Dreary weekend

This weekend has been the dreariest of the summer. Showers. Clouds. Chilly temps.

I thought I'd try to brighten this blog post by sharing a drive we took this past Wednesday.

Our great niece, Violet, spent the week with us, so Ken suggested we take her up to Camden for the day.

(Violet's a reader.)

As we drove toward Wiscasset, we discovered the Montsweag Flea Market was bustling. We'd never visited it on a Wednesday, assuming its one mid-week day to be open would have a poor turn-out.










We were wrong.

Violet enjoyed the various collections of small items. She even managed to buy three gifts for her parents and two gifts for herself,...for a total of $5.

After an hour or so at Montsweag, we continued on to Camden. It's about 2 1/2 hours from our home.











The restaurant on the harbor front was beautifully decorated with hanging baskets of flowers. I couldn't resist taking a photo or two.

As we ate lunch we watched tourists boarding the schooners at the dock's edge to take a sail out into the bay.

This is a basket of scaveola. I had a pot of scaveola one summer and loved it. I must remember to plant some next year.

Next installment: The Cashmere Goat yarn shop in Camden. You didn't think I'd go to Camden without visiting its yarn shop, did you??!