Another Mother's Day has come and gone, and changes in life circumstances can dramatically affect how you view the day.
I hope the day was a happy one for you, but the reality is, as years go by, there are Mother's Day's in the mix that are not quite all that you hoped that they would be. There may be the loss of a mother, circumstances surrounding one of your children, difficult memories from childhood...any negative happening in life can change how you approach the day.
I am blessed to still have my dear Mom, in fact I did a tribute to her this year, 7 Things I Learned to Love from Mom, and printed it out and gave it to her with my gift this year. She is such an example to me of how to view the difficult challenges of life, and live with the right focus, one day at a time. Her life has been both blessed and difficult, and she would probably say that the blessings mean all the more because of the difficulties. She views Mother's Day and any other day through this positive perspective.
This year was different for us. In past years I often had everyone here for Mother's Day. Now due to various things, my brother's, sister and I spend time with Mom separately...I like it as the focus can be 100% on her...not to mention she gets spoiled over an extended period of time. She has a little difficulty hearing, and being in a large room with many people, or in a restaurant around a large table, makes it easy for her to be in the background as everyone talks with one another...so we enjoyed lunch and a visit together during last week.
On Mother's Day my dear children joined my husband and I at church, and then we had a bite to eat out, then we came back to my home to spend time together. It was a beautiful day...and I'm a thankful Mom.
Updated 11/28/18
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
How to Set Up Motorola WX345 Playlists
One thing I noticed when we received our Motorola WX345 cell phones is the lack of explanation in the manual as to how to set things up. The phone is capable of quite a bit for what we paid (nothing with Consumer Cellular's plan).
My husband and I wanted to figure out how to use the "playlist" feature, and it took a little doing, but once set up, it's great! I'll explain in a minute...but first want to say that I found Consumer Cellular in our AARP magazine, as they are already VERY low priced and have good coverage using the ATT network, and on top of it offer an AARP members a discount.
We waited patiently for our contract with the service we had to end in order not to be penalized, then joined Consumer Cellular...a service with no contract, and easy-to-follow website, and reasonable prices with minutes my husband and I can share between our phones....we are saving $30 a month over our previous plan, some may save more depending upon what service and plan you have. You can get $10 off your first bill, and so can I, if you contact me with a comment I'll tell you how...your comments are moderated, so won't post if you don't want them to, I'll just find them and respond to you personally so give me a way to contact you...I don't spam, I promise...I'm just happy to help someone else save during times like this when things are so challenging.
What I love most is that we signed up for the least expensive plan, and can upgrade it and downgrade as needed, any time. They even have a feature that warns you when you are reaching your minutes limit so you can upgrade as needed and thereby save over what it would cost to pay for the extra minutes individually. We are not heavy cell phone users, but even if we were, we'd be saving LOTS over our previous plan.
So, back to the Motorola WX345....it's the free phone being offered right now, with a reasonable charge to activate. We chose the free one not only because it is free, but the battery life is amazing. However, the manual is VERY basic, not bad, but leaves out some helpful details, and we've done a lot of discovering on our own.
The phone has an MP3 player, and 1 GB of memory, so we purchased microSD cards to expand the memory a lot in order to save music, and in my case, music and audio books. But how to listen? I started out by saving my music and audio books directly on the microSD from my computer to the phone with a usb cable (another extra we purchased)...but had to listen to each song and section one by one...no continuous play...right from the SD card.
So I got the manual out to try figuring out the playlists. It got me started, and the rest I figured out myself. Here's how it's done, for those of you who, like me, find it a little challenging to figure out technical things:
Before you start, you'll want to have some mp3's saved on your phone in the phone storage itself (it only has 1 GB) or on a microSD card (I believe you can get as much memory as your like...we got 8 GB). They aren't hard to insert into the phone.
Here's how to set up playlists:
1) Open the phone and go to "menu" by selecting black button surrounded by "silver" square on top of keypad.
2) Go to "multimedia"...should be the top left corner icon on the screen, select
3) Go down to "music player", select
4) Go to "my playlists", select
5) Select "options" by pressing the button on the top left of your keypad
6) Go to "new playlist" and select
7) Type the name of the playlist you want to make on the screen then press the select button...."done" should be highlighted, select again.
8) You will now see the title of your new playlist on the screen.
9) To load your music or other mp3 selections into the playlist, select the playlist title, select "load", and you will have the option to get music from your phone or SDcard storage, choose the location where you have stored your music files.
