Common Ground Fair!!

Saturday, Sept. 25th

We are off to the Common Ground Fair. As you can see, we decided to do the ride/bike this year and it was the perfect decision! We drove to Unity College (almost no traffic!), parked, and then pedaled only 4 miles on back roads, past several farms, over an old logging road, and then right into the back gate of the fair. It was so cool not to have to sit in any traffic and the ride in was through a lifting fog over rolling terrain that was just beautiful.

When we got to fair, we got valet bicycle parking, got right to the head of the line with our MOFGA memberships, and zipped right into the fair!

The fair was packed and very hot for late September.......lower 80's. We had a great day, saw lots of people we knew, and spent most of our time at the maple syrup booths, in the orchard, and checking out fleece for Luca.

Max's Big Adventure

This is Max.
















This is Herman, Max's best friend. Herman is a lobster. (Max is not the sharpest cheese on the cracker.)

















This is Max's supper dish. Max does not like to see the bottom of his supper dish. It's just not funny.
















One day Max was looking out the window.
















He ran out onto the balcony...

















through the railing...

















and jumped down into the yard.


















Before he knew it he was far away from home.

















He came to the road.

















Which way to go?

















He went into the woods.

















Sophie was worried sick.
















Max was in the woods for two days and two nights.

















Early on the second morning he came out of a culvert...


















and saw...home!


















Max couldn't open the window...

But he could smell pizza cooling on the screen porch. Pepperoni.

















The screen was closed.
















!!!
















Sophie was watching out for Max.

















Home at last.

Homecoming #2

So, here is your bro before the Homecoming Dance....think anyone would want to dance with him?

school shoes, tomato salsa, soccer, school work, basil pesto, soccer, warm eggs, sparkling fall light on the lake, splitting wood, soccer...

Love you tons, Hannah!

G/McPs

Typical fall weekend . . .

Sawyer had a lazy Sunday with his stuffed squirrel . . .

Dick Watson ambushed us

with cairns while we were out of town.

I gave one of them a hat for a more

jaunty look!

Ben and Chase in action at the Leavitt meet -

We miss you Hannah Banana!

Love, Mary & Ronn

Tomatoes, Tomatoes!

Hannah, Wish you were here! The tomatoes are rotting on the plants. I can't eat more than one a day! I'm going to try to make salsa and may bring a bunch to work. The local food has been awesome. Tonight we had Elvin's corn, our beans and Alanna's eggs. I worked in the trees today and as I was feeling tired and worn I remembered the heat you are in-nothing to really complain about here, the weather has been very nice. Miss my eating buddy, love, Mom

HOMECOMING UPDATE #1

So, the homecoming weekend is off to a pretty good start: The girls soccer team beat Belfast on Thursday night 4 - 1. Then on Friday afternoon, the boys soccer team tied Camden 0 -0. It was quite an exciting, well-played game. Here is the link to the KJ story:

http://www.kjonline.com/sports/bears-happy-for-tie_2010-09-17.html

Yes, Hannah's brother Tyler is quoted in the paper for the second consecutive day......that is pretty cool!

The football team also got their first win of the season against Livermore Falls, 30 - 27. Here is the link to that story:

http://www.kjonline.com/sports/big-win-for-maranacook_2010-09-17.html

On Saturday, Dad and Tyler will spend part of the morning decorating for the Homecoming Dance. Then in the evening, Dad gets to chaperone the first half of the dance before heading home early so Tyler can bust his best moves in privacy for the second half while Uncle Mark takes over (much to Katie's chagrin!)

We have some more soccer pictures to show you.....we will post those this weekend sometime!

Article in today's KJ about Tyler's garden

Senior project puts food on plates The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME

Wednesday, September 15th, 10:43 PM

So...

We have season six...

But we won't watch it or lend it to Luca or anything until you get home...

Well, not all of it...

I mean not all at once...

It's probably not that good.

It just wouldn't be the same...

Love,

PBNJ

Sunday, September 12th

I'm sending you yesterday afternoon in Maine.

We had one of those fall days (way too soon for fall) that you can't get enough of. Days that are perfect for watching a game outdoors, for walking in the woods, for taking a nap. I went paddling out on the lake, slowly along the shore, trying to sneak up on turtles sunning themselves on fallen trees. I could hear loons, and the osprey yelling at me as I approached their nest, and the lake grasses sliding along the bottom of the canoe. I followed a pair of loons as they dove and resurfaced, always just a little farther away each time, until finally they lost me.

It was just warm enough to want to sit out of the sun unless there was a breeze. I had my killer sun hat on. (Sorry, no pictures).

I paddled and drifted up one side of the lake, a little past Kent's Hill ski slope, and down the other.

It was the kind of day that you look at the light and the sky and hear the breeze and think "I should do this more often".

A Saturday in Maine for you,
with love,

JohnB

Hi Hannah- Just wanted to send you some last images of summer. I know it's HOT in Senegal right now, but starting to feel like fall here. Great soccer and X-C weather! I'll send you some fall colors soon.

Night Out!

Yesterday morning I asked Gary if he felt up to "going out" and he said that he thought he did. So I jumped on it as I have been getting a little sitr crazy being home all the time. One thing led to another and it turned out that Jay, Randall, Mia, Beany and Beany's mom aka Grum all were available so we went to Henry and Marty's in Brunswick for a lovely meal out. The funny thing was that you were all there with us because I had just gotten back from Shutterfly the book I made for Christine's Grad party and there are some really fun pics of all of us!

Today I am leaving Gary alone for the day and heading over to NH to help Randall with her Dad who is in the hospital...Gary is doing so well that I feel comfortable doing that...

So, know that we love you...and loved the Skype chat this morning!!!

Friday, 9/10

The boys soccer team won 5-0 at Nokomis today. Pretty easy game for them. Girls won 6-1. Ty and dad went to home football game tonight and Maranacook lost 25-8 to Jay. Here are a few pictures of Ty from the first game with Gardiner.


Here a couple of links to other photo albums that have some good boys soccer pictures in them:

http://www.kennebecphotography.com/Sports/Maranacook-vs-Leavitt-Boys/13702180_CZBnv#1001348768_W6z2V

http://www.kennebecphotography.com/Sports/Maranacook-vs-Gardiner-Boys/13623619_Cg3hi#994134235_WMQW6

I will be sharing the blog with the rest of your crew, Hannah - so I expect you can get more updates soon!