Cold and Rainy, Mainly

Apparently we brought good weather to Maine as our first seven days were gorgeous. Then our luck ran out and it was cold and rainy today, as it apparently has been all summer.

Karen and I took this weather as a sign that we should move more slowly today. So we hung at home while Russ worked and eventually got ourselves out the door and on our adventures for the day.

Karen’s husband Nick had requested that Karen bring back the same yummy jam from Beth’s farm market as she had last year. Well, not exactly the same, just the raspberry and the traffic jam. I agree that those are superior flavors. So we set out for Beth’s.

Beth’s is the most excellent farm stand in Maine. You see hand painted signs for it all over, which leads you to believe it is close by. It ain’t. The first time I went to Beth’s I kept thinking it must be just around the corner. I warned Karen that it was going to be a leisurely drive. She is such an easy going fun friend it was fine with her… until my low tire pressure light came on. Karen was worried I had driven over a nail. I was fairly certain it was just that I had driven my little car so far without putting air in the tires.

To be safe we pulled into the first gas station and drove around the whole thing until we found the air. It’s $1.50 for 3 minutes of air these days. I remember when air was free! So we looked at all the tires and took the caps off to be ready to fill them up. It was raining so this was a miserable task. It took 9 minutes worth of air to make sure the tires were OK. Thank goodness I have a husband who believes you should have a tire gauge in the glove box. Karen took a photo of me filling the tires and when she went to look at it could not stop laughing at what a horrible photo it was. I told her the more horrible the more likely I am going to post it.

Once we were back in the safe zone tire wise we toddled off to Beth’s. They never disappoint, but we were lucky to be there early as they only a few jars of raspberry. If Nancy had been with us they would be wiped out. From Beth’s we went the long way through Union to Camden.

The rain was relentless which of course made finding a parking place tough. Eventually we found one and had a nice wet walk to Petter Ott’s for a yummy lunch, of which the star was the lobster and corn chowder. Thank goodness they do not use flour to thicken their soup.

After lunch we went in an expensive store of things no one needs, like a $145 little brush to sweep crumbs out of your cup holder, or a crystal to put an essential oil on when you practice meditation, just $135. Karen and I decided to go visit Warren at 10 Mechanic his antique store.

I found the buy of the century a bread box for $18. The tag had to be a mistake, but that is what they sold it to me for.

The afternoon was spent stitching and talking and chopping up vegetables we bought at Beth’s for the dinner we made. It was a wonderfully Maine day, but we would like to bring back the sunshine, at least on the days I have to check the tire pressure.