So to get right to the punch here ... I love Maine. I am so glad that I have moved here, it was an excellent decision. I thank the boat for getting me here, even though that didn't work out so well. And I am grateful every day that I found a wonderful home to move into with two amazing people and two great dogs, and a great place to work on top of all that in so little time!
Earlier this week, on Friday, I was reminded that I love Maine when I went for a hike up Bradbury Mountain (which is a very small mountain, but a lovely hike nonetheless) with my housemates' two dogs. 150ish pounds of dog on the end of a leash hiking through the woods is amazing. It was a gorgeous day and I couldn't stay inside. I had gone to explore Bradbury Mountain State Park with Scott earlier that week, and we loved it, and so decided to go again! And it can't be beat as it's about five minutes from my house! It was wonderful - great exercise, fun with the dogs, lovely trails, cool breeze through the trees, and some good ol' time outdoors. Then I went to the Community Market at LLBean to get some fresh veggies, local bacon, and early apples! Jackpot! Every Friday 3-7 there's a Farmers' Market on LLBean campus in Freeport. It's wonderful and so convenient! So that was Friday reminding me of how much I love Maine.
Today was yet another reminder of loving Maine. I went to church this morning to feel things out and see if I liked it - Unitarian Universalist Church Brunswick. The church was built in the late 1800s and is such a wonderful, warm, welcoming place. This was not only my first time to this particular church, but also my first time going to a UU church. I love it! The people were so sweet and so welcoming, the service was a healing service which turned out to be just what I needed, and the integration of so many different practices in a familiar service was perfect. And after the service there was a pot-luck party to celebrate a couple's 62nd wedding anniversary at their beautiful house in New Gloucester. I was invited to come along with a woman I met after the service, and I just kept meeting so many amazing people. The house is on about 30 acres and the original part of the house was built in the late 1700s. The "recent addition" was built about 100 years later! It was a beautiful deep red color, and I loved it instantly. It was a beautiful day out, a nice cool breeze blowing, and the company was great. I felt so at home with this group of people I had only really just met! Part of the celebration of this couple's anniversary was that they were giving away some of their books, which they had set up in a side room of the house for all of us to peruse and pick out anything we wanted to take. I picked up a copy of Naked by David Sedaris, which I've been wanted to read for some time. So exciting! The rest of the party was fantastic, I chatted with so many wonderful people, saw their gorgeous Celtic garden out back, and really felt so genuinely welcomed into the community. I just can't believe what a great day it was! What a perfect day to visit this church and meet some new people! Yet again, still, I love Maine! And the people here have (for the most part) been amazing! I feel so at home already.
My favorite part is when I tell people that I've just moved to Maine from North Carolina. And they ask why I moved to Maine? And I tell them that I wanted a new adventure! I've adventure some in Maine and found it to be a wonderful place, and so I took a chance and moved here! And I love it! My least favorite part about Maine is how stinkin' far away it is from my family in North Carolina. But that's what planes and trains and cars are for! And telephones and email!
Yay life!
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