Kitchen island

Dennis made us this awesome island for our kitchen.

Since moving into this old farmhouse we have been using a lot of steps in the kitchen.  You can see the stove over there, and the sink back there (pardon the mess I was in the middle of cooking dinner) and you can barely see the handle of the fridge, bottom left  - the tiles are 12" square and there's no counter next to the refrigerator - nooooo, it sits between two doorways - so that means to pour a drink you have to walk over by the stove.  Very inconvenient to have nowhere to sit things near the fridge.

Commorant Island?

That's a lotta poo!

My first time seeing a Commorant and I see a whole group!

That's as close as our boat got. :(

Off the Maine Coast

Have you ever seen a Puffin running across the water? Sure looks like he can walk on water to me.

Can’t remember what these birds are called, but I thought they were pretty cool.

Something startled up all the birds on the island and they all became airborne!  Like a scary movie!

Notice the boat beached? There are people on the island studying the Puffins and other birds. The little white shack you see is where they “hide” to study the birds closely.

And here’s another shack. The birds don’t seem to mind.

Many kinds of birds find the island a great place to breed.

I sure wish the Puffins would have come closer.

But this is as close I got to one.

Seals call another island home.

It’s easy to overlook them in the water when they sit there bobbing while being curious.

It looks like it would hurt to shimmy up on the rocks.