Wildlife at the KOA

Pete and I were walking the dogs yesterday and we spied this lizard in a tree. According to Pete's estimation, it was about three feet long.

Once Lizzy realized there were two people and two dogs nosing around her, she scrambled up into the branches.

I had to climb onto a picnic table to take this picture, so I hope you realize I sacrificed life and limb to share Lizzy with you.

I've been trying to copy and paste the embedding line from YouTube, and I just can't get the whole line moved to my blog, so I'm going to send the link for this video that Pat Buckley emailed to me today. It's very funny. Do you think Pete would like one of these cars?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAqPMJFaEdY

Pete and his paints hit Key West

One morning last winter, Pete packed up his paints and easel and drove to Key West. He returned that afternoon with this beautiful painting. I think it was either 12 X 16 or 16 X 20. The painting hung in the East Boothbay General Store and it sold within a couple of weeks. He sold 8 paintings last summer, so there is definitely a following for his work.

He's been thinking about driving to Key West in the next few days to paint the same house again.

Last year, we had the Airstream motorhome and storage was a premium. This year, we have a larger Monaco motorhome, so Pete has a lot more room in the basement for his canvases. He's ready to paint. Watch out, Key West.

This Past Year's Annual Lyman Boat Rally

Boating is, of course, a big important pastime in Maine. Many people have sailboats, some have yachts, and some have wooden Lyman boats. We have a 1967, 24 foot Lyman that I lovingly refer to as the money pit. The first weekend of August is the Lyman Rally in midcoast Maine, and this year it was held at the waterfront restaurant in Christmas Cove, just across the Damariscotta River and a little south from where we live. The photo is taken from our boat looking down the river to some of the other boats at the rally. Maine really is a great place.

This is one of my new favorite sites

On the news a couple of days ago, I heard about http://www.ted.com/. It sounded interesting, so I wrote the site's address on a piece of paper, but later, I couldn't remember why I wrote it. And then, of course, I forgot all about it; but then this morning, I opened an email from Sky and he had sent this link to me

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness.html

Now I remember why I wrote the address in the first place. Take some time and explore this site

I like this life.

We drove from the freezing north to the very warm south a few weeks ago. We'll stay here at the KOA on Sugarloaf Key until the end of February. Life is good. We keep trying to think up ways to keep our house in Maine..........B and B............... or maybe B and NoB.........B and Kayak............. I wonder if it would be possible to rent the two upstairs bedrooms, each with its own bathroom. It's possible we'll be there for the summer if we don't sell the house. We keep forgetting to buy that winning lottery ticket. I think we're waiting for a miracle.

http://www.tindalandcallahan.com/910950.htm

We had to celebrate the big day!

It's about time

Since Pete and I will be leaving for Florida next week, I figure it's about time I start a blog.