10) Go to the file with the music you want to load and select it, then select the mp3's individually one by one, and select - it will say "done" as each is loaded to your playlist. When you've loaded all the songs you want to, back out, or close the phone.
How to play:
1) Repeat steps 1-4 above
2) Choose the playlist you want to play and select
3) Select "load"
4) Select the first song or whatever song you want start playing from
5) Select play
And now I'm going to have to tell you how to do the settings so that it will play continuously through the songs and repeat them or stop at the end of your list.
How to set up Playlist settings:
1) When you have chosen a playlist you'd like to play following the steps just above, select "options" using the upper left button
2) Go down the list to "settings" (it is out of view on the screen) and select.
3) Select "player settings"
a) You can select "all" or "off" depending upon whether you want the playlist to play again when it gets to the end or not.
b) You can turn "shuffle" on or off, I think this means that the music plays in random order, but have it off, so don't know.
c) Here's an IMPORTANT setting - in order to keep the music playing when the phone is closed, you need "Background play" ON...otherwise music will stop when you close the phone.
That's about all you need to know, you'll find that you can fast forward and back using the right and left side of the "silver thingy" surrounding the "select" button at the top - first go to "now playing" by pressing the top of the silver square, and from there you can stop what you are listening to by pressing the button in the center of the silver square, or you can fast forward and back using left and right of the silver button.
If you stop the music and close the phone, return to "now playing" as described just above, and continue from there any time, it will save your place...great for audio books. If a call comes in, or message, it will pause for a moment and continue when your done.
That's about it for now, I hope this helps you figure out how to set up and use playlists on your WX345 Motorola Cell Phone and play music or other mp3's with the flip phone closed.
Updated 11/28/18
My husband and I wanted to figure out how to use the "playlist" feature, and it took a little doing, but once set up, it's great! I'll explain in a minute...but first want to say that I found Consumer Cellular in our AARP magazine, as they are already VERY low priced and have good coverage using the ATT network, and on top of it offer an AARP members a discount.
We waited patiently for our contract with the service we had to end in order not to be penalized, then joined Consumer Cellular...a service with no contract, and easy-to-follow website, and reasonable prices with minutes my husband and I can share between our phones....we are saving $30 a month over our previous plan, some may save more depending upon what service and plan you have. You can get $10 off your first bill, and so can I, if you contact me with a comment I'll tell you how...your comments are moderated, so won't post if you don't want them to, I'll just find them and respond to you personally so give me a way to contact you...I don't spam, I promise...I'm just happy to help someone else save during times like this when things are so challenging.
What I love most is that we signed up for the least expensive plan, and can upgrade it and downgrade as needed, any time. They even have a feature that warns you when you are reaching your minutes limit so you can upgrade as needed and thereby save over what it would cost to pay for the extra minutes individually. We are not heavy cell phone users, but even if we were, we'd be saving LOTS over our previous plan.
So, back to the Motorola WX345....it's the free phone being offered right now, with a reasonable charge to activate. We chose the free one not only because it is free, but the battery life is amazing. However, the manual is VERY basic, not bad, but leaves out some helpful details, and we've done a lot of discovering on our own.
The phone has an MP3 player, and 1 GB of memory, so we purchased microSD cards to expand the memory a lot in order to save music, and in my case, music and audio books. But how to listen? I started out by saving my music and audio books directly on the microSD from my computer to the phone with a usb cable (another extra we purchased)...but had to listen to each song and section one by one...no continuous play...right from the SD card.
So I got the manual out to try figuring out the playlists. It got me started, and the rest I figured out myself. Here's how it's done, for those of you who, like me, find it a little challenging to figure out technical things:
Before you start, you'll want to have some mp3's saved on your phone in the phone storage itself (it only has 1 GB) or on a microSD card (I believe you can get as much memory as your like...we got 8 GB). They aren't hard to insert into the phone.
Here's how to set up playlists:
1) Open the phone and go to "menu" by selecting black button surrounded by "silver" square on top of keypad.
2) Go to "multimedia"...should be the top left corner icon on the screen, select
3) Go down to "music player", select
4) Go to "my playlists", select
5) Select "options" by pressing the button on the top left of your keypad
6) Go to "new playlist" and select
7) Type the name of the playlist you want to make on the screen then press the select button...."done" should be highlighted, select again.
8) You will now see the title of your new playlist on the screen.
9) To load your music or other mp3 selections into the playlist, select the playlist title, select "load", and you will have the option to get music from your phone or SDcard storage, choose the location where you have stored your music files.
