We picked up the dogs Wednesday morning, our first chance to get them. They were incredibly glad to see us, as always, and we were as glad to see them.
Before we picked them up from the kennel, I took dozens of pix of a flock of six female Hooded Mergansers that had taken over the pond, eating fish and crawfish, and making themselves at home. The males, none were in the flock, are very distinctive, but the females are a bit harder to ID. They were back again this morning, but the dogs chased them away before I got any new pix.
We’re off to Pine Restaurant for an Anniversary dinner tonight, and tomorrow we have dinner with Dave and Gail at Elixir.
New blooms: Casablanca lily, white phlox.
Casablanca lily, a true lily not a daylily, opened while we were in Maine. We could have told it was open by the aroma if we hadn't seen it.
Early in the morning in Southwest Harbor the day after the sunrise in the last post. A different sunrise.
Camden, Maine. We stopped for a quick visit on the way back to Thetford. It was still foggy as you can see. It's a beautiful town with pretty real estate, pretty boats, a waterfall in the center of town, and cute shops. There's also a lot of slow traffic crawling down Route 1/Main St.
The morning after our arrival, we awoke to find a bunch of ducks on the pond, six swimming and diving, eating fish and crawfish.
A good look at the conformation of this lady.
They hung around for a long time. The ID, female Hooded Mergansers, has been confirmed by my expert consultants.
That one in the back is eating a crawfish.
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