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!

Memorial Day in Maine is the official start of summer.

My love of lilacs has taken me, in the moonlight while stealthily clutching clippers, behind Bradbury’s Market in Cape Porpoise, into a neighbor’s backyard in Kennebunk Beach, even into churchyards when I lived in northern New Jersey.