10) Go to the file with the music you want to load and select it, then select the mp3's individually one by one, and select - it will say "done" as each is loaded to your playlist. When you've loaded all the songs you want to, back out, or close the phone.
How to play:
1) Repeat steps 1-4 above
2) Choose the playlist you want to play and select
3) Select "load"
4) Select the first song or whatever song you want start playing from
5) Select play
And now I'm going to have to tell you how to do the settings so that it will play continuously through the songs and repeat them or stop at the end of your list.
How to set up Playlist settings:
1) When you have chosen a playlist you'd like to play following the steps just above, select "options" using the upper left button
2) Go down the list to "settings" (it is out of view on the screen) and select.
3) Select "player settings"
a) You can select "all" or "off" depending upon whether you want the playlist to play again when it gets to the end or not.
b) You can turn "shuffle" on or off, I think this means that the music plays in random order, but have it off, so don't know.
c) Here's an IMPORTANT setting - in order to keep the music playing when the phone is closed, you need "Background play" ON...otherwise music will stop when you close the phone.
That's about all you need to know, you'll find that you can fast forward and back using the right and left side of the "silver thingy" surrounding the "select" button at the top - first go to "now playing" by pressing the top of the silver square, and from there you can stop what you are listening to by pressing the button in the center of the silver square, or you can fast forward and back using left and right of the silver button.
If you stop the music and close the phone, return to "now playing" as described just above, and continue from there any time, it will save your place...great for audio books. If a call comes in, or message, it will pause for a moment and continue when your done.
That's about it for now, I hope this helps you figure out how to set up and use playlists on your WX345 Motorola Cell Phone and play music or other mp3's with the flip phone closed.
Updated 11/28/18
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Crafty Grandmothers, This is Your Month!
Someone has decided that March is National Craft Month, so Grandmothers, what crafts do you enjoy? National Craft Month isn't exclusively for Grandmoms, of course, and what can be more fun than spending time doing crafts with the grandchildren?
I am not as "crafty" as some, but do enjoy crocheting...picked it up again after a long break from it, and am working on an afghan and prayer shawl. I'd like to make some smaller things as soon as the shawl is done, a few shamrocks to decorate the Norfolk Island Pine that we purchased for Christmas and is still growing nicely.
It has been a LONG winter, and as soon as the weather is nice enough, you won't find me inside doing crafts, but outside enjoying the weather, which I hope will be nice this summer. But here in the northeast, we still have a couple more months to wait until it is warm.
Updated 11/28/18
I am not as "crafty" as some, but do enjoy crocheting...picked it up again after a long break from it, and am working on an afghan and prayer shawl. I'd like to make some smaller things as soon as the shawl is done, a few shamrocks to decorate the Norfolk Island Pine that we purchased for Christmas and is still growing nicely.
It has been a LONG winter, and as soon as the weather is nice enough, you won't find me inside doing crafts, but outside enjoying the weather, which I hope will be nice this summer. But here in the northeast, we still have a couple more months to wait until it is warm.
Updated 11/28/18
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Susan B. Anthony Would Have Been 191 Today
A great woman was born 191 years ago today, which is why today is commemorated by some as Susan B. Anthony day. She was born in Adams, Massachusetts. She never married, so never had children or grandchildren, but she was a woman who was passionate about the things that she stood for. The foundation for the things she was passionate about was based in her Quaker upbringing which provided her with a moral base from which to view the world, and a desire to change the things that she saw as unjust around her.
Susan was an abolitionist, and became deeply involved with the American Anti-Slavery Society. She was passionate about Educational Reform...we still need people to be concerned about this today, as we see our standard of education decline, in my opinion. She was involved in the labor movement; she wanted to see people buy American made; and an issue that is controversial today, she promoted immigration in the south to populate the area and increase industry. I'm sure she would be a proponent of LEGAL Immigration if she were alive today. Being raised a Quaker, she believed the Bible taught that liquor drinking was a sin, so she was involved in the Temperance movement. She promoted the right of woman to vote as part of the Women's Suffrage Movement. And as if that wasn't enough, she stood up for woman's rights, cutting her hair and changing her clothing style in an effort to promote her message.
She is a great example to those of us who sit about doing little to change the world around us, and I'm thankful that somewhere I saw it was Susan B. Anthony day and was inspired to get to know this woman a bit better.
