Sunday, August 9, 2015

Meanwhile…back on the road


I have several a photos to share from the trip and  I’m not sure as I type this if I’m going to continue with another post of the vacation or keep it to just this final one.

So I left off with my last blog post with us leaving Lancaster with our goal of Maine being the furthest point we would go.

We started out on Saturday the 11th and headed north east and stopped in to see a friend, Ellie Edgeworth,  who owns HOME AT LAST.
If you get a chance when you are in that area stop in and say hi to Ellie.
She has a beautiful shop full of wonderful Colonial and Primitive treasures.
71 Mill Rock Road E.
Old Saybrook, CT
We didn’t have a lot of time to visit with her as she was closing early but we did get a chance to see her shop and visit briefly.
Home At Last
Me and Ellie 1 

 
Being it was peak vacation time and we were not but a few miles from Mystic, CT and other vacation spots, the traffic was horrendous and we knew we’d never get a hotel in this area so we soldiered on for a few hours until traffic let up and then stopped for the night.
The next day we headed on into Maine.
We hit Wells, Maine and I swear it was a sea of people.
We drove up Route 1 along the ocean and people watched. 
There was no getting out along the ocean as there was not a parking place to be found.

During our ride through the towns for the couple days we were there, we found a few antique shops and a wonderful Flower Farm….among a few of the ones we stopped at.

We did see this wonderful piece – can’t remember the name of the place and I didn’t get a receipt either.
When I saw it I thought “Is this for real”…I spotted a butter churn and the price was $65…WHAT?
Well needless to say it ended up in our car.

Butter Churn
It did finally find a resting place on the mantle with the other crocks – we liked it better up there than on the hearth.
It will stay there until Christmas at least.
Crocks on fireplace

This shop was wonderful – it was really nicely done inside as well….and their prices were good too.
Antique Store Maine
We found this great tin mold there – the store owner asked if we noticed the copper underneath the design – which we didn’t at first. 
Very glad we bought it as I’ve never seen one like it.
New mold copper
Mew mold
One thing we were afraid of though was that we would stop at too many antique shops and find things and be ‘antiqued out’ by the tie we got to Brimfield LOL

So after a couple days of driving around we made our last stop in Portland, Maine.
Every day of our vacation was wonderful and hot….too hot for me but our day in Portland was a beast!
101 and humid – I thought I would die.
Temperature in Portland
We did find a spot to sit for a soda at a pier restaurant/bar.
The red you see on me is HEAT…not sunburn!
I felt like I was going to have a heat stroke this day.
Hot Portland Maine
We took several rides while in Maine – there’s just so much to see.
I could have taken dozens of pictures but they would only ‘picture-up’ this post too much!

We did see the Bush compound on Walker’s Point – such a beautiful spot they have.
Obviously none of the family was there or we would not have gotten this close.
There were several cars there though.
Bush Compound Walkers Point

We did take a beach walk in Ogunquit one morning early – and there were people already out setting up umbrellas and chairs claiming their spots.
ogunquit maine beach 1
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I carry a pack of baby wipes in the car and this particular time they really came in handy!
 
ogunquit maine beach 2

We spotted this wonderful flower farm and bought some dried flowers to hang from the beams in the family room.
Some of the ones we have up there were getting old so it was great to find replacements.
I swear they were giving them away - $6 each or 3 for $12 – got one free!  And they were huge bundles.
Wallingford Farm, Kennebunk, Maine

Look at the sign….CUT YOUR OWN LAVENDAR….Oh yes!
Wish I had but guess what – didn’t see the sign then till just now when I posted this picture…DARN!!!

 wallingford farm Kennebunk, MN
wallingford farm 2

If only we weren’t traveling there would have been lots of flowers in our car this day!
wallingford farm

Not sure about this home – could have been the owners being it was on the same property – I loved the style
 
wallingford home

Okay – here’s the reason we went as far as Maine….LOBSTER
Not for me - I do not care for seafood at all…but my husband loves it.
Our first stop was at the Pilot House in Kennebunk, Maine

Pilot House 2 

His second meal of lobster was for dinner that night at the Clambake in Scarborough.clambake-restaurant
Clambake 2

See those chicken wings and onion rings…those were mine lol
Clambake Rest. 1 
His third meal was at the Clam Shack in Wells.
 
