This is a cool view from the Naples Maine bridge at night. You can see both Brandy Pond and Long Lake. You can also see the Songo River Queen in the background. This photo was taken from the top of the Naples Fire Department Ladder 9.    

March is the month when my thoughts turn to the changes I wish to make to the outside of my home. Anxious to be outside in warmer temperatures, I begin looking more closely at my home as I turn in the driveway. Is it time for me to repaint the front door? How is the […]

I love coffee, I love tea I love the java jive and it loves me Coffee and tea and the jiving and me A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup So, where does one get a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup? Well, that might depend upon where and who you […]

As the old saying suggests, “It takes a village to raise a child”. Living in Naples and working in Gray, having worked with teens from these towns and the neighboring towns, I have been lucky enough to get a close-up look at two different school systems in the southern and western parts of Maine and […]

Years back, we moved into our home in the Lake Region area with a one week old baby! Having closed on the house in Naples just days after the arrival of our firstborn, it is safe to say that, despite our excitement to decorate, our priorities were on other matters. “Do we have enough diapers? […]

Anticipating Valentine’s Day, my husband and I reminisced, reflecting on how a romantic cross-country skiing outing at Sebago Lake State Park, led us to buying real estate in Naples in 1992. “We packed a picnic lunch and skied out to a point overlooking the lake, remember?”  After we married in 1988, Eric and I rented […]

Each school day I’m up at 5:00am, and we’re out the door at 6:15am. My son and I hop in the van and drive down the hill to his bus stop. The month’s freezing temperatures have dipped into the single digits again and we’re impatient for the dashboard heat to hit us. “Mom! You always […]

This is an easy hike from the parking lot to the best view – about 1/2 mile. The view looks over Panther Pond and towards Raymond. The trail could be slippery in the winter as the viewing ledge has a slope to it hike or snowshoe. This is a good hike for small children as […]