Sunrise this morning…
I never get tired of a sunrise, even from the same location. The colors always vary and the reflection off the water is just spectacular…
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Ellie the Excavator…
Yep, that’s me!!!!!!!!!! I’ve worked with real estate developers for 20 some years but I’ve never had the opportunity to operate an excavator! Just one of the benefits of a new homes community? Spinning around is quite fun, but working the controls is not easy. I dug up a sizeable stump (aww, Mom and Dad
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Congratulations to the new innkeepers!
A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS… March 26, 2009, Rick and Jane Ellis become new innkeepers of The Kingsleigh Inn in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Rick and Jane moved up from the Blacksburg, Virginia area to enjoy the Maine way of life. We were proud to hand over the tradition to a 5th generation of keepers of the
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Get INNspired Innkeeping Seminars…
Our first offering of 2009 is May 3-5 at the Pomegranate Inn in Portland Maine. Our course contributors (myself included) will focus on owning and operating a hospitality property in Maine and will provide aspiring innkeepers with the tools necessary to get INN-sync with their dream of the innkeeping lifestyle. Our course includes all meals
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Aaahhhh, I’m back online…still living amongst boxes…but I’m back online!
…and WITH A NEW iPHONE YET!!!!!!! I was a Blackberry believer and did not want to switch to the iphone until I began to have Crackberry issues and the device would just freeze up (blue screen and the frozen hourglass, not a good thing). Yesterday I said THAT’S IT (wanted to slam it against the
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I just hate moving!
So I feel as if I’ve been out of touch with the world (other than via my Blackberry, or Crackberry) for a week now – we just moved and are without internet and TV for a short while. I do have Twitterberry and Facebook for my Blackberry, but it’s just not the same. I haven’t
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Craignair Inn & Restaurant, on the water in Spruce Head, Maine…
I had a showing today at the inn so I grabbed my camera in hopes the snow had melted enough for me to take new photos. It was cold but clear and gorgeous with blue skies and puffy clouds. Besides, I figured out how to use my new DSLR on manual exposure which made a
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Innkeeping and Contemplation…
Doesn’t this photo just ooze deep thought and contemplation? It was shortly after we moved to Maine to buy an inn. Surrounded by such natural beauty, before guests would be due to check in, we’d forward the phone and go out for a walk or a hike or just sit on the rocks by the
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Blue Hill, Maine artist Laura Bolombini
Laura Bolombini and her husband moved from Pennsylvania to Maine 20 years ago. She says “I have gone from being a potter to a weaver a seamstress a jeweler a sculptor and a painter. I never did believe it when someone told me I had to find one thing and stick to it!! I think
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Maine Buck Nuts?
How’s that for a company name? Biddeford, Maine locals opened their business last year and began selling frosted nuts (like pralines) for a dollar a bag, hence the name Buck Nuts! Maine is proud to offer so many locally made products and I’m proud to support such businesses.