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I ended up with a chicken sandwich
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So after 3 days in Maine we headed on back south west.

We stopped in Newburyport, Mass
Great little tourist area by the water – the shopping area is all red brick and the shops are quite varied.
We walked for a bit and had dinner before heading out to a hotel.
We ate at ‘Not Your Average Joe’s’ – actually the worst meal on the trip!
Not Your Average Joes
Newbury Port, Mass 1
Newbury Port, Mass
Newburyport, Mass 2

I think I had better stop this post for now  - it has gotten quite long and if I haven’t lost you by now I will be amazed! LOL

I also am not sure if I’m going to continue blogging.
I’ve noticed a decline in people that show up – it’s not just here, don’t get me wrong, I’m not whining – but I have seen on many, many blogs I visit where there only a couple comments.
We work hard at keeping our blogs up and trying to keep it ‘fun’…not always easy!

So I will take this next week to decide if I want to keep going with this.

In the mean time – go on over to my selling blog and check out my newest item for sale
Sheep hooked rug mounted on a Primitive board
http://kmprimitives.blogspot.com/p/prim-needs.html
sheep on wood board 

I do want to thank all my friends who do show up and that makes me happy and it does make it worth it but I’m kind of running out of steam here and the trying to find something to post about is getting more difficult as well…but we’ll see.

Blessings to all

Karen

46 comments:

  1. Karen, what a joy it was to see a post of the Northeast. I spent part of my childhood in MA and absolutely loved the area. I remember going to Maine one time. My family went with my father when he had a Navy gig up there for the day. Good times.

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    1. Hi Judy
      For some reason your comment never got to my email notifications!
      I think Maine is such a beautiful state - well, by the ocean anyway. We took a late October trip to upstate NY and into Maine a few years back and that is the time of year I'd love to go back again. Summer is too hot for me there.
      Blessings
      Karen

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  2. Hi Karen, I love Lancaster, Pa. and never get tired of going there. I would love to visit Maine one day. I love seafood too. Love your finds, and hearing about your adventure. Wonderful job on your rug hooking project, love it. Hugs, Lecia

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  3. Hi Karen! Looks like you had a fabulous trip and found some incredible shops. How fun! Such a great score on the crock and it's perfect for your house. I, for one, would miss your blog terribly! Jane

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  4. That butter churn is amazing. The price would be wonderful just for a basic crock, but a churn! Great find. Looks like a fun, full vacation. ...jan

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  5. I love the posts about your trips! Living in the northeast I have visited Maine many times and Ogunquit & Bar Harbor are my favorites. Beautiful in so many ways. Wonderful trip! maggie

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  6. I really love following you on your travels, Karen! You get to the best places but I was so pleased to see Home At Last as I was able to visit it last year on vacation and could have bought so much as it is a fantastic prim store.
    Your new butter churn is great too!
    I am with you as far as the seafood goes - I'd rather have chicken strips!
    Enjoy your week and please keep posting!

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  7. What a fun, fun trip!! You and your husband are doing exactly what I had hoped we could do in our retirement, but other obligations kind of detoured us for a while...hopefully one day! I love Connecticut and Maine!! That's one of the places I look forward to returning...along with Lititz PA...such a wonderful place!! I love your butter churn...it's beautiful and what a steal!!!

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    1. Hi - and thanks for stopping by.
      Oh one day you will be able to do this I'm sure.
      Lititz...what a beautiful town and so many wonderful things to see there.
      Blessings
      Karen

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  8. Beautiful pictures and I enjoyed every bite of Dougs seafood. I also love Maine and Bar Harbor especially. You had a dream trip and got some beautiful goodies. My favorite part of your trip was you spending the night with me.lol

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  9. Even though I was born in RI I never visited Maine. Now that I live in the NW I sure miss lobster, the only place to get it is at Red Lobster and it's not as good as the smaller places in New England. Keep on blogging. I don't always post a comment mainly because someone else has already said what I was going to say.

