Category: events

Common Ground Fair – fiber

The last batch of photos: Fiber! I felt so proud of the Wednesday Spinners group for maintaining such a strong presence at the fair year after year. Here’s an article about the group from...

Common Ground Fair – plants, music, misc.

More photos: mostly plants, music, booths, and other things that caught my eye. These next three photos show a new part of the fair which might be my favorite yet. It’s called “Whimsical Woods”...

Common Ground Fair

I went to the fair! Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The weather was perfect. Lots of people, but there was a lot of space to spread out. I took photos. But it’s hard to share...

Homestead Day

This past Saturday was Farm & Homestead Day at the Common Ground Fairgrounds. We haven’t gone in the past, but this year we decided to give it a try. It was a beautiful Saturday...

Hands Off rally

It was as gray and cold as it looks in the photos. Mainers are a hardy bunch. Lots of heavy coats and knit hats. Lots of signs. This rally, one of many, was held...

Hopeful

This word seems fitting for today. Election Day always seems to bring out my inner optimist. There are lots of people out and everyone seems upbeat. The election workers are excited and helpful. It’s...

A change of scene

Back from Syracuse. The trip went well. When not attending wedding festivities. we walked around Syracuse and got to know the city a little bit. Most impressive was the huge regional farmer’s market that...