Happy Father's Day to my husband, who really is a great example, a loving father and husband.

One Big Turtle

We spotted this snapper as we were driving home from dinner on Saturday. It was crossing the road so we decided to stop and move it to a safer location, but before doing so we took some pictures.



That's one large turtle!

Mount Desert Island

This past weekend my family and I drove to Mount Desert Island for some family adventures. It's only about 45 minutes from our camp so we'll definatly be going again! We didn't have a plan before we left, but it was fun to pick and choose places on the map to visit. We explored Wonderland which was a short walking trail into a secluded beach. It was nice to have the place to ourselves. We stopped for strawberries on the side of the road, they were delicious!


We also stopped here at the Sea Wall. We are our lunches to the sounds of waves crashing on the rocks. At each place we stopped Juliette insisted that we stay because was still more exploring to do. We had to convince her that the next place would be as good or better then the previous.


My husband is really good at spotting hermit crabs. I don't think I found a one, he found nearly a dozen! I loved hunting for sea creatures as a kid, and these were one of my favorites.


We also spotted some fairly large green crabs, shrimp, and periwinkles. I was surprised by Juliette's reaction to the crabs, she usually will touch or hold anything, but she stayed clear away from the crabs.

A Maine Summer

Please excuse our absence from the blogging world. We're been renting a cabin on the water in Maine and haven't had access to the internet.

To catch up quickly, we've been enjoying the sunny days by the water and usually head to town for the rainy ones because they've been especially cold. For some reason is runs about 10 degrees cooler here in Dedham than in town. Some mornings it has been in the mid-forties.


This is by far our favorite spot at "camp". We love watching the schools of fish swim by, the bullfrogs bask in the sun, the loons dive under the water after fish, the muskrat pups splash and play, and the fat tadpoles as they complete the last stages of frog metamorphosis.