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  10. Karen.....I love your blog and look forward to reading each new post! Because of you I discovered pennyrugs and applique making! I love it! I too collect antiques and we love to travel. You are right....never in summer! Too many people, too hot and way too much traffic. We love september and October when school is back in session. We love kids but it can be overwhelming at our age!
    No one really comments on my blog either except on occassion, my family does. While it is discouraging, it is appreciated by many more people than you know, including me!
    Blessings to you and your family....Patti

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    1. Hi Pat - thanks for visiting!
      Fall is the best time for us without little families to be traveling...they have their time...we have ours.
      I will continue blogging I know that for sure...guess I had a bad day when I posted lol
      Blessings
      Karen

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  11. Hi Karen, I always read your blog and decided I better comment to keep you going! I thought I was the only one who found heat in Maine. Several years ago my DH and I went up there for a week. 90 everyday. We rode around in our air-conditioned car! UG!

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  12. I enjoyed the photos of your trip and would have loved to see more !

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    1. Hi Elizabeth - thanks.
      I am going to do a new post soon and see what's left of the vacation pictures.
      I thought I took more of scenery and things like that but don't have anything.
      Hope to see you back again
      Karen

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  13. Karen, I always enjoy your blog posts. Love your decor and love your post of fun travels. Hubby and I would love to take a trip to New England...I hope we can sqeak it in this year. I haven't been there since I was a teenager....and that was a long time ago. LOL The photos of the shops and restaurants are so inviting. Please don't get discouraged and stop blogging. I think many read blogs but most just don't take the time to comment.

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  14. Hello Karen :0). I have been enjoying your posts, your vacation photos were so great! Looks like you had quite an adventure! Thank you for sharing your lovely vacation with us :0). Have a lovely evening ~ Marge ~
    this primnanny.blogspot.com

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    1. Hi Nanny...thank you!
      Glad you stopped on by and now I know I am not leaving blogland - don't you just have some days that don't feel like they ought to? Guess I had one of those when i posted.
      Hope to see you again
      Karen

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  15. Love your posts. I'm going to go back to your first one and read them all as time permits.
    Thanks you
    Blessings
    Eileen

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    1. Morning Eileen - well if you aren't a trooper - there are a lot of posts lol
      Thanks for visiting and come on back please!
      Karen

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  16. What a wonderful trip. The lobster looks sooooo good and that butter churn crock was a steal. I have noticed a decline in folks visiting..I think it might be that folka are busy this Summer. Even I have been lax in posting. Will get back to it in a few weeks. Love your pics. Janice

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  17. Hi Karen...I so enjoy all your posts. I've been guilty of reading and not taking the time to comment. LoVe the butter churn! Lucky lady! I haven't been posting for quite some time...need to do some updating. So glad you got away with your hubby to enjoy yourselves! Loved all the gorgeous pictures, food, shopping,lakes., great antiques. Keep posting.....hugs Marg.

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  18. i love your blog look forward to seeing it please do not quit

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    1. Hi Nancy - no I won't stop blogging.
      Glad you could stop on by - thanks and see you again soon I hope.
      Karen

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  19. Karen, I look forward to your blog and look for it every day. Sold our dairy cows after 28 years and this post makes me want to travel east coast. Never went anywhere before and there are so many places to visit. Love your style of decorating & gardening. BTW, love the butter churn-dairy still dear to my heart. I know it must be a chore, but please don't quit blogging!

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    1. Hi Linda
      Always nice to see you visit here.
      I won't stop blogging - but it's getting more difficult to find things to keep people interested.
      Glad you are getting some free time - traveling is fun but it is also exhausting!!
      I'm going to post another item we bought while at Brimfield - it's dairy as well so watch for it.
      Blessings
      Karen

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  20. Oh My! Maine is on my wish list of places to visit. I live in Utah now, and was raised in California so the East Coast is a million miles away in my mind. Looks like you had a wonderful time and found some great treasures!

