A folksy Uncle Sam

July 4, 2020July 6, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

He’s always there with his palm up. The customs office and U.S. Coast Guard sit around the corner in Eastport, Maine.

There go the pole bean vines

June 24, 2020April 24, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Salty and Pepper are my excuse to do more daily weeding than I used to. They love their greens. Sometimes, that includes garden plants that have finished their season, like these pole beans last summer. Oh, yes, they like the beans, too, even the ones that are too ripe for our own taste.

Salty and me

June 10, 2020April 24, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Those rabbits are so silky-soft.

Here they come!

June 10, 2020April 24, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

These are our own strawberries, freshly picked. How do you prefer yours? Does life get any better? (Photo by Rachel Williams)

Left behind

June 7, 2020May 18, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 1 Comment

As far as I can tell, this fisherman has no name. He was left behind by the film crew of “Small Town X,” and he’s become Eastport’s waterfront emblem. The cod, meanwhile, looks petrified.

Ground level

May 21, 2020May 3, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Here we are at Salty’s perspective in our library.

Right out of the oven

May 20, 2020March 7, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Sometimes we roast or bake our asparagus rather than steaming or sauteeing. It’s also a good way to cook bacon. (Photo by Rachel Williams)

Riverwalk

May 17, 2020March 7, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 2 Comments

One more scene from from the heart of my town.

A pedestrian walkway follows the Cocheco River through a corner of downtown Dover.

Home-grown, of course

May 13, 2020March 7, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 6 Comments

We love our asparagus. (Photo by Rachel Williams)

Too tame to run

May 9, 2020May 3, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

These were grazing in a vacant lot right along a city street in Eastport, Maine – the first of many we encountered. No wonder gardens were surrounded by tall fences! We can’t wait to get back. (Photo by Rachel Williams)