Riding out the storm?

Old Tractors in Hermon - click to enlarge
Photo: Linda Grant

  Well, the few warm days in January were good but we all knew that a payback time was coming.  It starts today.  It's cooler, like yesterday, but walkable; the bigger deal is the snow that arrives a little later.  Oh, it won't be a lot of snow, couple of inches, but it is a reminder, a beacon for the future.  It's only January so I need to adjust my attitude just a bit, slow down, walk less and ride it out.
  But I'm waiting for the warmer weather, not hot, to see the nice old cars come out in the sunshine,
old Buicks, Oldsmobiles, and Studebakers - that's what I'm waiting for.

1924 Graham.  This brand blended with Page then Essex,
all of them become Hudson.
Photo: the geezer hisself at the Bangor Waterfront Car Show

A highly modified 1936 Ford, but it's really a nice one.
Photo by the geezer hisself, yes suh!

One thing leads...not always to another

A Belted Galloway likes green

There's hope today that I may try,
walking around, at least it's dry;
we've got funny weather, and I don't mean ha, ha,
hot, damp and humid - can be beaten by far.

Yesterday rain, eighties today,
cloudy morning, afternoon gray;
someday this will all turn around,
I hope it's before there's snow on the ground.

The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, down around Boothbay Harbor

A Maine marsh, location unknown to me

Mt. Blue, Franklin County Maine, near Farmington

Note: None of these photos were taken by us.

Just another day?

Piscataquis River in Fall from the Trestle Bridge, Medford Maine

It's raining this morning, the weather's not good,
the darn stuff just won't do, like I think it should;
but I can't control this train that I'm on,
the weather is fickle, it's here and it's gone.

But here are some photos from over the past couple of years,
that we have taken, in places we've given cheers;
all these are in Maine and personally seen,
and we've kept the lenses, well, almost clean.

We've Medford and Greenville even something from Troy,
guess we've been in the car - and found stuff to enjoy;
so...it's raining today and for me that's too bad,
but it's only rain, not a cause to be sad:)

Near Greenville, Maine 2009

View from the Ward Hill Road, Troy, Maine 2010

On the way home from work, Medford Maine

It's official!

Garland Road, Dixmont Maine    Linda Grant photo

Well, it's official now, well by the time you read this,
Fall is here, at last, yea!  It's officially bliss;
some folks will worry - about the weather ahead,
but will have to have Fall too, at least we're not dead.

The leaves, they are changing to color so bright,
and the clock gets turned back, there'll be less light;
the temps will get lower, but, oh, what the heck,
let's get some chairs and go sit on the deck.

Now, today's weather is unusually warm here,
I was hoping for cooler, so I could cheer;
but what Ma Nature gives me, that's what I've got,
so, relax and enjoy - whether it's cold or it's hot!

Garland Road bog, a personal favorite.       Linda Grant photo

Dixmont seen from the Hog Hill Road, Dixmont             Linda Grant photo

Forest floor, North Road, Dixmont - lot's of colors in there!

Note:  These photos were not taken this year.

Here we go, again.

Red rose of summer

It's the last rose of summer, on that bush out there,
you can take a look at it, or pretend you don't care;
that rose has a message, for us here where we are,
get the house ready for winter, and don't forget your car.

Autumn starts tomorrow, at 5:04AM sharp,
it might bear repeating, but I don't mean to harp;
that rose out there is fading, into the gray sky,
the poor thing doesn't understand, it doesn't matter why.

It's the last rose of summer, on that bush out there,
maybe I'll go visit, may even take a chair;
not that it will matter, this is the final straw,
it's the last rose of summer, Mother Nature has a law!

Time to cut the Peonies back

..and the Lilies too.

And the Catmint, summer is on the books.

New and old seasons

Fall starts on Friday

  Nothing stays the same for any length of time,
turn the clocks ahead and back -- that ain't worth a dime;
there is little you can be sure of, and that doesn't have a name,
it's just too bad there's not somebody, that we could blame.

For me it would be a year of spring and then fall,
there wouldn't be a summer, there's no need for that at all,
and there wouldn't be a winter - 'tho I'd miss the sights,
but I'd enjoy fall -- with those chilly nights.

Spring lambs, they live near Hollies' house

We took the fall photos last year in Dixmont or Carmel

Mothers and young share a pasture with the horse.

More....

....autumn here, kind of goes with the below post from Sept. 11