6-21-06 (Wednesday): 40 years ago today, I gave birth to my first born son--what a great day that was! And he turned out great--happy birthday, Tom! Here's the latest picture of Tom and his family: Kristin, Anna and Margo (and another granddaughter on the way in July!). I've never seen the girls look so serious--they must be missing their Granny! I sure miss my sons and their family. Wiley’s family is coming up soon, and it’ll be great to have family around for a while. We’re looking forward to showing off our new home town!

What a beautiful day today! We slept under a blanket last night, but it’s warm enough to swim today! We were cleaning house and doing laundry by 8 AM this morning, and finished by 10 AM! I washed windows, vacuumed, scrubbed kitchen and bath, cleaned the kitchen and changed the sheets and towels. Wiley checked the tire pressure on the camper (a weekly chore—if you don’t keep the tires properly inflated, it stresses the sidewalls), lubricated the rails on the slide, swept the patio and did a little yard work.. Having such a small space and so few possessions sure makes for less work!

We goofed off the rest of the day. We had breakfast at a little café in Thomaston, which is just south of us. They had some great local offerings, including crab cakes or haddock patties as breakfast meats! I had a great omelet with tomatoes, fresh basil and sharp cheddar. Wiley had oatmeal with brown sugar and raisins and a home made wild Maine blueberry muffin—there were more blueberries than muffin! Then we drove around Thomaston. It’s a very old town (1600’s) and there are a number of mansions that were owned by ship’s captains and a Revolutionary War hero (Knox). There were also two churches with very interesting architecture side-by-side. This isn’t a very good picture because there were lots of cars on the street, but you get the idea.

This afternoon we went to see Pixar’s latest movie, Cars. We got there early, so we took advantage of our waiting time by cleaning the interior of the truck. We have a battery-powered vacuum cleaner and baby wipes in the truck, and it’s amazing how good it looks now! We enjoyed the movie a lot (more than I would have thought I’d enjoy a movie about race cars). It felt almost sinful to be sitting in a movie theater on a week day in the middle of the day! After the movie we ran the truck through a car wash, so now the outside looks as good as the inside.

On the way home, we stopped at a Goodwill store and browsed around. I found a pair of designer jeans for $4.99! Then we went grocery shopping and headed home. I made my famous zucchini casserole and marinated some chicken that Wiley is cooking on the grill right now.

Here are some more pictures I took recently (in no particular order).

This is Monkey's new friend,

Chloe (we think she's a long-lost twin!).

Chloe owns Fran and Richard, one of

our workamper couples.

Rockland Harbor













Seagulls - Rockland Harbor