Updated 11/28/18
Susan was an abolitionist, and became deeply involved with the American Anti-Slavery Society. She was passionate about Educational Reform...we still need people to be concerned about this today, as we see our standard of education decline, in my opinion. She was involved in the labor movement; she wanted to see people buy American made; and an issue that is controversial today, she promoted immigration in the south to populate the area and increase industry. I'm sure she would be a proponent of LEGAL Immigration if she were alive today. Being raised a Quaker, she believed the Bible taught that liquor drinking was a sin, so she was involved in the Temperance movement. She promoted the right of woman to vote as part of the Women's Suffrage Movement. And as if that wasn't enough, she stood up for woman's rights, cutting her hair and changing her clothing style in an effort to promote her message.
She is a great example to those of us who sit about doing little to change the world around us, and I'm thankful that somewhere I saw it was Susan B. Anthony day and was inspired to get to know this woman a bit better.
Updated 11/28/18
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Christmas and My Grandmother
I have special memories of my Scottish Grandmother at Christmastime, and had wanted to share this with you last month. Time got away from me, the post was written, but never made it to this blog, but I'm going to go ahead and share it with you now.
I think of my maternal Grandmother at this time of year, because each Christmas, for as many years as she was able, not only did we sit and polish silver with her for the holiday dinner, but she made Scotch Shortbread.
She came to America from Scotland through Ellis Island when she was 12 years old. Her father came over first, and set up a business, then sent for my great-grandmother, my grandmother and her 2 sisters and brother. I have letters that my great-grandmother and great-grandfather wrote to each other...she was unable to come over as quickly as great-grandpa hoped she would, because their little 5 year old daughter, my grandmother's little sister, contracted Leukemia, and did not survive. It is heart-wrenching to read the letters, and how my great-grandfather wished he could be home with his little girl in her last days. But that wasn't to be, and very shortly after her passing, my great-grandmother packed up my grandmother, her sister and her brother and boarded a ship for America. Can you imagine doing all that? I can't.
It was a treat each year to have my grandparents with us for Christmas as they lived in the suburbs of Boston, 5 hours away. I have carried on her tradition of baking shortbread each year.
I did write more about this, and have our recipe at another spot on the web, "Grandma's Scotch Shortbread and Scotland". It includes the story above in a bit more detail, if I remember correctly, and a video of Scotland, the only way I've been able to visit so far. It would be nice to one day visit the land of my ancestors.
Updated 11/28/18
I think of my maternal Grandmother at this time of year, because each Christmas, for as many years as she was able, not only did we sit and polish silver with her for the holiday dinner, but she made Scotch Shortbread.
She came to America from Scotland through Ellis Island when she was 12 years old. Her father came over first, and set up a business, then sent for my great-grandmother, my grandmother and her 2 sisters and brother. I have letters that my great-grandmother and great-grandfather wrote to each other...she was unable to come over as quickly as great-grandpa hoped she would, because their little 5 year old daughter, my grandmother's little sister, contracted Leukemia, and did not survive. It is heart-wrenching to read the letters, and how my great-grandfather wished he could be home with his little girl in her last days. But that wasn't to be, and very shortly after her passing, my great-grandmother packed up my grandmother, her sister and her brother and boarded a ship for America. Can you imagine doing all that? I can't.
It was a treat each year to have my grandparents with us for Christmas as they lived in the suburbs of Boston, 5 hours away. I have carried on her tradition of baking shortbread each year.
I did write more about this, and have our recipe at another spot on the web, "Grandma's Scotch Shortbread and Scotland". It includes the story above in a bit more detail, if I remember correctly, and a video of Scotland, the only way I've been able to visit so far. It would be nice to one day visit the land of my ancestors.
Updated 11/28/18
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Do You Have a Facebook Page?
The old year goes out with the face of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, on the cover of Time Magazine, and the new year comes in with a question from me.
Have you started a "page" for your business on Facebook? Have you joined Facebook? I joined long ago, but did nothing with my account at all, just let it sit for what could have been a couple of years, I've lost track. But finally I started spending more time visiting and updating personal facebook page, and since have started a profile for more business related things on Facebook....but I have yet to do a "page" and keep it going.
Many of you probably know that you can make "pages" about your business. The pages do need to be updated regularly, and if you have many interests like I do, you are going to have to have a plan to visit those pages...something to remind you. You do receive an email once a week about activity on your pages, just as you receive one telling you about friend's birthdays on you personal profile page. You access the business and interest pages that you make from your main profile page by clicking "account" in the upper right of the page, then going down to "manage pages" in the drop-down menu.
