Well, we behaved ourselves and refrained from any diving – or cliff jumping! – but had one great day anyhow at the Beckett Quarry and hiking trails. The granite quarry operated from the 1930’s until it just stopped one day in the 1960’s leaving behind incredibly interesting rotting trucks, cranes, railroad tracks, all kinds of… Continue reading

Bonus photo: these roses on my garden arbor were found in the yard when we bought the house in Conway. They’re so fragrant and lovely and was Paul really liked them Thus it got to live on the arbor. Flagg Mountain was to be an exquisite development of million dollar homes on gorgeous lots with… Continue reading

Strenuous day! Lots of climbing. Lots of rocks, and with a geologist with us today it was really interesting in the rock department. How come I never took a Geology course?? I brought back one small specimen of feldspar, quartz and mica – the three components of granite. Or so I think I remember. We… Continue reading

All of Tony’s land is in Conservation Restriction, as well he times the haying of his fields so the ground nesting Bob O Links (who arrive from Argentina in May) can nest successfully before the field is cut. First photo is a far off view of a (black) Bob O Link atop a bluebird house… Continue reading