More of Enjoying Maine
Last week, I blogged about my most recent trip to Maine and visiting the Maine Crafts Guild Show in Bar Harbor. That show was certainly so wonderful and I received many great comments about it. Whenever I go to Skylands, my home in Seal Harbor, I like to fill the days with as much as possible. I feel so alive and vibrant. Being there is an escape for me, even though my fellow travelers and I are usually busy with some work-related mission. We actually met up with a production crew to shoot an episode for an upcoming show. Details will follow. Here are some more photos taken in a truly heavenly place.
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- Kevin, Anthony, Sarah, Thomas, and Marie enjoying the beauty of Skylands before our drive to dinner in Bar Harbor.
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- Kevin snapping away
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- Stewman’s Downtown in Bar Harbor http://www.stewmanslobsterpound.com/ is a great oceanfront lobster pound.
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- Lobsters are their thing, but there are so many other great offerings on the menu.
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- Thomas and Sarah at an outdoor table
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- Laurie and Susan
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- Kevin and me
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- The great big full moon rose over the restaurant.
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- It was pretty amazing!
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- And so bright!
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- After dinner, we stopped in at Havana. http://www.havanamaine.com/index_BH.html
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- Mark “Duffy” Dyer presides over the bar and is the magic behind Havana’s legendary Mojitos. He also chooses the fabulous music for the restaurant.
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- Mixing our Mojitos
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- Perfect!
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- Thomas was happy.
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- And so was Susan
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- Kelly and Marie
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- The next day, I dressed for the shoot.
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- G.K. found a cool and comfortable place on the terrace.
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- Cameras are rolling, G.K.
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- Now it’s Francesca’s turn.
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- And Sharkey, too.
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- Here I am on the monitor explaining about Skyland’s guest book.
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- The flower room at Skylands
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- Some of the crew
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- Moving outdoors
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- We made blueberry pies for the shoot using wild Maine blueberries.
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- Kevin made an extraordinary arrangement of green, white, and pink hydrangeas.
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- Two arrangements of mixed sunflowers adorned the side table at the front entrance.
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- The second arrangement
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- Kevin’s completed masterpiece
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- A good look at the different blossoms
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- I like this picture
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- A faux bois basket of moss
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- The smooth, round, pink granite spheres were made for me by Fresh Water Stone.
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- Three young new neighbors came by for a visit. They were happy to sign the guest book.
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- Saturday night dinner – the table was set with an autumn theme.
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- A faux bois planter filled with cactus
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- Alocasia on the terrace
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- I busied myself and baked a large Ile Flottante or floating island.
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- The Ile flottante baked in a bain-marie, or water bath.
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- The unmolded Ile Flottante drizzled with caramel.
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- Because it was Thomas’s birthday, the kitchen baked him a cake.
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- Sarah, me, and Thomas – all the desserts were great!
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- It was a yellow cake with chocolate icing.
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- The table for brunch the next day was set with a woodland theme in mind. We even used some of my taxidermy aquatic birds.
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- A mallard duck and kiwis from the terrace
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- A Canada goose with ferns and alocasia leaves
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- Croissants and freshly baked popovers
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- Here I am with Carolina Herrera and her husband, Reinaldo.
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- Posing with Sydie Lansing – art collector and mother of Carolina’s son-in-law
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- And with Julia Merck-Utsch
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- This is my collection of heart-shaped rocks, which I find along the beaches in Maine. What can I say? I just love it!
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