last week, there were all the best things. our friend, ian, invited us to his family's home in mid-coast maine. we spent two days drinking our friends' wine and making up silly songs. there was a freshly mowed baseball diamond and an outfield for picking blueberries and scratching at mosquito bites, a barn stuffed with treasures found in old chairs and lemonade stand signs, a banjo and a mandolin and an ipod plugged into an 8-track, oysters and lobster and a make-shift table for fitting all the merry-makers. and more fireflies than i've ever seen.
it feels selfish now, this ache to go back. but i'd give anything to be there now.
Oh my, these photos are pulling at my heartstrings! I haven't been home in so long and seeing your lovely capture of your time in Maine is so wonderful! Glad you had such a great time, erin!
ReplyDeleteOh I am so very jealous...this looks like the most beautiful, quintessential 'summer' getaway! Gorgeous pictures, as always!
ReplyDeletemy kind of get away. gorgeous photos as always. :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun! Beautiful pics!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like the most incredible few days. I'm very envious (and don't think you're at all selfish for wishing to be back there). I cannot wait for it to be summer down under! Until then, I'm living vicariously through all you northern hemisphere folk and the wondrous trips you go on like this :) Rhi xx
ReplyDeleteThe Wildest of Dreams
dreamy! i love maine!!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely stunning photos! what a great way to spend a few days!
ReplyDeleteSuch cozy pics! :-)
ReplyDeleteAck, you've got me all homesick for New England now. Love how you captured the spirit of Maine in all of her loveliness. I'm plotting how to get T to agree to move there (right now, he's all "it's too far away from the rest of civilization way up there." Ha.).
ReplyDeleteha! i understand what he means, but still. so. tempting.
Deletecrisp, beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteand i totally get the ache. i just got back from a week with my family in south carolina and already i miss it so.
Oh, no I don't think it's selfish! Your photos are beautiful, and I can't believe you saw so many fireflies! I've only ever seen about two in my life, I've always wanted to see loads in one place - though having said that, seeing them in the day without their bums all lit up kind of freaks me out, they're funny looking.xx
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling hungry after seeing those lobsters !!
ReplyDeleteI know a place where you can be guided by the light of the fireflies (you do not need a lantern!). In the middle of Brazil. It was just stunning.
that sounds amazing. these guys were pretty neat, too. all lighting up in unison across the fields.
Deletemaine was the trip i was supposed to plan this year, but other things got in the way. thank you for sharing - it looks wonderful!
ReplyDeletehope you make it there one day, cindy. xo.
DeleteLove the way every photo is different and yet the same.
ReplyDeleteSo lucky
ReplyDeleteyou take the most beautiful pictures!
ReplyDeleteThis is my dream!
ReplyDeleteSo lovely! Apparently I need to start making friends who have coastal family homes! It looks like you had a great time :)
ReplyDeleteha! so useful, eh?
DeleteI want a lobster roll so bad now. :)
ReplyDeleteQuiet Luxury
I've ALWAYS wanted to go to Maine. These photos make me want to go even more...looks so relaxing!
ReplyDeleteOh my! Looks like the quintessential Americana vacation- how lovely! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely lovely. What a wonderful vacation! Makes me want to go to Maine even more!
ReplyDeleteso curious about these charming little corners of this country, that i have yet to explore. it looks so idyllic and relaxing. lovely way of capturing it!
ReplyDeleteleyla.
looks like a truly lovely time. bought produce from you on Saturday + just realized that it was you! how funny, this small but very big city. xo
ReplyDeletehow funny! hope you enjoyed your purchase!
Deletesuch ammmmmazing pictures!
ReplyDeletesuch beauty! You captured your time perfectly.
ReplyDeletelook slike a great time and the food and wine...mmm!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed yourself!
This post made me very happy. Gorgeous pictures as usual.
ReplyDeletei love living here.
ReplyDeleteperhaps we can apt swap one weekend - your place for ours in portland? where were you on the midcoast? i was there as well! xox
that sounds awesome! (if you can stand extremely close quarters)! we were in waldoboro/warren. so much fun.
Deletelovely! i was on north haven island - that's where my boyfriend grew up and where he lobsters in the summer. his parents farm out there - you and james would love it.
Deleteand yes - we shared a studio in queens at one point. we can hack it!
I'm visiting Maine for the first time at the end of the month for a NE roadtrip with my boyfriend. Your photos have me more excited (if it's even possible). They are beautiful & it looks like you had a wonderful time.
ReplyDeleteI would love to visit Maine and eat seafood. It's on my bucket list. It looks like you had a wonderful time and your photos are all wonderful.
ReplyDeletei love how you craft your words. It's poetic and sinks deep - makes me re-read it again. thanks for the lovely recap of your vacation. :)
ReplyDeleteI really love these photographs. Some seem very vintage while some like something you'd see in a magazine.
ReplyDelete♥ It's Carmen
What wonderful photos of my homestate. I can feel the laidback energy that we have here through all of them. I'm very thankful that I wake up everyday to a Maine sunrise washing over a gorgeous view of a nature preserve saltmarsh and retire each night to loads of fireflies blinking off and on over our "south 40" after a colorful sunset that lights the marsh on fire. I know so many think we are too removed from civilization, but I wouldn't trade this for asphalt and cars and tall buildings. And the local area plus the power of the internet brings me all that I need. Thankful that the misconception keeps our population down! ;-)
ReplyDeleteFor the love these photos are absolutely gorgeous. I've always wanted to go to Maine and now you've made me want to ever more. Beautiful!
ReplyDeletei don't think you can get better than this!
ReplyDeleteI love your photos! They do remind me of the beauty one can find in Southern Maine minus the black flies and bugs.
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