WHAT HAPPENS IF IT RAINS DURRING YOUR OUTDOOR WEDDING?

What happens if it rains at your outdoor wedding????

So far so good...just a little sprinkling.....

Awww, The bride, Her Sea Captain, and One Salty Sea Dog.

The boys pose for a few pics! But soon its starts to rain harder.....

Quick! Everyone under the tent for the reception!!!!!

Now we can mingle where its dry................

The boys are still having a blast.........

But then things start to get very wet................

And....well...very very very muddy.......

But this is a Wedding...Its time for celebrations!!!

So we danced the night away, rain, mud & all!!!!

My Poor Shoes!!!!!!!

Oh well!!! Its an Island Wedding, these things happen!!!

But it was great to celebrate the marriage of two wonderful people!

One more wedding to go, and diet is going OK, hopefully the bridemaid dress will fit just fine!

Bad News

Bad news. I'm a bridesmaid in a wedding. No, that's not that bad news. The bad news is that I tried on my bridesmaid dress and it doesn't fit! And because its two weeks to go, getting it let out or ordering a new one really just isn't an option.
What is an option?

Well, definitely not this:

AWWW BUT I LIKE THAT!!!!!

And no more of this either:

DANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nope...its gonna be just a whole lot of this..........................

Bummer.

Did I Say Fall Was Here?

I take it back- It must still be August......

Even though it's my weekend to work, I had a little free time on saturday. So I went for a little seaside stroll. Join me!

How bout a quick stop in the gift shop?

Lots of neat things to look at here!

I hope you're enjoying your weekend!

PS> MISSY-- I MISS YOU! HOPE YOU'RE NOT WORKING TOO HARD_ LOVE YOU!

THE AUTUMN MOON

A few nights ago as I was getting ready for bed, I glanced out the window.........

Why it's Cosmo's Moon!


Last night was a chilly one, in some spots of Maine the growing

season came to an end with a deep frost!

Along the coast though its always a bit warmer;

it only dipped down into the upper 30s, low 40s.

Make no doubt about it, Fall has arrived on our doorstep.

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On another note, when Jason & I arrived home from work last night
we were met with quite a surprise.
( the pictures don't do it justice as Jason started to pick up before I could document the damage)


Mr. Murdoch! What did you do?

Our house was littered with debris.......... and odly enough....

Mr. Murdoch!!!! HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING!!!!!????????????

Its very strange to come home and find empty beer bottles littering your dog's bed.

Fortunately the bottles were already empty and everything he managed to rip up was pretty safe, so no harm done. But its time to get baby locks on all the cabinet doors.

Now what better time to accept this thoughtful award from Miss Jean

Thanks for thinking of me Miss Jean...yes, I really do love my dogs

......even though they often drive me crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After all there are no better companions then two curious Scotties!

Delicious Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread

DELICIOUS DOWNEAST MAINE PUMPKIN BREAD

As I mentioned before, I am participating in the Cider Mills & Apple Orchards Tour via Charlie & Me. I have an exciting trip planned for October 4th, but until then I thought I would share a few Autumn traditions. This is a tasty recipe for a little Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread. Enjoy!

Ingredients

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
3 cups white sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.

2. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended.

3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger.

4. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.

5. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

One weekend in Maine

It was a wet and rainy Sunday here, so Jason and I spent the day inside. We baked bread, tidied the house and spent the rest of day watching cheesy 80's movies.

It was a wonderful, relaxing day all in all.

I did get a chance to take a picture of the grass between showers. Its coming in nicely!

We finished setting up Jason's little "Technology Den" When you live in such a small place, its important to have a space that's all your own. This is Jason's space.

Yes.....That's a computer monitor on his desk. Its a 32 inch monitor. I don't even try to understand why...whatever makes him happy!

Its' dusk now, and we are just settling in for another work week. There's something about the cool, dark nights of fall that make me want to light a few candles

I hope you have a great week!

It's a Window Party

As many of you already know, Cielo of The House in The Roses is hosting a Window Party!

I don't have too many windows in my tiny little home, but my kitchen window is my favorite. Its pint-sized like the rest of my house, but when ever I do my dishes, I can look out and see the water. Sometimes Sailboats will drift by or a Lobsterman will idle while he pulls his traps from the water.

Of course my pups much prefer the sliding door for their viewing pleasure!

Queen Abby

Mr. Murdoch

Parking Spots & More

Tropical storm Hannah didn't dappen our spirts- and we got a lot acomplished this weekend.

As you can see- our old driveway was quite pretty- And the trees gave us some privacy, however the bank would not let us purchase our home unless we moved the driveway to the left, onto our own property which meant that the trees had to go! :-(

There was a ton of wood which we gave it a friend who plans on chopping it and burning it in his wood stove this winter.

This is how it looked for a long time until this weekend when we were finally able to make some progress on it.

So with the help of our neighbor & her wonderful father, we started shoveling gravel. Woohoo-

Here is the semi-finished product. We are considering adding a layer of recycled fill that is supposed to pack like cement once spread in with the gravel.

And now for some random photos around the house-It was a beautiful day today after the rain passed.

Keep Growing!

Happy Monday!