Take some time to explore Facebook, if you haven't already, it seems like everyone is using it.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Updated 11/27/18
Have you started a "page" for your business on Facebook? Have you joined Facebook? I joined long ago, but did nothing with my account at all, just let it sit for what could have been a couple of years, I've lost track. But finally I started spending more time visiting and updating personal facebook page, and since have started a profile for more business related things on Facebook....but I have yet to do a "page" and keep it going.
Many of you probably know that you can make "pages" about your business. The pages do need to be updated regularly, and if you have many interests like I do, you are going to have to have a plan to visit those pages...something to remind you. You do receive an email once a week about activity on your pages, just as you receive one telling you about friend's birthdays on you personal profile page. You access the business and interest pages that you make from your main profile page by clicking "account" in the upper right of the page, then going down to "manage pages" in the drop-down menu.
Take some time to explore Facebook, if you haven't already, it seems like everyone is using it.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Updated 11/27/18
Monday, November 22, 2010
To Grandmothers House We Go
It is funny that when I started to sing the song "Over the River and Through the Wood" I sang "..to Grandmothers house we go", but when searching for the full version of the poem, found that it is actually "to grandFATHER's house we go". Have I really been singing it wrong for all these years?
Whatever the case may be, it is that time of year again, Thanksgiving, when many gather to enjoy delicious meals, some find their way to soup kitchens to feed those who are less fortunate, some work in restaurants and toll booths so others can travel and eat out with their families, and families gather to, hopefully, enjoy one another.
This year may be challenging for more people than previous years for various reasons, the economy, job loss, loss of loved ones, family strife, any number of things can affect how we approach this time when hearts should be thankful...I know, I experience some of these mixed feelings and emotions myself.
But as hard as things may seem to be, when I take hold of my thoughts and direct them toward God and positive things, there is always something to be thankful for. The list may include things a big as the fact that my husband is a faithful man and still with me after over 30 years (update..until 8/6/17 when he went home to Heaven), to as simple as the fact that the sun is shining today and a beautiful bird just came to feed at the bird feeder.
Some Grandmothers will find themselves working this year that have never had to work before...perhaps even on or the day after Thanksgiving...this can either be something to be upset about or thankful for. It is up to us how we view the circumstances in our life.
I'm not being naive, I know many are hurting, some are very close to me, but also know that if each of us dig deep enough, we can find something to be thankful for. Do some digging, and journal what you find, or share it with someone.
Updated 11/27/18
Whatever the case may be, it is that time of year again, Thanksgiving, when many gather to enjoy delicious meals, some find their way to soup kitchens to feed those who are less fortunate, some work in restaurants and toll booths so others can travel and eat out with their families, and families gather to, hopefully, enjoy one another.
This year may be challenging for more people than previous years for various reasons, the economy, job loss, loss of loved ones, family strife, any number of things can affect how we approach this time when hearts should be thankful...I know, I experience some of these mixed feelings and emotions myself.
But as hard as things may seem to be, when I take hold of my thoughts and direct them toward God and positive things, there is always something to be thankful for. The list may include things a big as the fact that my husband is a faithful man and still with me after over 30 years (update..until 8/6/17 when he went home to Heaven), to as simple as the fact that the sun is shining today and a beautiful bird just came to feed at the bird feeder.
Some Grandmothers will find themselves working this year that have never had to work before...perhaps even on or the day after Thanksgiving...this can either be something to be upset about or thankful for. It is up to us how we view the circumstances in our life.
I'm not being naive, I know many are hurting, some are very close to me, but also know that if each of us dig deep enough, we can find something to be thankful for. Do some digging, and journal what you find, or share it with someone.
Updated 11/27/18
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Woman Author's Adventures and Income Through Writing
Marilyn is an author, which means she makes an income writing wherever she is, at home, or on the road. Some time ago she provided the following post for an earlier blog that is no longer available, I hope that if you are thinking of writing, or are a writer, you will find it inspiring.
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It is with great relief and pride that I can announce that the completed first draft of "Questing Home: A Safe Place for My Holy Grail" is now done. It now goes to the first readers who will give me feedback for flow, continuity, and to my children to see if they want themselves portrayed as I have written them. This has meant pouring over journals, letters, photographs, court documents about my divorce and interviews with people who were in my life from 1989 to 1996.
