As kids, the highlight of our cousins’ August visit was making home-made root beer. 

The Portland Symphony Orchestra Brings Music and Joy to Kennebunk at a Free Concert on Main Street. 

Grindstone is one of the 1800-plus islands comprising the Thousand Islands that sit in the western end of the St. Lawrence River that borders Canada. It’s the fourth largest … and a little bit of Paradise.

Mr. Wonderful and I are off on a two-week road trip — with maps and GPS to guide us, hopefully

The NYC Grands head off to summer camp in the Maine woods!

For nearly 30 years, a Canadian family that summers at Kennebunk Beach has maintained a natural bird sanctuary, one of the sweetest pieces of turf anywhere. 

At the time of the summer solstice, lupines stage a spectacular show all over Maine

Our “garden house” is showing signs of age.

Announced this week: Miss America contestants will not strut onstage in swimsuits this year. 

Our “Miss Maine” of 1964 is “thrilled!”

Pouring rain didn’t dampen our spirits at this stellar garden show in northwest Connecticut.  We even met Martha!