Almost the last post from Maine

Our last visitor left Monday. We had a great visit with him and he even brought me these great fabrics that he picked out himself! he used to work on the high-end garment industry so he's an expert on fibers and colors. One of our earlier visitors is a weaver and, when I get home, I'll show you the beautiful tea towel that she wove for me. Her husband tumbled some rocks for me from Ventana Canyon in Tucson. They were the couple that we visited last winter. He's done sever rock collections for me and I love them.
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Since Dave left Monday we have had perfect weather. We hiked Bald and Parkman mountains Monday, kayaked a couple of hours Tuesday and today we hiked our favorite trail, Pemetic. It's not quite as high as Cadillac but a lot more interesting. It's a steep hike full of boler piles to scramble. I talked about it a bit in this post. This time we took the ravine path that required climbing down two ladders.  

The views from almost all of the hikes here are amazing. From the top of Pemetic we can see over Southwest and Bass Harbors and out to the ocean and islands beyond. 

In the afternoons we have been able to pull out the float chairs and relax in the lake for an hour or so.  It's all been lovely but it's time to head home on Friday. 

In the evenings we have been watching Season 1 of Joe Pickett. The house has Paramount+ so that's been a nice treat. I've gotten lots of crochet in and will have the baby blanket finally finished tomorrow. The big blue blanket is at a standstill because I need more navy Pound of Love yarn. I hope I can find some somewhere. It doesn't seem to be available online. I can get away with another yarn as long as I can find a pretty good color match. 

With the baby blanket almost done, I realized that I needed to start a new car project for the ride home. It's going to be a donation shawl. I got the first few rows done so now I know the pattern and have it ready to go for Friday morning.
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On the sewing front I did finish all of the blocks for Fab Farm! Everything is packed up now. I didn't want to try to cut sashing here so I'll finish this at home.
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The last blocks were the bees. So cute!
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Here's a look at one set of the blocks. I'm really excited to put this one together.

​I'll hopefully have the baby blanket ready to share Friday and then you won't hear from me again until Monday or Tuesday.