So many good shots today. I really liked the cattail, sorry about the high bandwidth, hope you think it's worth it. How much longer can those peppers go? We brought in two nice ones a couple of days ago. There are actually good cucumbers out there too.
I think the peppers (see July photo) are all through. We've been eating some every couple of days but they aren't getting any bigger. What's left now are many nubby little things and just a couple decent-sized from six plants. Texture is firm and flavor splendid. They are perfect for Ms. Owl's extremely tasty home-made, gluten-free pizza.
1807 Munjoy Hill structure a fixture on Portland landscape
Small piece of view from Observatory
Last year, the Observatory was 200 years old. Read all about it HERE. I hadn't been up since eight years ago, shortly after the 1990s restoration project was completed. We visited this amazing site over this past weekend. The view from up top was as clear as it has been for the last several weeks of cloudy, rainy weather.
The whole garden is like that this year. It came up like gangbusters while we were in Minnesota. But precious few fruit have formed so far. Well, there are many green cherry tomatoes. We've only been able to pull out two actual cucumbers so far.
Tall ships arrive in Duluth to the delight of thousands Candace Renalls - Duluth News Tribune - Friday, August 01, 2008
With cannons’ roar, a trio of tall ships, their white sails billowing in the wind, glided into Duluth Harbor Thursday afternoon to the delight of the thousands of people who gathered to watch.
The ships, including replicas of 1812 war ships, passed through the Aerial Lift Bridge beginning about 4 p.m., followed by an armada of smaller boats that later milled around as the big ships docked along Harbor Drive.
It was the first time in decades that many tall ships had sailed into the harbor at one time, harkening back to the mid- to late-1800s when sailing vessels moved cargo on the Great Lakes. The ships are here for this weekend’s Duluth Maritime Festival and will be open for public tours today through Sunday. ...
Pepper-growing weather has really set in. It's warm, humid, and rainy. Yesterday storms dumping up to 10 cm swung through New England. Here, we had several pretty vigorous showers, but our total has been only about 3 cm. Still, that has made the garden extremely happy. Everything is zooming. Even the Brandywine tomatoes started very late from seed now look very strong and likely to succeed. Cucumbers are about to come in like gangbusters.
Four-masted schooner Margaret Todd, a regular sight in the harbor
In the park at Bar Harbor
We went to Bar Harbor Thursday for a talk on climate change. The talk didn't happen, but we had fun anyway. About the talk by U Maine professor Paul Mayewski, it's supposedly rescheduled for next Thursday July 24 at the Whale Museum on West Street, 7pm. No publicity has gotten out so far about this change. I hope people find out about it.
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