 2,000 Mexican soldiers.  The Mexicans were under the command … Continue reading

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Maine – here we come again


Well we’re off to Maine for nearly 3 weeks. We’ve got my step-daughters wedding to go to (I’m doing the photographs) and we want to spend time with Kathy’s mum and we want to go sightseeing. Kathy wants to go … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays

If there is one depressing thing about Thanksgiving it is what comes afterwards – yes that’s right: Christmas, or as they say in America “Holidays”. Now I know the UK is far from perfect but we don’t leap into the … Continue reading

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To the Coast


It was a wonderful sunny day and we had things to do. Kathy wanted to see the coast and I needed to get my shoes replaced and we needed to do some Christmas shopping. So lets combine them all into … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving

Well its the day of too much food and too much turkey, and too much beer. The Antacid manufacturers must love Thanksgiving and Christmas! We are at Kathy’s parents for Lunch and then we will head back to Sue and … Continue reading

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Let it snow!

Apparently whilst we were getting rained on in Maine it was snowing in England. Typical! Anyway it started snowing here yesterday – it did about half an inch and its still lying on the ground this morning and we have … Continue reading

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But cold is different

Well the rain has all gone now and the skies are clear. With clearing skies the temperature has dropped. Overnight it was 19°F (-7°C), it is currently (10am) 34°F (1°C) and temperatures are supposed to be staying low for the … Continue reading

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Rain is rain, no matter where you are

It was raining last night and it was raining this morning. We flew several thousand miles and all it can do is rain 🙁 Although at one point the rain also contained some rather damp snow flakes we didn’t actually … Continue reading

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