Maine Event: Day 43

It is definitely sweater weather and tonight it will be in the low 40s and out in the far northwest part of the state will be in the low 30s just below freezing. The ash trees are almost completely bright yellow and are clearly the first to go. We had a quiet day working away wrapped up in our sweaters. Mostly it was a cloudy day with great rivulets of clouds against clouds. It even drizzled a little. The fog in San Francisco has an unpredictable nature is similar to rain here. They have been saying this week would be clear and crisp and so far every day has had some clear and crisp and also rain. Endless weather delights. 

We had a pretty usual day we took our compost to the garden, circled by the park. After work, we walked through Old Port (downtown) to get some groceries. It's a very nice walk, especially at twilight. The streets aren't too busy on the weekdays and the buildings look extra good. I love all the history here. 

Just a little green garden love to get you started. Maine has a lot of organic farmers considering the population. I read an interesting article showing that California had the most organic farms of any state but the number of of organic farms per capita is quite small. Maine on the other hand has a large number of organic farms per capita.

Any guesses what it is? (Answer at the bottom)

Just a little brightness for you to enjoy.

This wild pink door really sticks out. It's on Summer St. on our morning walk. It is quite remarkable here in the land of conservative buildings.

Nice detail and windows.

Flowers by our house.

There is a magazine celebrating the women of Maine. There are articles about women who have gone to the Peace Corps, celebrity chefs, 19th century poets, rowing teams, bakers, artists, raising children with rare diseases, making bags. This sort of thing. It is just a little unusual.

This house an older gentleman lives at but is a little decrpit and almost abandoned looking and I think the birds are taking over.

The yard of the house. There is no bird food but there are maybe 100 sparrows just everywhere around the house.

The view on our walk to the Food Co-op

Blurry sunset

This is the Baxter Building and was the Portland library from 1888 to 1978. The library moved to a new location and now an advertising agency is in the space.

That's it for today.

Sending love,

Tawnia

Answer: Catnip! Faassen's catnip to be exact. Also known at catmint, blue catmint, nepeta. Did I say this is a cat's town?!!?