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  21. I enjoyed your pictures and always enjoy reading your posts, please don't stop!

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    1. Morning Pam...oh I won't stop. Glad you came by for a visit - hope to see you again soon.
      Blessings
      Karen

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  22. I have enjoyed your blog for so many years' I hope you will continue. I've never been to Maine but I really enjoyed visiting through your post. Brimfield is definitely on my list and I'm sure I will be adding Maine as well. I absolutely love the churn and I understand completely about the heat. It's been really hot here and I am a spring and autumn girl.

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    1. Hi Constance - so nice to hear that you have been keeping up with me! Thank you so much.
      Oh you must go to Brimfield....but go in May, they say that is the BIG ONE and the BEST. But you certainly couldn't have told me otherwise from what we saw of the July one. Could barely get through this one and we missed lots of vendors.
      I'm also a Spring/Fall gal. Winter is okay because I don't need to get out much.
      Blessings
      Karen

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    2. P.S.
      I just went to your Mystic Wood Primitives blog...It is wonderful.
      I'm going back to read and to join!

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  23. Enjoyed seeing and hearing about your adventures! You were down my way while in NC.
    Glad you had a great trip and are back home safe and sound.
    I love the churn you found!

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  24. Thanks for sharing Karen! I hope to travel there someday. I know what you mean about blogging. I find it hard sometimes to come up with something to blog about. When I first started blogging I thought I had to post something everyday and I think I just burned myself out. Sometimes I don't always leave comments even though I have read it, which is basically a time factor, but I do enjoy visiting everyone through blogland. It might be several days sometimes before I get on here and catch up so even if you only post once a week or even once a month, it is good to hear from you! Maybe there should be classifications for blogging...daily blogger, weekly blogger, monthly blogger...etc. lol

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  25. I would love to take this trip some day! I wouldn't be able to take that heat either. I would be red just like you! I loved reading about your trip!

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    1. Hi Denise
      Well now you can that you are 'retired' lol
      See you soon I hope.
      Karen

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  26. I always read your blog. It is one of the most interesting. Maine is our favorite place to visit. Ogonquit, Kennebinkport, Boothbay. Also, love to see what you are creating and how you decorate for the seasons. Your last blog was great as Linda Keller is a friend of mine. Lovely girl. Our rug hooking group just visited her for a day. I live in PARIS, about an hour from Lititz. Great little town. Don't stop blogging. You do a great job.

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    1. Hi Barb - glad you stopped by.
      That was our 4th trip up into Maine - and we never get tired of it but it was the first during the summer/
      Linda K is such a sweet soft spoken lady - I love her and we never run out of things to chat about.
      I'll be back with a post soon [ hope to see you back as well.
      Blessings
      Karen

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  27. I don't live in Paris. Don't know how that happened. I meant Pennsylvania.

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  28. I thought I commented but guess I didn't. Love your blog and come here more often than any other. I am the one with a log cabin my husband restored in our backyard and a daughter in Sun Prairie..... So enjoyed the pictures of your trip out East as we have made that a couple of times now. I have not been there at the same time as Brimfield though so never have experienced that. I thought I had figured out how to comment but looks like I didn't. I really do appreciate your efforts on this blog--it is very entertaining!

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    1. Hi Sandy so nice to see you here and yes I do think you have commented before and I believe we have emailed if I'm not mistaken.
      Glad you enjoy reading my adventures and such - I'll be back with more this week I hope.
      Thanks again for stopping by.
      Karen

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  29. Wow...what an adventure! Wonderful places you visited. I love Newburyport! I'm struggling with blogging, as well. I took a few weeks off to think about it, and decided I'd miss all the "goings on" if I stopped. Hope you will continue. Thanks for taking us along on this fun trip.
    Robyn

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  30. Thank you for sharing Karen! Maine is on my bucket list for one day. I check your blog daily although I normally do not leave comments and I am not sure why! I hope that you continue with your blogging. Wishing you the very best from a fellow Wisconsinite!

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So glad you came to visit - feel free to leave a comment.
I will try and answer as many as I can - maybe not immediately but I will get to you!

Karen