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Frayed Edges — September 2007

After a long, hectic and sometimes dramatic summer, life has blissfully resumed a little bit of normalcy, and some of the best of it is the Frayed Edges. We were only three today; Deborah is, of course, in Texas (the link to her blog is on the left, but I know many of you know her and her blog!), and Hannah was home with her girls today. They are finally in their new house in Harpswell, where we’ll meet next month.

View of the visitors’ center

So today, Kate, Kathy and I met at the new Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay Harbor. Maine is made up of many, many peninsulas, harbors and bays carved by the receding glaciers, resulting in lots of rocky, forested coastline. These Gardens opened to the public this year, but clearly have been years in the making. The picture above is of the visitors center, with an arbor on the left. The more formal gardens are near the center, becoming more “wild” with distance, with lots of cool sculptures throughout.

First we got together for a brief chat in the cafe (inside the curved walled part of the center), then went for a long walk/stroll, while Kate and Kathy letterboxed (you’ll have to ask them about that…). There were SO MANY wonderful shots, that I have photos for many blogs, so am going to skip most of the photos today. One I’ll share here is looking up through the center of the arbor… I love all those angles!Under the arbor

And here are Kate and Kathy in the Meditating Garden.

In the gardens

I don’t do that… I’m always too busy and life is too crazy for me to manage to sit still long enough, and I’m glad to say I’m not alone… Kate too is living life on “more than full”. The hardscape in this place is amazing!

Kathy’s birthday is in late August, so we had gifts and lunch in the cafe. Here’s the birthday girl enjoying Hannah’s gift (books about decorating, since Kath and hubby will be…yipppeeee lucky me!… moving down near me in a few years):Kathy opens Hannah’s present

And here she is opening mine (more about what that is during another post later this week):Kathy opens Sarah’s present

And instead of delectable pastry treats, I said I’d make a little cake instead, so Kathy who loves the sea got a little Maine Seascape of a cake:

Kath and her cake

And in a small miracle, Kate took a picture in which both Kathy (who always looks good in photos) and I (who almost always look awful in pictures) both look good! It must be the wonderful company:Sarah and Kathy

And finally, a bag of fingerling potatoes –grown by Kate in her own garden and joyously shared with her Frayed friends… and potatoes may be one of my favorite foods on earth, even more than…well no…. not quite…. but nearly as good as chocolate!Kate’s potatoes

And oh yeah…the beautiful details extend even to the Ladies’ Room, which had two of these lovely little moss-scapes:Moss-scape in the bathroom

3 Responses to “Frayed Edges — September 2007”

  1. LoieJ Says:

    That is my kind of place. Another reason to put Maine on my list of must-sees.

  2. Denise Dobek Says:

    Hi: This place is so lovely. Was there in June. Really worth seeing. Planning on going back when I visit Maine next year. So much in the planning stage too. Denise

  3. PaMdora Says:

    What a clever cake! I love the little moss garden too.