Writing this third book has been hard work and often emotionally difficult. Breaking the old rules of my childhood upbringing about keeping family secrets and turning the other cheek has challenged me. I have removed myself from a lot of life to be able to get this to this stage. Fortunately I work at home. I feel as if I am now free in a way I haven't been free in many years yet I know there is a lot of hard work ahead.
For those who have read "Questing Marilyn
" 2003 (took me 17 years to get done) and Questing France 2005 you know I love to travel and I have travel adventures in this book too so I am keeping with the theme Personal Growth Through Travel.
It is my hope that this book will be recognized as a significant contribution on issues of adult bullying, the inequity of the divorce process most often but not always for women and how people in powerful positions can abuse their power with impunity. It is filled with personal growth and stress management methods and experiences.
The next steps include making the edits my first readers suggest if I agree with them, then having it copy edited professionally (even then some typos have slipped through as Questing France was edited by paid editors twice.) and making the corrections found, having it designed including a cover design and pictures inserted then printed. Whew! A long process. I hope to have it ready for sale in May.
I hope this book will become one that women's centers and advocates for a more just process of marital dissolution will use. I know my first two books have helped both men and women find their voice and stand up for themselves in abusive and disrespectful situations. I've had wonderful feedback.
Best wishes to you and as this is a dream coming to fruition for me. I hope your dreams are coming true too!
Marilyn Bellegham
http://www.questpublishing.ca
Updated 11/27/18
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It is with great relief and pride that I can announce that the completed first draft of "Questing Home: A Safe Place for My Holy Grail" is now done. It now goes to the first readers who will give me feedback for flow, continuity, and to my children to see if they want themselves portrayed as I have written them. This has meant pouring over journals, letters, photographs, court documents about my divorce and interviews with people who were in my life from 1989 to 1996.
Writing this third book has been hard work and often emotionally difficult. Breaking the old rules of my childhood upbringing about keeping family secrets and turning the other cheek has challenged me. I have removed myself from a lot of life to be able to get this to this stage. Fortunately I work at home. I feel as if I am now free in a way I haven't been free in many years yet I know there is a lot of hard work ahead.
For those who have read "Questing Marilyn
" 2003 (took me 17 years to get done) and Questing France 2005 you know I love to travel and I have travel adventures in this book too so I am keeping with the theme Personal Growth Through Travel.It is my hope that this book will be recognized as a significant contribution on issues of adult bullying, the inequity of the divorce process most often but not always for women and how people in powerful positions can abuse their power with impunity. It is filled with personal growth and stress management methods and experiences.
The next steps include making the edits my first readers suggest if I agree with them, then having it copy edited professionally (even then some typos have slipped through as Questing France was edited by paid editors twice.) and making the corrections found, having it designed including a cover design and pictures inserted then printed. Whew! A long process. I hope to have it ready for sale in May.
I hope this book will become one that women's centers and advocates for a more just process of marital dissolution will use. I know my first two books have helped both men and women find their voice and stand up for themselves in abusive and disrespectful situations. I've had wonderful feedback.
Best wishes to you and as this is a dream coming to fruition for me. I hope your dreams are coming true too!
Marilyn Bellegham
http://www.questpublishing.ca
Updated 11/27/18
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Gardens on a Maine Vacation
As I update this, I can't believe it has been over 8 years since I took this trip to Maine with my husband. Since then we went another time or two, and my dear husband is now deceased, so Maine is one of those places that will be hard to visit again without feeling the loss, as we vacationed there as a family and a couple many times. This was one of our favorite places to visit.
We had a wonderful time on this trip, and came home to cooler temperatures after a very hot summer that year.
Pictured below are a couple of gardens on the property of a large Inn in Bar Harbor, overlooking the water. I think it may be Bar Harbor Inn. We love to walk their path along the shore, and watch the sailboats, yachts and cruise ships come and go.
I would love to be able to stay at this place sometime, but think it may be a bit out of our price range. Still, it costs nothing to enjoy the outside views and look at their gardens.
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We had a wonderful time on this trip, and came home to cooler temperatures after a very hot summer that year.
Pictured below are a couple of gardens on the property of a large Inn in Bar Harbor, overlooking the water. I think it may be Bar Harbor Inn. We love to walk their path along the shore, and watch the sailboats, yachts and cruise ships come and go.
I would love to be able to stay at this place sometime, but think it may be a bit out of our price range. Still, it costs nothing to enjoy the outside views and look at their gardens.
Updated 11/27/18
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